Thomas Guy

Re: The “Venture Bros.” movie

I just watched the new Venture Bros movie. Here are my thoughts.

I just discovered a copy of something my dad once told me about. When I was a kid, he’d tell me about my great uncle. Stan was always pretty vague on the subject. Also, the guy had died five years before I was even born. But I still remember bits and pieces of what heContinue reading “A Great Uncle”

The First Time I Heard About “Taxi Driver”

I can still remember the first time I’d ever heard about Taxi Driver (1976). I was at Buckley, either 9th or 10th grade. Probably 9th. There was this neighbor girl who lived up the street. I only met her after I switched to her school. Her name was *redacted* or something. She and I wereContinue reading “The First Time I Heard About “Taxi Driver””

Imagine Trolleys on Third Street Promenade

A streetcar would whisk you up 3rd, all the way from the Starbucks at Santa Monica Place to the … Starbucks … at 7th and Montana. EDIT: I guess this ties in with my post on Steampunk Santa Monica. I don’t want to get bogged down in the history of “Third Street”, (a.k.a. “The Promenade”);Continue reading “Imagine Trolleys on Third Street Promenade”

I’m Thrilled

At Buckley, around 1990, KROQ was very much a mainstream radio station. Almost to the point of being boring. My big sister listened to it. Even back when she was still a senior there. Even my mom put up with it most of the time.