The Seventies were a decade of smashing taboos in filmmaking: in dialogue, depictions of history, and the image of the leading man.
You Dance and Shake the Hurt
December 8, 2012 By 3 Comments
Yago Colas reflects on race and basketball, as they were lived and played, body and soul, in 1970′s America.
The Day Mrs. Ryan Broke Up Our Rock and Roll Band
November 19, 2012 By 3 Comments
In August, 1976, five kids from Northeast Philly were going to be the heroes who saved Rock and Roll.
33 Albums You Should Listen to Before You Die
November 16, 2012 By 14 Comments
Music you don’t have on your iPod … yet. Steve Jaeger’s got bold taste in movies, and albums, too.
Scared Straight
October 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Steve Jaeger lives to tell a tale of hitchhiking in the Age of Aquarius.
Our Football Picks, Week 3: One-Question Quiz
September 14, 2012 By 1 Comment
Fill in the blank: Washington Redskins QB Robert Griffin III became the first ever quarterback ______________ to start an NFL game.
My Father’s Ponytails: A Love Story
July 12, 2012 By 5 Comments
My father wants me to mix his ashes with the ponytails that he has saved in plastic bags. All things considered, this seems like a reasonable final directive.
A Gay Cowboy’s First Castro Pride
June 22, 2012 By 4 Comments
One gay cowboy’s mind is opened by the diversity of celebrants at the 1987 San Francisco Gay Pride parade.
Nostalgia: 4/28
April 15, 2012 By 1 Comment
Blast from the past: Brad Kelstrom is guest editor for a week of nostalgia.
Love Rollercoaster 1975
August 3, 2011 By 3 Comments
When Playboy Bunnies Ruled
June 20, 2011 By 66 Comments
Lost Your Wallet? Just Wait 40 Years
February 22, 2011 By 2 Comments
Click the photos to view the wallet and its contents.
The Grind
January 11, 2011 By 2 Comments
As a school-dance chaperone, Robert Barsanti spends the evening kicking out the hump-happy Swayze wannabes. His secret? He was more like them than he’d like to admit.
Peabody and Sherman
September 6, 2010 By 1 Comment
“Sherman, that’s the biggest load of dog shit I’ve ever heard in my entire life. And I’m a dog.” Mr. Peabody I am a distractible dude. This blog post will prove it. This was originally to be another 36-year-old Virgin post. I got a couple sentences in and made a comment about joining Peabody and [...]
“The subtext: men are sex-crazed maniacs and women aren’t supposed to like sex.”
This is a comment by Sarah on the post “The Truth about Porn and Relationships”.