Goodbye to Some of That
That's what I'd like to talk about as this decade slips away: ruminations on pop culture, hipsters, television and politics as seen through someone perpetually glued to a computer since 2005.
That's what I'd like to talk about as this decade slips away: ruminations on pop culture, hipsters, television and politics as seen through someone perpetually glued to a computer since 2005.
David Dixon | Posted 01.04.2010 | New York
After returning to LA after a long visit to Manhattan, I pondered what about New York had changed since the time that I lived there for almost a decade in the 1990s. The answer is a lot.
Holly Cara Price | Posted 12.31.2009 | Entertainment
Tom DeLay on Dancing With The Stars. This is one of those moments that's so grotesque you don't know whether to laugh or cry.
Michele Willens | Posted 12.14.2009 | Living
Let everyone else do their Ten Best lists and their Persons of the Year. I say it is time to own up to some of the stuff that is really bugging us.
Ruth Fowler | Posted 12.14.2009 | Style
What could be better than a toy dog you can stuff in a bag, dress up like Barbie, accessorize with your outfit and has poop the size of a peanut?
Bella DePaulo | Posted 12.12.2009 | Living
Marriage is not for everyone, and people who want to stay single should not be targeted with singlism because of it.
Annie Stamell | Posted 12.09.2009 | Entertainment
I feel strongly about the importance of the Christmas List. I mean, why not make it easier on your loved ones by telling them exactly what you want? Please note, I've been very well-behaved this year.
Sally Miller | Posted 12.03.2009 | Style
We don't want our idols to change or grow up, and if they become sexual, forget about it. We demand the safety for our tweens to explore and feel comfortable in.
Jon Chattman | Posted 12.02.2009 | Entertainment
Decisions, decisions ... do we focus on Obama's Afghanistan stance or a Tiger Woods late-night fender bender? I think we all know the answer to that o...
Alex Remington | Posted 11.13.2009 | Books
Emotional honesty is a lot harder to take seriouslywhen you constantly undercut it by using the same hoary one-liners and jokes from Mr. Show.
Mario Almonte | Posted 11.13.2009 | Media
For a man who almost single-handedly revolutionized the broadcasting industry, Stern continues to be spectacularly disrespected by the media that he so radically transformed.
Annie Stamell | Posted 11.18.2009 | Entertainment
For pop culture junkies like me, the explosion in Twitter use has made it possible to track popular fandoms and zeitgeisty events.
Carter Phipps | Posted 08.30.2009 | Media
Everyone should read Thomas de Zengotita, not because he has the answers but because he's breaking new ground in tracking a whole field of disconcerting cultural trends.
Shawn Amos | Posted 08.09.2009 | Entertainment
I met with Old 97's frontman Rhett Miller to test this guy's Pop Culture I.Q. Here's the test I gave him -- five questions about singer-songwriters.
Rev. Gregory Seal Livingston | Posted 08.07.2009 | Entertainment
One man embodies what I would term the deep power of pop culture/music as no other before him.
Soren Gordhamer | Posted 07.30.2009 | Living
Our culture puts celebrities on a pedestal and adores them, we seem to get more satisfaction when they fall -- and the harder the better.
Danny Groner | Posted 07.30.2009 | Entertainment
Reading aloud from their books, authors hope that readers will relate to the material, its characters, themes, comedic moments and underlying messages. When writers can convey these elements themselves, it's even more potentially provocative and lucrative.
Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 07.27.2009 | Media
The watershed image of loss for me of the past week was not the "King of Pop." It was the picture of Neda Agha Soltan looking squarely into the camera, for what may have been a passport photo.
Derek Flood | Posted 07.27.2009 | Entertainment
It has been thirty years since the 1980's began with the death of disco and a frowning Ayatollah Khomeni returning to Tehran and embarrassing President Jimmy Carter with his arduous hostage standoff.
Eric Deggans | Posted 06.20.2009 | Entertainment
Idol needs to look relevant: the problem with being the most-watched, biggest moneymaker on network TV? There's nowhere to go but down.
Anna Wainwright | Posted 05.22.2009 | Entertainment
My love for Seth Rogen evaporated when I read an interview for his new film, Observe and Report, in which he defends the most controversial scene in the movie.
Richard Laermer | Posted 05.21.2009 | Business
Chances are things are going to get bad before they get better. This is where you earn your stripes as a marketing pro.
Keith Blanchard | Posted 04.27.2009 | Media
Words cannot begin to express how sorry and saddened I am over what transpired. I let my family down, and I let this country down.
John Farr | Posted 04.18.2009 | Living
Tell me if you agree with the following assessment of contemporary life, and if you do concur, then let me know why you're not scared, or angry.
Dwayne Raymond | Posted 04.11.2009 | Entertainment
Considering his riches, he's likely got plenty of room to spare and God knows she's got plenty of womb to share.
Andrew Sargus Klein | Posted 01.05.2010 | Media