Cosmic American Blog

In the barrage of significant milestones that have taken place in 2012, you may not have noticed that 2012 was the 100 year anniversary of...

There, I said it. I know, I just enraged the five people who cared. But hear me out. The Fun Boy Three were catchier, funnier, weirder, ...

On Miles Copeland's orders, the Go-Go's traveled to New York to record their debut album. But making a hit record was hardly the...

Beginning with "Polkas On 45" from Weird Al Yankovic In 3-D , Weird Al discovered the comedic value of the "polka medley....

It's nearing the end of the year, so it's time to start rolling out those year-in-review lists.  Here's my selection for my favo...

By 1982, Madness were probably assuming that, as long as their music remained disarmingly chipper, their lyrics could be as dark as huma...

Reviewing Halo 4 is no easy task. As the first in a new trilogy of an already storied franchise, reviewing Halo 4 is perhaps a good exerci...

*courtesy of the Dash Cafe Ever wonder what it would be like to be the son of an American CIA officer and a Scottish intelligence agen...

I'm posting this from work. No, I am not going to start posting about '80s music from work. We're having internet problems at my...

When I think of the '80s, I don't usually think of The Godfather of Soul. Released in 1986, "Living In America" bec...