Assistant Editor / Co-moderator: Terence Nuzum
Established A.D. 2000, March 19. Now in our eleventh calendar year! Number 510 (Vol. 11, No. 1). This edition is for the week of December 28, 2009--January 3, 2010.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
POSTED BY NOLAN B. CANOVA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1. 2010
This is my first post of the new year.
So, last night was one of those few over the past twenty years I didn't get to go anywhere on New Year's Eve, and this time was due to illness. Damn the timing. What at first I thought was food poisoning looks by all accounts to be a stomach or intestinal virus, something I've had before that recurs unpredictably every few years.
-- THE FIRST DECADE --
Crazed Fanboy's Most Memorable Moments, 2000--2009 As submitted by PCR writers, compiled by Chris Woods The Very First Issue! Nolan's Newsstand
The debut of Nolan's Newsstand which later became Nolan's Pop Culture Review, that started back in March 2000.
JANUARY BIRTHDAYS Lisa Scherer, January 1, 40 yrs. Art Brown, Jan 2, 59 yrs. Patty G. Henderson, Jan 6, 59 yrs. Matt Drinnenberg, Jan 9, 49 yrs. George Roth, Jan 9, 65 yrs. Nicholas Castellano, Jan 13, 10 yrs. Scott van Sickle, Jan 14, 47 yrs. Tedd Webb, Jan. 29, 61 yrs.
The weather was inhospitable during the latter parts of New Year's Eve (lots of rain, approaching cold front), and traffic was much lighter where I am. I stayed in bed most of the time, trying to conserve strength, but couldn't resist the urge to check out New Year's Rockin' Eve with Dick Clark, something I do even if I'm over at a NYEve party. And I think I've included mini-reviews of New Year's Rockin' Eve ever since I started PCR.
Dick Clark...god bless 'im, I mean really. The poor man is 80 years old, has recovered (barely) from a stroke, so sounds like he's already had a few too many with badly slurred speech. But god bless 'im, he still made it out to offset and outclass the reality-show cheese appeal of Ryan Seacrest, a man whose celebrity I have yet to fathom. In fact, the only reason I tune in now is to see Clark, and to see the "big ball" drop in New York City. Yes, I know other stations carry the ball drop, but I tune into ABC so rarely now, I figure this one event is reserved. I used to tune in for the bands as well, but I don't even know who most of these groups are, a lot of them are rap-oriented, so that may account for some of that.
Just at the stroke of midnight -- and just after the big ball hit "2010" -- I hobbled outside for a few minutes to watch the fireworks in my neighborhood. Considering the gloomy conditions, it wasn't a bad show. More densely-packed in fewer areas than I remember, with the biggest and loudest all coming from the same three areas (I assume everyone else is broke or whatever). I quietly applauded their moxey for keeping the faith. Satisfied I'd properly observed the occasion, I limped back inside.
I switched the TV over to, I think, NBC, which carried an event from either Los Angeles or Las Vegas (I was only half paying attention) and caught a bit of a live Green Day performance -- relieved that at least I recognized somebody before turning back in for the night.
That's about it. I have to go lie down now, I'm still weak from the virus. I do have some Christmas pics I intend to post when I get back online, though, check back for that.
NEW YEAR, NEW LOOK
POSTED BY NOLAN B. CANOVA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30. 2009
Ye Olde Editor has just come off some kind of severe gastro-intestinal problem and is still a little under the weather. However, I didn't want to delay PCR's new homepage another day while I selfishly thought about my own recovery! That said, this page is still "under construction", and will be through tomorrow (Thursday). Yes, I know there are a few features still missing, and I'm doing the best I can to update under extreme circumstances.
The new pagetop banner, for those who may be confused, is meant to evoke my favorite image of Tampa and of Florida---a beautiful sunset, or sunrise (depending on your preference) and has nothing to do with pop culture. I dunno, it brings me comfort to see it, and I need all the comfort I can get right now.
In the everything-old-is-new-again department, the spacescape background you see behind these words was originally part of the main banner as well, but I eventually discarded that idea as overkill. Besides, at least three previous homepages also featured spacescapes, and though I'm a sucker for them, I try and avoid repeating myself. It seems to fit nicely here, though.
The hitcounter has been deep-sixed. Terence and I decided that although it was fine in our earlier years, it is now considered a bit amateur to feature a hitcounter. Besides, the thing was never intended as anything but window-dressing, its accuracy was, at best, only a general idea of our hits.
The writers' columns are going to look the same for a while until I can get their re-facing underway. That project started in November, but December has been one personal disaster after another and I'll need more time. However, they should all be perfectly functional in their present forms.
To all PCR writers: some template files have been changed to reflect the new year, and should not -- theoretically -- interfere with your postings. If you get any error messages that do interfere, contact me immediately.
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