The Simpsons Sing the Blues came out in 1990, riding on the huge wave of popularity the Simpsons were enjoying at the time. I was an insanely huge Simpsons fan when I was younger, and I’m starting to regain that obsession now thanks to finally buying all the DVD sets.

I had two or three of the Simpsons albums back in the day, and The Simpsons Sing the Blues was my first. While I liked the albums of music from the show better, I can’t help but feel nostalgic when I listen to Do the Bartman or Deep Deep Trouble. Since it’s a couple decades old, you can pick up the album on Amazon for less than ten bucks, or you can listen to all the songs with me thanks to the magical world of YouTube.

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Some kind person with far too much time on their hands has uploaded the entire 90s masterpiece that is Adventures in Dinosaur City onto YouTube. If you don’t remember, Adventures in Dinosaur City (or, that one movie where the kids get sucked into the TV and go to dinosaur land) made my list of the worst dinosaur movies of the 90s.

Bummed you can’t find this movie on DVD? Fret no longer, because thanks to the internet you can watch the full movie in ten not-so-convenient clips.

If there’s one cartoon from my childhood that I had been dying to go back to, but never got around to it, it is definitely X-Men. To me, X-Men was an after-school staple in the 90s. I loved the animation style and the action, as well as the 2-4 part series’ that frequented the show. The series ran from 1992 to 1997, and aired on Fox Kids, and later was syndicated on the Disney XD.

Back in April, Volumes 1 and 2 of X-Men were released on DVD, and last week Disney followed up with Volume 3 and Volume 4.

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The Sega Dreamcast turns 10 years old today. I know what I was doing ten years ago; working at the local Boys and Girls club after school and saving my pennies. When the Dreamcast came out I strutted down to Wal-Mart and plopped down my $200 or so and went home with my dream console. Oddly enough, they were all out of Sonic Adventures, so I bought Power Stone 2, and was very happy with it.

Lets all go over to ThinkGeek today and buy a brand new Dreamcast in the box for $99, and remember how awesome this console actually was. Continue reading to watch a cool video on the rise and fall of the Sega Dreamcast.

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Trapper Keepers are something I’m confident we’re all pretty passionate about here in Nostalgia country. I’ve written about them before, and oddly enough, lately I’ve been getting a ton of traffic from people searching for “no trapper keepers”.

A quick search made me realize that something horrible is happening to our nation’s children. They’re being told that they can’t have Trapper Keepers at school! Apparently a lot of schools do not want kids using them for orginization. Check your local Wal-mart’s depressingly early back-to-school section and see for yourself. If they have your local elementary school’s supply list, it might say no Trapper Keepers.

Frankly, I don’t buy their reasoning. They say it’s because Trapper Keepers are poor oginizational tools and do not have enough space. With most elementary aged kids probably using laptops already, does that seem like a big deal? Do you want to know why I think they’re really not allowing them?

They’re too Awesome

I think the main reason they’re banned is because they are so awesome. This leads to kids constantly talking in class because they can’t help but compliment their friend’s Iguana-playing-volleyball Trapper Keeper. This sounds like a good, healthy, high-fiving environment for kids, but it has it’s downside.

With all the awesome geometric designs, animals playing extreme sports, and Lisa Frank Trapper Keepers around, kids (and teachers?) who don’t have one are probably tempted to steal them from those that do.

Anyway, thats me being stupid, but seriously schools, no Trapper Keepers? I’ll admit, the new ones are near as cool as the classics, but still. What next, no Pogs?

Find Trapper Keepers on eBay