Beach movies. Those goofy attempts during the 1960s to portray a fantasy teenage lifestyle on film and then sell it back to the teenagers viewing the movie in a theater.…
There’s a couple of problems here. First, this dish is a casserole, a conglomeration of ingredients slowly cooked in a deep dish and presented as an odd-looking loaf. Casseroles are…
Sailor Martin, as described by his creator and “handler”, is an unspeakably vile tattooed and pierced sailor (ventriloquist dummy) who stars in some very funny video mash-ups of vintage songs…
In 1994, a ban on assault rifles was instituted by President Clinton and it has since expired – except for a ban in California. The ban on assault rifles in…
For over 50 years, the Chuck Taylor All-Stars made by Converse have outperformed and outsold any other type of basketball shoe – or athletic shoe for that matter. Known on…
The Bauhaus (the full name Bauhaus means “state building house”) was the most famous school of architecture and design of the 20th century. Founded by Walter Gropius at Weimar, Germany,…
Prophet And Loss is a very unique and creative cartoon by Jonathan Bairstow from the MTV series Liquid Television. The music is by Steve Naive & The Love Band. The video…
The nerds are out for revenge again! Or, at least some street cred, with their latest venture – Nerdcore Hip-Hop. Nerdcore is a subgenre of hip-hop that is created by…
We’re not sure if this food is awful or just the recipe title. These little puffs taste like cake doughnuts but are as easy to make as a batch of muffins. After…
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When someone mentions the Wall of Sound, what comes to mind is usually the signature sound of Phil Spector that he created by using dense layers of sound with large…
The chain of being, or the great chain of being, is a Neoplatonic metaphor for the hierarchical nature, function, and organization of the universe. The concept, created by Plotinus (205?-270),…
This music video clip is from the 1986 movie True Stories by the Talking Heads. John Goodman, playing the lovable bachelor Louis Fyne, sings a very good version of the notable Talking…
George Maciunas was a founding member and the central coordinator of Fluxus, an international community of artists, architects, composers, and designers. He made several short films called FluxFilms. Here are a couple…
Perfection salad? How about gelatin salad? Also called jelly salad, congealed salad or molded salad. Throw in some grated carrots, cottage cheese, cream cheese, marshmallows and nuts. Your guests will…
In 1957, the United States Housing & Home Finance Administration formed the Women’s Congress on Housing. This design group was to be a representative view of all the things wanted…
True music fans will appreciate these rare Beatles photographs. And, if you can’t tell, this photo shoot set the norm for the now hackneyed obligatory band picture. This type of photograph…
The Budweiser brand as we know it may very well have flown to Europe when the purchase of the American brand by Belgian company InBev was completed for $70 per…
Fascism is a form of radical authoritarian nationalism that came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe. The first known fascist movements emerged in Italy during World War I, before it spread to other European countries. Facism is opposed…
American composer John Cage (1912-1992) represented the type of eternally questing artist who, as soon as he solved one problem, moved on to the next problem or series of problems.…
