01/28/15 at 10:39 am
Bart Bealmear
On October 30th, 1992, Nirvana were booked to play a major show in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They were so big at that point in time that they...
01/28/15 at 09:59 am
Paul Gallagher
Singapore’s Bugis Street was renowned as a meeting place for trans women to mix, mingle and have fun during the 1950s-1980s. Each evening, a...
01/27/15 at 03:23 pm
Martin Schneider
Not much to say about this one. If you’ve ever wanted a reason to picture Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester III doing the Hustle, here’s your...
01/27/15 at 02:53 pm
Martin Schneider
I stumbled upon a reference to this marvelous book The Gourmet Cokebook: A Complete Guide to Cocaine, and I instantly knew I had to have it....
01/27/15 at 01:28 pm
Ron Kretsch
Early ‘70s Detroiters were fortunate to have a still-thriving auto industry, the Motown scene, tons of badass underground rock bands, and on...
01/27/15 at 01:13 pm
Richard Metzger
From the Dangerous Minds archives: For those of you snowed in today, here’s a sizzling hot cult film to keep you warm. Highly recommended! I...
01/27/15 at 12:15 pm
Tara McGinley
I thought I’d share these absolutely stunning photos of the decidedly wilder side of Japanese youth culture circa 1964. The images, taken by...
01/27/15 at 11:46 am
Richard Metzger
As passionate fans of the Friday Night Lights TV series will tell you, you don’t need to care that much about football itself to care deeply...
01/27/15 at 10:46 am
Ron Kretsch
I love it when a record takes me unawares and blows me away. It depends so much on context, sometimes a great album will just not impress you...
01/27/15 at 09:57 am
Paul Gallagher
If it’s true that all’s fair in love and war, then it’s the share of the spoils after death and divorce that cause the most problems....
01/26/15 at 06:29 pm
Martin Schneider
I just wanted to collect a few related data points here on the theme of David Cronenberg and Dilbert, the comic strip. Cronenberg has probably...
01/26/15 at 06:10 pm
Tara McGinley
Remember that animated GIF by UK-based illustrator Helen Green showing all the style incarnations of David Bowie throughout his career? It made...
01/26/15 at 01:56 pm
Richard Metzger
“Revolt in the Fifth Dimension” is a 1967 episode of the old Spider-Man cartoon which was directed by a then 25-year-old Ralph Bakshi. It...
01/26/15 at 12:18 pm
Martin Schneider
By early 1987 legendary Chicago indie titans Big Black had put out one full-length album, Atomizer, and had another about to come out, Songs...
01/26/15 at 11:57 am
Paul Gallagher
How can we stop racism? By better education? By enforcing laws? By outing racists on the Internet and then campaigning to have them fired from...
01/26/15 at 11:54 am
Ron Kretsch
As record collecting’s resurgence continues to grow, so does the sub-industry of proffering opinions about the phenomenon. Annual pro- and...
01/26/15 at 11:09 am
Amber Frost
The New York Times style section is infamously incompetent at determining which trends are real and which trends are trolls. You’d think...
01/26/15 at 10:37 am
Amber Frost
As I am more gourmand than gourmet, and more human garbage disposal than either of those things, I refuse to turn up my nose at any dish I’ve...
01/24/15 at 11:00 pm
Marc Campbell
Photo by Jim Herrington. Joe Franklin died on Saturday. He was 88. The cause was prostate cancer. The world has lost one of TV’s weirdest and...
01/23/15 at 04:08 pm
Tara McGinley
Take note fashion victims and behold these tiny crochet shorts and ball-hugging crochet pants made entirely from 100% recycled vintage...