50 Things That Just Never Seem to End
Whether for our benefit or our demise, these 50 things somehow just keep going. So without further ado…
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Colonel Sanders: An Underrated Fashion Icon
Made famous for bestowing the earth with finger lickin' good chicken, Colonel Sanders made a name for himself in his golden years as a restaurateur. We all know this story. However, I may be alone in thinking that the only thing more delicious than his drumsticks was his tasteful
Using Nonsense to Make Sense of a World That Doesn't Make Sense: Kurt Schwitters' Ursonate
We've all encountered the experience of trying to overstand something when all we needed to do was understand it. Sometimes, that's the result of interpreting a piece of literature or witnessing a movie with a bizarre ending. Other times, it feels like there's really
Three Lessons From Big Black: The Band That Stopped at Nothing to Talk About Everything
There are countless ways to describe Chicago-based proto-industrial group Big Black, but "shy" is not one of them. From 1981 until their split in 1987, they brought to light what was often swept under the mainstream rug. Among other topics, their songs discussed animal abuse, murder, misogyny, pedophilia,
A Data Analysis of 100 Fruit-Named Bands
I was at Love Not Money, my friend's record store in New York City, when I discovered The Moldy Peaches and had a resulting epiphany: every fruit-named band I had listened to up till then made fantastic music. The Smashing Pumpkins, Strawberry Switchblade, The Cranberries… the list goes