While heavy metal music has been associated with devil worship, drug abuse, and other societal ills, the fact is that heavy metal people are like everyone else. They put their pants on one leg at […]

When we’re sitting around on our couches eating potato chips, and one of them happens to be shaped like the raising of the American flag at Iwo Jima, most of us say, “Oh, that’s neat.” […]

Most of the time, when some piece of technology becomes obsolete, that’s it. No one wants yesterday’s news, and many gadgets that were once examples of cutting-edge technology are now examples of archaic refuse that […]

Those of us who celebrate Christmas frequently have decorations in the attic or a closet, and they are only seen briefly when December 25 rolls around. Then, they return to those dark and musty places […]

“The Twelve Days of Christmas” may be 250 years old, but that’s done nothing to diminish its popularity as a Christmas carol. Does that mean people today love to observe all 12 days of Christmas? […]

Each year at Yuletide, a slew of albums is released with all sorts of different takes on the holidays. Some are entertaining and come from musically talented individuals, while others are just cynical attempts to […]

Since the advent of streaming services like Spotify, the phenomenon of the rich rock star has dried up significantly. According to LaabelGrid, Spotify pays artists between $0.003 to $0.005 per stream, a pittance compared to […]

Many lines of flowery prose have been written describing the vast cultural differences between the 1970s and 1980s. Whatever the differences, though, we’re sure people in wide-shouldered 1980s clothes inspired by “Dynasty” enjoyed the holidays […]

The 1970s was the decade of leisure suits, disco, and M*A*S*H*. It was also a decade like any other in that when December rolled around, people were uniformly preoccupied with the holidays, just as they […]

The 1960s was a decade of social turmoil, upheaval, and transformation. However, when the holidays rolled around, people were only too happy to put down their antiwar protest signs and quaff egg nog by the […]