Cinematic depictions of the sports world have tended to be a bit heavy on testosterone over the years. “Rocky IV” is a fine example of how male-dominated these movies have a tendency to be, what […]

Americans love guns. They love to point them at a target and squeeze off a few rounds, whether to eliminate stress or just to see what happens when a bullet traveling at high velocity shreds […]

In 1979, the late Bon Scott of AC/DC sang, “It’s criminal, there ought to be a law.” When we look at the world around us, we see many things that we assume are criminal because they […]

The 1970 to 1979 was a great run of years for rock music. Indeed, some of the most beloved and durable music was made during that time, and it still casts a long shadow over […]

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a “cult” as “a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious.” The Roman Emperor Nero was famously said to regard the emerging religion known as Christianity that way. While accounts of his […]

Girl Scouts of the USA was founded in 1912 by Juliette Gordon Low. The first troop was formed in Savannah, Georgia, and consisted of just 18 girls, but it kept gaining steam. The organization was […]

Times change, and social mores change with them. When that happens, a lot of things that used to seem perfectly normal – such as classic rock songs with less-than-evolved views – become objectionable, and excusing […]

If you want to gain an appreciation for how different the world is today than it was decades ago, all you have to do is look at the slang terms of the past. You will […]

The modern workplace has continued to evolve ever since the Industrial Revolution, particularly since the Internet came along. We can do things now in the workplace that were unthinkable a few decades ago, and workers […]

It’s 2024, and the future is now! Between VR headsets, smart homes, and Bluetooth-enabled refrigerators, it certainly feels like we’ve reached the apex of technological advancements, and it’s hard to imagine what gadgets could possibly […]

America is the greatest country on earth. At least it is to a lot of people who live here. But do people in the rest of the world agree with that, or do they see […]

Movies are often distinguished by certain attributes. Busby Berkeley movies had complex musical numbers, Esther Williams movies had synchronized swimming, and George Lucas movies had horribly written dialogue. But as singular and iconic as those […]

For quite a few years now, you’ve been getting the short end of the stick, with your Gen X children referring to you as yesterday’s news and dismissing you with the same wave of the […]

When an artist performs a song written by someone else, it’s usually just because they like the song in question. Either that or the producer thought it would round out a record that needs something […]

There was a time in the ancient past when celebrities did whatever they could to avoid scandal.  If some lurid rumor escaped from behind the veil of secrecy to become public knowledge, it was a […]

We’ve all done it. We’ve listened to a song over and over again for years, thinking we know the lyrics like the backs of our hands. Then, one day, we have the opportunity to see […]

It’s 2024, which means we’ve been listening to music from the ’70s for roughly 50 years. With that kind of history, it’s unsurprising that many of the lyrics to that era’s popular songs are burned […]

Cars in the 1950s were visually striking, and not always for good reasons. While the decade produced such enduring automotive beauties as the classic Corvette, it also gave us a lot of cars that were […]

If you lived through the 1960s, you know firsthand that this was a decade with a vibe all its own. And while we may still enjoy many of the pop culture artifacts of the decade, […]

On Sunday, Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas will host its first-ever Super Bowl. If you’re one of those folks who don’t care much about the Super Bowl, you may feel a little left out. But the […]

Albums are a lot like children – they turn into 60-year-olds before you know what hit you. And indeed, there are a lot of classic albums turning 60 this year that don’t sound a day […]

It’s 2024, and the 1994 death of Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain is roughly as old as the John F. Kennedy assassination was when “In Utero” came out. In other words, it’s not just that it was […]

The English language is full of words for things you see all the time but have never managed to put a name to. That sleeve that goes on your hot cup of coffee? Well, it’s […]

Earlier this year it was announced that Fruit Stripe gum, a staple of 1970s kids’ recreational chewing habits, was being discontinued by candy maker Ferrara, who owns the brand. It had stopped production of the […]

The year 1984 was unusually good for movies. Many of the films released that year were not just entertaining but highly influential, and some that didn’t catch on right away upon release have stood the […]

When social media was invented, it was considered a young person’s pursuit, but it didn’t take long for people in their golden years to get into the act. A not-small segment of those golden-agers happen […]

There’s nothing more boring than listening to people over 40 drone on and on about how music used to be better in the past. Having said that, those of us who are 40 and over […]

It’s a presidential election year, and many experts are sounding the alarm to say generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools may upend the process. People specializing in AI say that these tools have made it easier […]

Earlier this year, TGI Fridays restaurant chain announced in a press release that it had sold eight of its Northeast locations to former CEO Ray Blanchette. It also announced the closure of 36 other “underperforming […]

In July 2022, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University, took to X, the social media platform then known as Twitter, to reveal his […]