Category Archives: 2016 August

Cringeworthy Album Covers

Posted on August 25, 2016 by tomdwyer

Do you remember when music came on flat discs, in packages large enough to see the art? As these albums (kids in the audience- look it up!) show, that may have been a mixed blessing. Large art didn’t necessarily mean … Continue reading →

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Popcorn Shorts for August 2016

Posted on August 25, 2016 by tomdwyer

Just like it says, Popcorn Shorts is about the kind of things we think are really interesting, but don’t really need a large article to explain them. From the sublime to the ridiculous, check in here for crunchy bits of … Continue reading →

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News To Make You Furious- The Dumbing Down of America

Posted on August 25, 2016 by tomdwyer

Where does the word “idiot” come from? It goes back to the inventors of democracy, the Greeks, who coined the term to describe people who didn’t (or couldn’t) participate in public life. Athenian “idiots” lived under laws and rules written … Continue reading →