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’70s Baseball: Big Hair and Plastic Grass'70s baseball pits hairs vs. squares in Dan Epstein's book
SportsFebruary 27, 2014 -
Jim Florentine: Heavy Metal ManLike heavy metal itself, both VH1’s That Metal Show and its co-host, comedian Jim Florentine, survive and thrive.
UncategorizedFebruary 13, 2014 -
The Tables Are Turned! Turntables Are Back!Enter Dave Archambault. His aptly named website, Vinyl Nirvana, keeps the dream spinning. He’ll pimp out a quality turntable, just for...
UncategorizedFebruary 11, 2014 -
Fred Stoller: Sitcom StapleFred Stoller goes though life watching people slowly recognize him. Point at him, snap your fingers, scratch your head, search your...
UncategorizedFebruary 11, 2014 -
The End of the SuburbsIn her important book, The End of the Suburbs, Fortune magazine co-editor Leigh Gallagher sums up a phenom that we never...
UncategorizedJanuary 5, 2014 -
Everything’s Coming Up Profits!We now have front-row-center seats to one of the great forgotten phenoms of 20th century culture: industrial musicals!
UncategorizedNovember 27, 2013 -
Wonder of Wonders!The perfect match! How Fiddler on the Roof became a tradition.
UncategorizedNovember 25, 2013 -
Dan Cortese in the ExtremeWhen The Modern last fist-bumped Dan Cortese, he had expertly landed feet-first in gold.
UncategorizedOctober 24, 2013 -
Swastika Nation: Can It Happen Again?Fritz Kuhn was no Cary Grant, but in the years leading up to World War II, he somehow garnered up enough...
PastOctober 24, 2013