Tag Archives: Creature from the Black Lagoon
Holiday Spirit(s)
I was the last child of three. And with each Christmas, my older siblings’ interests in the holiday waned. My mother, too, seemed to care a little less about all the preparations each year. So, in the void they left … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Cultural Leitmotifs, Monsters, Reflections
Tagged Christmas, Creature from the Black Lagoon, G.I. Joe, Gumby, Holiday Spirit, Perry Como, Tarzan
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The Creature
When I was a kid, I had these molded plastic figures of classic Universal movie monsters. I’m sure they were cheap, the sort of thing I could nag my mother into buying me on a visit to what passed for … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Cultural Leitmotifs, Heroes, Monsters, Movies, Music, Reflections
Tagged Creature from the Black Lagoon, Daniel Johnston, Jad Fair, Universal Studios
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