'thirtysomething' comes of (DVD) age
What was life like for baby boomers after the Summer of Love, after Woodstock, after they had to grow up and deal with becoming Willy Lomans and changing their kids' diapers?
One answer came with the television series "thirtysome-
thing," which debuted in 1987 (and may have introduced the irksome trend of not capitalizing the titles of stuff).
The series followed new-parent couple Michael (played by Ken Olin) and
Hope Steadman (Mel Harris), and marriage-on-the-rocks couple Elliot
(Timothy Busfield) and Nancy Weston (Patricia Wettig), as well as Peter
Pan-ish photographer Gary Shepard (Peter Horton). Now that many
baby boomers are reaching retirement age, they can relax and recall the
glory of their post-hippie years -- "thirtysomething: The Complete First
Season" debuted on DVD last week.
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Dr. Dre lights up more 'Chronic'
When Dr. Dre, with help from his homeboy Snoop Doggy Dogg, released "The Chronic" in 1992, hip-hop was forever changed. Hip-hop, for better (?) and for worse, became nuthin' but a "G" (gangsta) thing.
Now comes "The Chronic: Re-Lit and From the Vault." The two-disc set, currently in stores, includes the 16 original, very explicit tracks, plus a 70-minute DVD containing rare footage, music videos, a short film, TV promos, a Dr. Dre interview and seven audio tracks from "The Chronic" era.
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Vampies suck, Neil Gaiman says
When Entertainment Weekly recently devoted its cover story to why fangy dudes and dudettes (vampires) are suddenly hip (again), they asked fantasy writer Neil Gaiman (he of "Sandman" and "Stardust" fame) to weigh in.
But, the EW folks say, Gaiman had lots more to say on the subject than they could print. So they've posted more of Gaiman's insights online. Among the choice nuggets: "Vampirism is always an excellent way of talking about sex without talking about sex," Gaiman says.
Read the interview at ew.com.
LISTEN
Dr. Dre lights up more 'Chronic'
When Dr. Dre, with help from his homeboy Snoop Doggy Dogg, released "The Chronic" in 1992, hip-hop was forever changed. Hip-hop, for better (?) and for worse, became nuthin' but a "G" (gangsta) thing.
Now comes "The Chronic: Re-Lit and From the Vault." The two-disc set, currently in stores, includes the 16 original, very explicit tracks, plus a 70-minute DVD containing rare footage, music videos, a short film, TV promos, a Dr. Dre interview and seven audio tracks from "The Chronic" era.
READ
Vampies suck, Neil Gaiman says
When Entertainment Weekly recently devoted its cover story to why fangy dudes and dudettes (vampires) are suddenly hip (again), they asked fantasy writer Neil Gaiman (he of "Sandman" and "Stardust" fame) to weigh in.
But, the EW folks say, Gaiman had lots more to say on the subject than they could print. So they've posted more of Gaiman's insights online. Among the choice nuggets: "Vampirism is always an excellent way of talking about sex without talking about sex," Gaiman says.
Read the interview at ew.com.
-- Rick de Yampert,
Entertainment Writer
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