Archive for the 'Pop Culture' Category


Saturdays

“Birdhouse ‘Saturdays’ Official Trailer” It’s what I moved to California for. Once upon a time, skateboards had steel wheels. But then polyurethane came along and it changed the sport. I realized this in the parking lot at Mammoth Mountain in May of ’75. One of the locals insisted I try his new board. Which I […]

Tiger/Lindsey Nudes

When did this become a thing? Like the lead in “Atypical,” my goal in life was just to SEE boobies, never mind all the time, everywhere. It’s a funny culture we live in now, one wherein the famous are merging with the hoi polloi. Did you see Ryan Adams’s twitter rant about Father John Misty? […]

Letterman On Stern

We underestimate talent. Used to be we were looking for the unique voice, now me-tooism reigns. Maybe it’s the millennial ethos of fitting in, where boomers were all about being square pegs in a round hole, letting their freak flags fly. And technically, David Letterman is a baby boomer. Now most people leave TV and […]

Allbirds

I’m thinking of buying a pair. Publicity comes last. Unless it comes first, then I ignore it. If I turn the pages of the paper, of a magazine, click online and find a story about something I already know about, with soft touches saying how great it is, sans facts and figures, I ignore it, […]