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Generational Divide: A dad plays old school video games with his son(0)

May 4, 2020

Like my friend Josh, I know and understand very little about today’s video games. My kids are too young for them but Josh has found a way to connect with his son playing old school video games from his youth. Enter Generational Divide. In the first episode, Josh, who is a radio broadcaster and play-by-play […]

Trailer for Brian Wilson biopic released

The trailer for Love & Mercy starring Paul Dano and John Cusack as singer-songwriter Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys is out ahead of its June 5 release date.

Behind every terrible album cover is even worse music

A video from 2013 includes clips of the music behind some of the worst album covers ever created.

A Supercut Of Songs With Whoa-oo-oh

A ton of songs, many of them decent even, have some variation of Whoa-oo-oh in them. This video supercut collects a bunch of them.

Jurassic Parks and Recreation

Andy Dwyer goes to Jurassic World in this fun Chris Pratt mash-up video.

‘No No: A Dockumentary’ trailer

A new documentary tells the wild story of Dock Ellis, the Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher who famously pitched a no hitter on LSD in 1970.

Why the PicturePhone failed

The PicturePhone was an ahead-of-its-time technology introduced by Bell in 1964 that failed miserably to the tune of a half a billion dollars.

The (Pretentious) Record Collector

Comedian Matt Ingebretson portrays a pretentious record collector. “The real reason you listen to vinyl is because listening to vinyl makes you better than people who don’t listen to vinyl.”