“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 […]
The next time you’re scrolling through Spotify to find music to vacuum your living room to, try this experiment – look at the names of some of the more popular artists. If you’re baffled by […]
If you drive to work every day, you know that it’s not accurate to call it ‘driving’ so much as “sitting in pokey, stop-and-go traffic for over an hour in what should be a 15-minute […]
Many of us wish to follow in the footsteps of our parents. This is why so many hardware stores change their names from “Steve’s Hardware Store” to “Steve and Sons’ Hardware Store” after about 20 […]
People of a certain age will fondly recall the television show “Name That Tune,” in which contestants would identify a popular song after hearing only a couple of notes of the melody. Since then, decades […]