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Grand Theft Auto
100 Songs That Built Los Santos: The 100 Best Songs in GTA V
The 100 best songs in GTA 5, ranked with Spotify and YouTube, plus every GTA 6 song heard in official Rockstar footage and the latest radio soundtrack facts.
Advertising
MAD Magazine Taught Us Not to Buy It
How a cheap, ugly, disrespectful magazine taught generations to question advertising, authority, good taste — and eventually the internet itself.
Culture
Revival of the Fittest Is the Best Reality Show on the Internet
The funniest new shows online have no mansion, prize money or studio set. They have crowded record shops, recurring characters and arguments about music.
Skate Culture
The Songs That Raised Me: Skate Videos, 2000–2005, and the Sound of Growing Up
A fact-checked guide to the skate videos, parts, and songs that shaped one kid's early-2000s musical education—from Shorty's Guilty and Girl's Yeah Right! to Baker 3 and Flip Re...
Graphic Design
The History Behind the Misfits Logo and Its Mark on Pop Culture
How a 1946 movie villain became the Misfits’ Fiend Skull—and one of punk’s most recognizable symbols.
VHS revival
It's time for you to get a VCR
VHS is creeping back into culture as AI makes digital images harder to trust. Why analog video, VCRs and physical media suddenly matter again.
Culture
MTV's Downtown is the Best Show You've Never Heard Of
Thirteen episodes. One season. A cast built from real New Yorkers. An Emmy nomination. Then it disappeared.
Music
Michel Gondry’s Best Music Videos: A Surreal Journey Through the Mind of a Genius
Eight Michel Gondry music videos that turn choreography, practical effects and everyday spaces into beautiful confusion.