Bold statement: Superman’s glory days happened during the Triangle Years in the ’90s. I can understand if that sounds insane, particularly since I’m making the above statement as someone who loves the hell out of Silver Age Superman. If you’ve never read Superman stories from the Silver Age, you really should. They are bat shit…
Category: Pop Culture Noise
Faith No More’s “Angel Dust” is Gloriously Adolescent
I don’t mean that the album is transitional, I mean that the album is the perfect encapsulation of being a teenager, perhaps more specifically a white boy not living in a city. I would love to think that my teen years were grunge, but that’s probably more the romanticized view than anything else. The reality…
My Awkward Association with Punk Rock Part 1
My brother versus Top 40 Like most kids, I grew up listening to Top 40. I listened to Casey Kasem’s (and later, Rick Dees’) countdown show every Sunday, if I could. My parents listened to a lot of ABBA and Neil Diamond, so that was always in the peripheral. That was pretty much how it…