Posted in Music Album review: So Percussion — It Is Time Chris Holmes posted on September 19, 2011June 18, 2013 Comments Off on Album review: So Percussion — It Is Time Steve Mackey's It Is Time manages to entrance and bend time itself, thanks in part to the skills of the experimental music of So Read More
Posted in History Say hello to Elektro, the Westinghouse Robot Chris Holmes posted on September 8, 2011May 17, 2013 Comments Off on Say hello to Elektro, the Westinghouse Robot Long before robots became a staple of pop culture, Elektro the Westinghouse Robot made his debut at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Here's his Read More
Posted in Ephemera, Featured Posts More Posters of the WPA (Works Progress Administration) Chris Holmes posted on August 23, 2011July 20, 2012 Comments Off on More Posters of the WPA (Works Progress Administration) We present another gallery of some of the best posters from the age of the WPA (Works Progress Administration). 11 images featuring cool Read More
Posted in Music Why The Hell Should I Like… A Tribe Called Quest? blerd posted on August 17, 2011June 16, 2014 2 Comments “Why the hell should I like… ?” is an experiment of sorts between Popblerd and The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit. What we’re going to attempt to do is to pick 10 songs from our favorite Read More
Posted in Featured Posts, Listcruft The 10 Deadliest Atlantic Hurricanes in History Chris Holmes posted on June 1, 2011June 11, 2013 Comments Off on The 10 Deadliest Atlantic Hurricanes in History Here's a countdown of the ten deadliest Atlantic tropical cyclones Read More
Posted in Music, Sunday Jazz Sunday Jazz: Vintage Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie for Memorial Day Chris Holmes posted on May 29, 2011October 14, 2011 Comments Off on Sunday Jazz: Vintage Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie for Memorial Day For Memorial Day, enjoy a pair of World War II-era numbers featuring the legendary Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie - "4-F Blues" and "G.I. Read More
Posted in TV & Radio Pop Quiz — So You Think You Know Seinfeld? Chris Holmes posted on May 24, 2011June 12, 2013 1 Comment Are you master of your Seinfeld domain? Prove it by answering these ten trivia questions about the Show About Read More
Posted in Advertising, Retrotisements Retrotisements — Classic PSA edition Chris Holmes posted on May 3, 2011May 3, 2011 1 Comment Join us for a look back at some samples from the golden age of Public Service Announcements, or PSAs. From Woodsy Owl to Bugs Bunny, these ads had Read More
Posted in Music In Concert: Interpol at Radio City Music Hall, 2/17/11 SJ Stanton posted on April 6, 2011June 18, 2013 Comments Off on In Concert: Interpol at Radio City Music Hall, 2/17/11 SJ Stanton was at Radio City Music Hall on February 17 to catch Interpol, and now you can read all about Read More