Vampire Hookers 1978
Vampire Hookers has something to it that immediately sounds like the epitome of 1970s exploitation titles, while also signalling the dregs the genre was heading
The End Of Elsewhere
For the past seven or eight years I’ve taught a course on the ethics and politics of travel. The syllabus opens with a Huffington Post
Stop Romanticizing A Quiet Life
Sure. Everybody needs some time off. Everybody should be happy by themselves. Everybody must take a quiet moment alone. But please, don’t romanticize a quiet
The Passion of Jerry Seinfeld
The legendary comedian on his car addiction, why he’ll never go electric, and how most everything else in life is a grave disappointment. Like serious
Ideal Dukes of Hazzard Slot Car Set
Released at the height of Dukes of Hazzard mania in 1981, the Dukes of Hazzard slot car set brought the high-flying action of Hazzard County
Death of the Landline
With apologies to Alexander Graham Bell, the old-fashioned copper-wired landline phone is not long for this world. Why it matters: Tens of millions of Americans
10 Things You Didn’t Know About ‘Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo’
Even before 1984’s Breakin’, starring Adolfo “Shabba-Doo” Quinones, Lucinda Dickey, and Michael “Boogaloo Shrimp” Chambers, became one of Cannon Films’ highest-grossing movies of all-time, there
The Mystery and Intrigue of the Unknown
There’s something deeply compelling about abandoned places — locations once filled with life, now left to time and the elements. From dilapidated factories to forgotten
Madonna on the edge of fame in 1983
Madonna’s early days (late 1970s–early 1980s) began with her moving to New York City in 1978 with only $35, abandoning a dance scholarship at the
The Baja Bug: 50 Years of Off-Road Racing
Synecdoche is the figure of speech in which a part comes to mean the whole. In product design, it means that you’ve created something so
The Myth of the American Farmer
Myths teach lessons. They demonstrate cultural values and can promote certain behaviors or discourage what is considered inappropriate or unhealthy by the community. These stories
Christy Canyon Replying to Your Creepy Letters
Christy Canyon is a retired American pornographic actress and current radio personality. Canyon appeared in nearly 200 adult films. Canyon has won several “best female