The worst (or best?) Tom Hanks movies of his career
The absolute worst Tom Hanks films Ever since he first burst onto the scene, Tom Hanks has built a career as a good-natured everyman, a man with basic decency who is impossible to dislike. He’s […]
A dozen of the most influential guitarists of the 1950s
When people talk about guitar heroes, they usually invoke names like Jimi Hendrix or Eddie Van Halen. While these were trailblazing musicians whose pyrotechnics inspired millions of teenage kids to pick up an instrument, they’re […]
Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie & more: How many of these cultural signifiers are really American?
Few people today can pinpoint with much accuracy when it was decided that “baseball, hot dogs, and apple pie” were the holy trinity of that which is most American. Still, the cement dried on the […]
OK, Boomers: 10 ways you totally screwed over GenX
There is very little love lost between the Baby Boomer generation and the one that followed it, Generation X. According to the Boomers, they gave the world Woodstock, social transformation, and political activism that dismantled […]
KISS’s blood-printed comic book & other totally true music legends
Even in the pre-internet days, it was easy for a baseless rumor about a given musician to gain traction. Indeed, artists spanning the musical spectrum from Rod Stewart to Frank Zappa to Stevie Nicks have […]
Hot but horrible: These ’60s hit songs were the worst in these artists’ catalogs
The period known as the 1960s is regularly invoked as one in which pop music reached its highest peak. A look at the sales charts from that period will show that a lot of great […]
Total injustice: How did these amazing singers never have a top 10 Billboard hit?
It’s a sad state of affairs, but it’s true and bears repeating — a lot of popular music is terrible, and a lot of great music never gets popular. We would love to pretend it […]
This dreamy Colonel Sanders pillow plus 22 other totally wild fast food items for sale since the 1970s
Happy National Cheeseburger Day! Folks across the country will be able to snag some tasty deals from many of their favorite burger joints today, including McDonald’s, where customers will be able to get a double cheeseburger […]
Bonnie Raitt & 9 other tragically underrated women who rock
Despite having a long and proud history of helping found it (see Sister Rosetta Tharpe, for example), rock and roll remains a boys’ club where women are not welcome. To many men, a woman’s place […]
The absolute worst songs ever recorded in the history of ever & we aren’t even joking so there
Musical taste is subjective, and there are no right or wrong answers when discussing it. Those who enjoy listening to ‘The Ethel Merman Disco Album’ have as much right to their opinion as those who […]