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  1. Matt Crunk

    Any writers?

    I wrote many short stories as a kid, a couple of which won state-level high school writing competitions. As an adult I've worked as a copywriter on various advertising campaigns, written how-to articles for major trade magazines, and used to regularly write band and record reviews for a local...
  2. Matt Crunk

    What's the meaning behind your Avatar ?

    My avatar is of me taken from a series of wardrobe studies for a film role I was preparing for. That role is also the reason for the beard. I shaved it soon after production, but am now in the process of growing it back (almost two years later) for some retakes and added scenes.
  3. Matt Crunk

    items of clothing that make you cringe

    I absolutely hate to see anyone wearing a toboggan (the knit headwear, not the sled . . ."tuque" if you're Canadian) as a fashion statement, rather than just something to keep your head warm, outdoors, on cold days (which is perfectly OK. That's what it was made for). Seeing musicians wearing...
  4. Matt Crunk

    Your Favorite Sandwiches?

    One of my favorite sandwiches has to be a big ol' steamed muffuletta. Contrary to popular belief, it originated in what used to be my secondary hometown, Mobile, Alabama, and NOT New Orleans as New Orleanians like to claim.
  5. Matt Crunk

    What's for Dinner?

    A good friend of mine used to own and operate a Bar & Grill in Sheffield, Alabama called The Fillin' Station. I was actually in an old converted 40s/50s art deco styled service station and was filled with automotive memorabilia. I put in many nights there helping out when he was short handed...
  7. Matt Crunk

    What's for Dinner?

    Take-home from Five-Guys Burger & Fries. A sackful of overpriced, over-greased goodness. At least it's all peanut oil.
  8. Matt Crunk

    Gable vs. Bogart

    Bogey hands down. Maybe it was because of the roles I associate him with, but I was never able to identify with Gable. I completely relate to Bogart in just about everything I've seen him in. I also feel the same about Cary Grant. Just can't relate to him at all.
  9. Matt Crunk

    I used to live in a whore house!

    Back in the early '90s I had an office in an old 1920s four-square that was rumored to be a whore house through most of the 70s. From the decor and wallpaper present before we remodeled, I'd say it probably was.
  10. Matt Crunk

    Restaurant variety in the Golden Era compared to today?

    When I was a kid growing up in the late '60s and '70s, I remember being limited to (very Americanized) Chinese, Italian, and Mexican restaurants in my North Alabama hometown. But really within the last 30 or so years it has gotten to the point where one could dine out every night for a month on...
  11. Matt Crunk

    Is Hat Ettiquette Obsolete?

    Sounds like you were having LUNCH in a crowded DINER type environment, in which case it would have been much more acceptable even in the '40s or '50s to leave your hat on.
  13. Matt Crunk

    Is Hat Ettiquette Obsolete?

    Personally I miss the etiquette and manners as well as the style. I believe a great deal of what's wrong with society today is the breakdown of etiquette and refinement. Seems like in the "good old days" even those who weren't very refined at least aspired to be. Nowadays they aspire to be...
  14. Matt Crunk

    Restaurant variety in the Golden Era compared to today?

    The variety of restaurants available today even in small town America is one area of daily life where I believe I'd have to choose the present over the Golden Era. Especially ethnic restaurants: Japanese (sushi bars in particular), Thai, Korean, Vietnamese, Greek, Indian, Polynesian, etc. I...
  15. Matt Crunk

    Fedora Mojo

    This thread reminds me of a great line from James Bond in Live and Let Die: "It's just a hat obviously belonging to a small headed man of limited means who lost a fight with a chicken."
  16. Matt Crunk

    How to Know if You're in The Right Bar

    The whole place is decorated in bamboo and Pacificana, there are flaming mai-tais on the drink menu and strands of Arthur Lyman and Martin Denny drifting on the wind.
  17. Matt Crunk

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    About to start watching the outer-space drama DEFYING GRAVITY. Just got the complete box set on DVD. This is about as far from the Golden Era as you can get, but I'm somehow in the mood for something different.
  19. Matt Crunk

    What's for Dinner?

    Tonight at Crunk Manor: BBQ pork roast, mashed potatoes, creamed corn.
  20. Matt Crunk

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    A term you used to hear used in old Noir and crime films was gunsel. It was usually used (incorrectly) as a slang term for a gunman or hired gun, but actually originated as a term for a young homosexual or kept male lover. Apparently Bogey used it first in The Maltese Falcon, and production code...
  21. Matt Crunk

    We walk the walk but do we talk the talk?

    I read somewhere that the term "gunsel" first appeared in film in The Maltese Falcon, and it slipped by the censors because they weren't familiar with the term and, due to the context in which it was used, assumed it was slang for a "hired gun". Furthermore it later began to pop up in other noir...
  22. Matt Crunk

    Captain America Jacket

    I must be getting old. When I read the title of this thread I assumed it would be discussing a reproduction of the jacket Peter Fonda wore in Easy Rider.
  23. Matt Crunk

    Where do you see fedoras worn the most?

    Good observation. I have to agree. I tend to see quite a few at farmer's markets and flea markets around here too. I see a few at car shows as well, but mostly straw ones. Arts and crafts shows are a good place too. We have First Friday arts and crafts fairs downtown about 9 months out of the...

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