“I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” Was Number 1 Thirty Years Ago
On March 20, 1982, Joan Jett and the Blackheart’s “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” hit number one on Billboard’s pop chart. After the breakup of Jett’s band The Runaways, she previously had a modest hit from...
View ArticlePop Culture Roundup (April 2012 Edition)
Unfortunately, some of the biggest pop culture news recently has been about the deaths of Mike Wallace, Dick Clark and Levon Helm. But in case you missed some of the other recent news, check out the...
View ArticlePop Culture Roundup for December 2012
In case you were too busy getting ready for the holidays or trying to avoid a fiscal cliff the last few weeks, here are some of the pop culture stories you might have missed. — Movies — The Atlantic...
View Article“The End of the Tour” Takes Us On a Thoughtful Ride (Short Review)
The End of the Tour (2015) recounts Rolling Stone magazine reporter David Lipsky (Jesse Eisenberg) accompanying the late writer David Foster Wallace (Jason Segel) on a five-day book tour in 1996. The...
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