Anoka: How did a small town in Minnesota become the Halloween capital of the world?
“This, our town of Halloween!”
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Hacks: the baffling reason the FBI struggles to recruit computer operatives
Would you expect anything different from them?
Superman vs the Ku Klux Klan: the real-life story that thwarted white supremacists
Helping to dismantle their power in the real world.
‘Mah Nà Mah Nà’: The song famous by The Muppets was originally from a 1968 Italian softcore sex film
‘Mah Nà Mah Nà’ was written for an Italian sexploitation film.
Salvador Dalí’s muse Amanda Lear in her first TV commercial, 1967
Already radiating the surreal, gender-fluid mystique Dalí adored.
Satire goes off-leash: How fake dog adverts in ‘Canine Quarterly’ became high art
Think Vogue—but for weird dogs.
Unauthorized, unhinged, unforgettable: The ‘Charlie’s Angels’ TV trash that still slaps
Campy, sleazy, but undeniably entertaining.
Satan is back with boobs, pubes and heavy rock: “Vintage smut collecting is a solitary path”
This isn’t horror‑camp—it’s delirious subversion.
Extreme Record Collecting: Confessions of an analog vinyl snob
Sorry, but this is not going to be one of those analog vs. digital rants that goofball audiophile types like to indulge in at the…
The crash of the anvil at the nightclub school: Sheila Rock’s New Romantics
In the ever-evolving tapestry of fashion and youth subcultures, the New Romantics of the 1980s emerged as a vibrant and revolutionary movement. Known for their…