The Vintage News Jun 21, 2018 Andrew Pourciaux (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/WireImage) Pokémon is one of the biggest game franchises ever created. With over 20 films, 122 games, and over 800 creatures to capture, the Pokémon series has been highly influential in gaming culture across the globe. The origins of Pokémon may be surprising for some, … Read more
The Vintage News Apr 22, 2018 Stefan Andrews Footprints belonging to two different kinds of dinosaurs, discovered on Scotland’s Isle of Skye, have revealed new details of how the now-extinct creatures evolved and moved during a period of the Jurassic era. Traces of the dinosaurs were found both as part of trackways and as isolated marks, … Read more
The Vintage News May 8, 2018 Stefan Andrews Photo: MICHAEL HANSON AND BHART-ANJAN S. BHULLAR A very early bird species known as Ichthyornis dispar is helping scientists answer questions on how our avian friends evolved from dinosaurs. Fossilized specimens of four skulls, mostly fragmented, of this Cretaceous period seabird species have been used by both U.S. and U.K. scientists … Read more
The Vintage News Jun 9, 2018 Nancy Bilyeau A hot day in New York City feels like no place else. The heaviness of the air weighs on you as you trudge down the blinding bright streets crisscrossing Gotham. It could be the concrete everywhere–sidewalks below, buildings above–and the smell of garbage that seems to grow in … Read more
The Vintage News May 23, 2018 E.L. Hamilton Even if you never listen to any classical music, you probably recognize the famously ominous opening bars of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony: da-da-da dummmmmmmm. (Depending on your movie tastes, you may recognize the Fifth on the soundtracks of The Breakfast Club, Austin Powers the Goldmember, or Howards End.) Beethoven was so deaf by the time … Read more
The Vintage News Apr 16, 2018 Nancy Bilyeau (Photo by julio donoso/Sygma via Getty Images) Milos Forman, who died at the age of 86 on April 14, 2018, after a brief illness, directed some of the most memorable dramas of his time, from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nestto Amadeus. But perhaps the greatest drama he experienced was his … Read more
The Vintage News Jun 8, 2018 Kristin Thomas If you know people who have tattoos, there’s a good chance at least one of them has a nautical-themed design somewhere on his or her body. Today, sailor tattoos, also referred to as “traditional tattoos” or “old school tattoos,” are seeing a resurgence. WW2 – sailors aboard USS … Read more
