Cosmic American Blog

The '80s didn't do everything well, but if there's one thing they knew how to do right, it was the power ballad. Like Norse ...

In their attempt to conquer the world (while mostly just managing to conquer America, Canada, and Australia, but close enough), the Go-G...

Not many bands could name Chic, the Mamas & the Papas, Esquivel, Captain Beefheart, Petula Clark, and Yoko Ono among their influence...

Pardon me, it took a bit longer to get through some of these games than I anticipated. Well, really, that's not entirely true. My gaming...

One day Terry Hall must have realized that he had co-written a song with Jane Wiedlin. Not only that, but the song that they'd co-wr...

Oh, that Malcolm McLaren, always up to something.  After milking the wasted remains of the Sex Pistols for all they were worth, he brief...

Remember when I said that I didn't get the sense Chrissie Hynde was really struggling with anything? Well, in June 1982, the Pretend...

If you'll recall, the first time I heard "We Got the Beat," I was not impressed. "What the hell is this?," I sa...

I've been proselytizing these videogames to you, dear readers, for years.  Now you have the chance to get some of these games for dirt...

I heard the Pretenders' debut album years ago and I didn't like it very much. It was hard to put my finger on it. I found Chriss...