Retro Ramblings
Keep Your Feet On the Ground and Keep Reaching For the Stars
There are certain sounds that instantly transport you back in time. For me, one of those sounds is the voice of Casey Kasem echoing through the speakers on a lazy …
Articles by Mickey Lee
Retro Ramblings
I Used To Be the Ground Beef Bandit
I still walk past the meat section and feel that old urge to poke a pack of ground beef, a tiny reminder of the kid I used to be. …
Retro Ramblings
Still Waiting for My Treasure Map Thanks to The Goonies
The Goonies felt like childhood itself, a wild treasure hunt where friendship mattered more than fear and every kid believed adventure was waiting just past the front porch. …
Retro Ramblings
Back When Pop Culture Belonged to the Kids
Some days I swear I can still hear a VHS tape whirring to life, pulling me back to a world of theme songs, mall food courts, and Saturday mornings that felt like they could last forever. …
Retro Ramblings
Watching Artemis Return Felt Like Being Ten Years Old Again
I didn’t expect Artemis 2’s return to hit me the way it did. One moment I was watching a glowing capsule streak through the atmosphere, and the next I was back in school staring at a TV strapped to a metal cart. …
Retro Ramblings
Friday Night at the Rink
On Friday nights the skating rink felt like the center of the universe, all neon lights, loud music, and kids wobbling through freedom on four wheels. It was chaos, it was magic, and it was ours. …
Retro Ramblings
A Weekend Wrapped Around One Song
Before music lived in the cloud, I stood under KMart’s fluorescent lights flipping through cassette singles, searching for the one song I could carry home in my pocket. It felt like choosing who I wanted to be. …
Retro Ramblings
Wendy’s Square Burgers Confused Me
As a kid, nothing baffled me more than Wendy’s square hamburgers. Every other place used circles, but Wendy’s served geometry. Those corners stuck out past the bun like the burger was trying to escape. …
Retro Ramblings
Columbia House Was the First Subscription Service That Played Me Like a Fiddle
“Back then I thought Columbia House was the greatest deal ever made. Twelve CDs for a penny felt like I’d beaten the system, right up until they mailed me albums I never ordered and billed me like an adult. …
Retro Ramblings
I Thought English Leather Was Fancy
As a kid, I thought one splash of English Leather made me irresistible. In reality, I smelled like a third‑grader who’d wrestled a saddle. But I strutted into class convinced sophistication had finally arrived. …