Last week I did an article about the ’80s Twilight Zone, so this week I’m covering the 2000s version. Of the 4 versions of the show I’d say this is the most obscure, as the original is still a classic, … Continue reading The Twilight Zone, 2000s style!
The original Twilight Zone remains a classic over 6 decades after it ended, enough to have 3 revivals, and this article will cover the first and best-regarded of those. Its creation was partially because of the 1983 TZ movie, so … Continue reading The Twilight Zone, ’80s style!
Last week I did an article about Chuck Klosterman’s latest book, The Nineties: A Book, so now I’m writing about the book that’s a strong competitor for my favorite book of his: But What If We’re Wrong? It should be … Continue reading But What If We’re Wrong? by Chuck Klosterman
I’ve become a Chuck Klosterman fan in recent years so when The Nineties: A Book was released 3 years ago I was eager with anticipation, and luckily it turned out to be maybe my favorite book of his(especially lucky since … Continue reading The Nineties: A Book by Chuck Klosterman
I did The Social Network for this feature two weeks ago, and since that’s a movie I liked a lot and still do I decided this time to do a movie I was a bit underwhelmed by: Idiocracy. I saw … Continue reading Second Look: Idiocracy
I’ve had a Facebook account since July 21, 2005, when it was still called Thefacebook, it was only for college students, and it had fewer than 5 million users as opposed to the over 3 billion it has now. I … Continue reading Second Look: The Social Network
I’m concluding Peeling The Onion with The A.V. Club’s semi-original book Inventory, named after and consisting of the long-running A.V. Club feature of that name featuring pop culture-related lists. Being a guy who likes pop culture and lists, that appeals … Continue reading Peeling The Onion: Inventory
The third edition of Peeling The Onion covers the book that did for encyclopedias what Our Dumb World did for atlases and what Our Dumb Century did for newspaper history books: The Onion’s Book of Known Knowledge. I think this … Continue reading Peeling The Onion: Book of Known Knowledge
The second edition of Peeling The Onion covers the book that did for geography what Our Dumb Century did for history: Our Dumb World. As a kid I was really into geography and although I didn’t maintain the same level … Continue reading Peeling The Onion: Our Dumb World
I’m doing a feature called Peeling The Onion where every Tuesday this month at noon EST I publish an article about a different Onion book, specifically the three original books by The Onion(Our Dumb Century, Our Dumb World, and Book … Continue reading Peeling The Onion: Our Dumb Century
I’m relatively new to The Avocado and just last week became a publisher, so I’m publishing this to test my skills. I’ve enjoyed the Let’s Read Old Magazines feature and since I was an avid reader of Sports Illustrated as … Continue reading Let’s Read Sports Illustrated, September 3 1979
