Everyone’s a critic. Moreover, everyone’s a critic with an overwhelming, virtually Victorian sense of propriety – particularly when it comes to those who host the Oscars. Seth MacFarlane, Family Guy creator and voice of trash-talking stuffed bear Ted, met with mixed reviews for his turn as emcee at the 85th Academy Awards on February 24, [...]
Ah! The Internet! Not only has the World Wide Web made this world a little smaller, technology has also presented each of us with many an opportunity to say, “Thank God I’m not them.” Case in point: The goof who decided to send a video introducing himself to his fiancée’s best friend and broaching the [...]
President Barack Obama should consider himself fortunate that VH1 did not tabulate the votes on November 6th, 2012. If so, there would have undoubtedly been some ballot box manipulation and abject partiality as displayed by the network’s glaring denial of the people’s choice where it concerned the “America’s Hard 100″ countdown. Over 34% of fans [...]
Everyone’s a critic. Moreover, everyone’s a critic with an overwhelming, virtually Victorian sense of propriety – particularly when it comes to those who host the Oscars. Seth MacFarlane, Family Guy creator and voice of trash-talking stuffed bear Ted, met with mixed reviews for his turn as emcee at the 85th Academy Awards on February 24, [...]
Ah! The Internet! Not only has the World Wide Web made this world a little smaller, technology has also presented each of us with many an opportunity to say, “Thank God I’m not them.” Case in point: The goof who decided to send a video introducing himself to his fiancée’s best friend and broaching the [...]
President Barack Obama should consider himself fortunate that VH1 did not tabulate the votes on November 6th, 2012. If so, there would have undoubtedly been some ballot box manipulation and abject partiality as displayed by the network’s glaring denial of the people’s choice where it concerned the “America’s Hard 100″ countdown. Over 34% of fans [...]
Having been bullied for most of my school years and seen many close friends and family members bullied, too, it bothers me to see how this problem remains such a big part of the school experience for so many kids. At the same time, it does my heart good to see more action being taken [...]
I’ve long maintained that as a culture, we are a people who listen only to the chorus and not the verse — the real meat and potatoes of a song beyond the catchy refrain. That’s all well and good when you’re driving down the freeway singing “Now you’re just somebody that I used to know” [...]
Despite ’80s fashion making a comeback in the 2010s, for every stunning floral blazer or peplum skirt that has reappeared, there are some fashion trends best left in moth balls. Music videos of the 1980s serve as a fine guide as to what not to wear when attempting to choose a modern ensemble with an [...]
In the grand tradition of trying unusual fast food menu items on their first day of nationwide release, I hauled it on over to Burger King today to try the new Bacon Sundae. It’s a sad commentary on our dietary culture that bacon has become an ubiquitous garnish, occupying a position that was once the [...]
In an effort to become the blogosphere’s Ken Burns of blunt-force head trauma, I present to you the third installment of “Objects I Have Been Hit in the Head With.” Summer 1992 – A Baseball Bat The events here take place a little more than a year after I got beaned in the head with [...]
In a recent installment, I ran down a list of unintentionally hilarious moments in hair metal history. At the time, I wrongly assumed that accidental humor was the sole proprietorship of rock videos made between 1985 and 1995. Now, it’s 2012 and seminal pop metal band Van Halen not only resurrected David Lee Roth as [...]
Welcome back for Part 2 of a four-part series on (as the title suggests) “Objects I Have Been Hit In the Head With.” This next object made contact with my head a year and a half after the previous one (a vintage 1970s stacked heel boot). And believe you me, this next object was a [...]