Production Notes for Episode 15 of RFC
February 26, 2007 by Rudy Panucci
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Monday Morning Art: The Ramp
by Rudy PanucciThis week’s art, another in my pretentious “Pop Art Charleston” series, is a view of the South Side Bridge ramp over Kanawha Boulevard.
As always, click the photo for a larger view. And go here for the Monday Morning Art Store, and here for the PopCult store. You still have time to be the first customer!
Song and Video of the Week: “Writing’s Hard”
February 25, 2007 by Rudy PanucciHere’s a special bonus RFC song. Just about 27 hours before this message is being posted, we recorded Parkersburg singer/songwriter John Radcliff at LiveMix Studio for episode 16 of Radio Free Charleston. Some of you old-timers may remember John’s amazing guitar work with The Swivel Rockers, Feast of Stephen and The Mad Scientist Club. About six years ago, he started writing and singing his own material, and I was blown away by the quality of his tunesmithery.
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Coming Attractions
February 23, 2007 by Rudy PanucciLook for the full episode at Gazztv Monday, and detailed production notes right here in PopCult.
Cool Thing Of The Week: SHAZAM!
February 22, 2007 by Rudy Panucci
Jeff Smith, the cartoonist behind the amazing “Bone” comic books, is producing a four-issue mini-series that takes the Shazam characters back to their roots and re-tells a classic adventure in “Shazam: The Monster Society Of Evil.” This series restores the sense of wonder and light-hearted adventure that was the hallmark of the Captain Marvel stories of the 1940s, when he starred in the best-selling comic book of all time, with sales of six million copies every three weeks. The series even has a secret message in each issue that has to be decoded at the DC Comics Website.
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Counting The Days….
February 20, 2007 by Rudy Panucci…until the first opera/musical based on the life of Anna Nicole Smith is announced. You know there’s got to be a dozen or so ironic pop culture mavens out there cranking out a quickie cash-in job, disguised as a hip, irreverent social commentary.
Monday Morning Art: The Building Looks Back
February 19, 2007 by Rudy PanucciLast week our Monday Morning Art was a digitally-assaulted photograph of The Union Building, taken from Capitol Street. This week we turn the tables with a digitally-assaulted photograph of Capitol Street, taken from The Union Building. If you look about a fourth of the way up from the bottom, just left of center, that’s where I was standing when I took last week’s photo. It was not the only time I’ve been just left of center.
As always, click the photo for a larger view. And go here for the Monday Morning Art Store, and here for the PopCult store. You still have time to be the first customer!
Cool Thing Of The Week: Captain Action Model
February 15, 2007 by Rudy Panucci

When I was a kid, my favorite action figure was Captain Action. He was a GI Joe-sized toy figure that could be dressed as other superheroes like Superman, Spider-man, Batman, Green Hornet, Captain America, and many others. Our cool thing of the week this week is an upcoming reproduction of the hard-to-find Aurora Model Kit of the Captain, which you can read about here.
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Pre-Valentine’s Day Massacre
February 14, 2007 by Rudy PanucciIt was one week before Valentine’s Day, and I have to say, no matter how many strange things you’ve lived through, nothing can quite prepare you for the sight of your girlfriend being handcuffed to a professional wrestler.
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