Category Archives: The Local Scene

Parade Day — the best day of the year

By Mike Sadowski | Published: March 12, 2010 | 0 Comments
“Best day of the year … better than Christmas!” That’s Tom Sizemore as he’s getting the crapped kicked out of him by the Hardy clan in Striking Distance. It’s also me when I wake up every year on the Saturday before St. Patrick’s Day — known throughout the region as Parade Day in Scranton. Notice the deliberate [...]
Posted in The Local Scene | Tagged , , | 0 Comments

Final Nip/Tuck thoughts …

By Mike Sadowski | Published: March 4, 2010 | 0 Comments
Oscar preview tomorrow! Some lingering thoughts from the Nip/Tuck finale (all spoilers, stop RIGHT NOW if you haven’t seen it yet and proceed right to the screen shot of Jim and Pam): --I liked it. There were only two ways the show could possibly end. Either Sean and Christian would hope the first flight to Vermont to [...]
Also posted in Movies, Music, Pop Culture, TV | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 0 Comments

Buy a T-shirt! And the hottest DWTS cast. Ever.

By Mike Sadowski | Published: March 2, 2010 | 0 Comments
One quick plug before we roll into a super-sized edition of PopRox to try and make up for slacking lately: Buy a T-shirt! Now! Seriously, we’re selling these T-shirts in conjunction with the Great Pocono Weight Race. They’re $15, and all the proceeds will go to the Diabetic Education Program at Pocono Medical Center. We’re trying to [...]
Also posted in Movies, Pop Culture, TV | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 0 Comments

live chat and the end of friday night lights

By Mike Sadowski | Published: February 11, 2010 | 0 Comments
Running a little short on time today, so one quick plug then on to some abbreviated links: Friday at 12:30 p.m. we’re having a live fitness chat in conjunction with the Great Pocono Weight Race. Elevations Health Club trainer April Pansy will be online answering all of your fitness questions, and I’ll be along for the ride moderating. She’s going to [...]
Also posted in Movies, Music, Pop Culture, TV | Tagged , , , , , , , | 0 Comments

the local round-up

By Mike Sadowski | Published: February 4, 2010 | 0 Comments
Playing through the pain — or the schedule — to make sure I got something up today. The inbox is getting pretty full with some stuff, so it’s time for a quick local round-up before I have to run out for an interview at Camelback. As always, if you want me to mention your big [...]
Posted in The Local Scene | 0 Comments

state of the poprox speech

By Mike Sadowski | Published: December 9, 2009 | 0 Comments
Yup, here it comes. Every now and then — especially when something good happens, like today — I take some time to announce something and break down what it means to the PopRox readers. Since this is something people have been asking about for the last two months ever since the switch to the new blog host [...]
Also posted in Movies, Music, Pop Culture, TV | Tagged , , , | 0 Comments

oprah, twilight and jon and kate. double bolt the medicine cabinet, please

By Mike Sadowski | Published: November 20, 2009 | 0 Comments
Got some local stuff to clean out of the inbox: Thought I’d post this picture and a mini-review from the Star Wars: In Concert event from one of the ticket winners we pulled on Monday. The review is from Priscilla McKinley, who was the guest of PopRox winner MaryJane Colon of Blakeslee: “Thank you for the opportunity [...]
Also posted in Movies, Pop Culture, TV | Tagged , , , , | 0 Comments

happy birthday, sesame street!

By Mike Sadowski | Published: November 10, 2009 | Comments closed
If you picked up the Record’s TV Guide last Friday, you saw the perfect lede for a story commemorating Sesame Street’s 40th anniversary today: The world is divided into two types of people. Those who grew up on Sesame Street, and those who didn’t. I did. Sesame Street taught me everything a 5-year-old needed to know. Numbers, letters, [...]
Also posted in Movies, Pop Culture, TV | Tagged , , , , , | Comments closed