Author Archives: DrUsual

Cringiest Music Videos of the 1980s

Love Is A Battlefield No one in my car touches channel changer when Pat comes on, but the video for “Love Is A Battlefield” is absolutely some entry-level cringe. Apparently our hero in this one is fighting against the tyranny of parental units, only to discover that life on the street isn’t glamorous because…um…love isContinue reading “Cringiest Music Videos of the 1980s”

June ’24 Road Trip – Moonshine

Flew up to Ohio this past week so I could road trip to the San Antonio area with my friend Mary. We were constrained slightly with a timeline but planned a few stops, and among them was the hamburger stand at Moonshine, IL. We found Moonshine via Atlas Obscura. Moonshine’s population is two, and thoseContinue reading “June ’24 Road Trip – Moonshine”

June ’24 Road Trip – Kymaerica

Another Atlas Obscura find, this one in Terra Haute, Indiana. This is just one installment of a pretty amazing art collection by Eames Demetrios. In a nutshell, this guy wrote an extensive sci-fi story, but instead of publishing it as a book, he put snippets of it all over the world. And that’s literally “allContinue reading “June ’24 Road Trip – Kymaerica”

June ’24 Road Trip – Kaskaskia Dragon

We have a simple road trip rule: if it looks cool, we’re stopping. And a bona fide fire-breathing dragon certainly falls into the realm of “cool.” The dragon is located in Vandalia, Illinois. He’s menacing a rather shaky looking knight, and did I mention he breathes fire? We bought tokens at the liquor store rightContinue reading “June ’24 Road Trip – Kaskaskia Dragon”