Cosmic American Blog

What a wonderful tool today's bored rock historian has at his disposal! When unlimited access to mp3s simply isn't cutting it, there...

Seriously folks, does anyone know who the hell these people are? And how the hell did they get Michael Jackson to appear?? (which coincide...

A while back I came up with the greatest sports/politics metaphor ever constructed. If you are not familiar with the recent history of the O...

Excerpts from Pitchfork's interview with Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne : Pitchfork: What movie do you think Embryonic would go wel...

So I just read in the NYTimes that singing "My Way" can get you killed in the Philippines. Eat your heart out Sara Vowell*: ...

Folks, I just might be famous now. How famous? Internet famous . In one of my classes we're currently learning some advanced Goog...

Things I liked about this movie: 1) It wasn't written by committee 2) It didn't sugarcoat the situations it presented 3) The monster...

Okay, I turned on "word verification" so we should have less spam. I sort of like the foreign spam. It's comforting in a str...

I rarely watch movies on cable, and a couple of days ago I was reminded of why I do not. I was flipping through channels when I suddenly stu...

Q: When is a prank not a prank? A: When it's taken seriously for forty years. Continuing on with the theme of early North American explo...