I had the good fortune to catch Becoming Led Zeppelin the other night in Manhattan. Even better, I experienced this motion picture in IMAX. What a cornucopia for the eyes and ears! This top-drawer film is the first official, authorized documentary ever produced with the full cooperation of…
Conservative pundits often love deriding the irrational arts path that many on the left head down, priding themselves on more concrete pursuits early on, which helps with important things like owning a house. Then in the next breath, that pride…
If one has read enough corporate management “literature” — an activity I strongly advise against — one quickly encounters the “culture eats …” phrase. “Culture eats strategy for breakfast,” or it eats “policy,” or “plans,” very specifically the best-laid plans…
At this point, you may have seen the Vatican’s recently unveiled mascot for the 2025 Jubilee Year. She’s a brightly colored anime figurine in a yellow rain jacket with sky blue hair and colored rosary beads around her neck. She…
Phoning someone is always impertinent. There is nothing more unpleasant than receiving a call. Only someone who really hates us can do something as terrible as taking a phone out of their pocket, cruelly pressing our name, and trying to…
When I was a kid in the 1960s and 1970s, almost everybody was familiar with the prime-time schedules of the major networks. In those long-ago days before cable TV, the Internet, home video recording, and DVDs, broadcast TV was the…
In July of 1863 at the battle of Gettysburg, Confederate forces reached their high-water mark during Pickett’s charge. While no one knew it as a high-water mark at the time, that point marked the beginning of the end for the…
There was a time — it was a long time ago, it seems — when car companies were in the business of designing and selling cars. They worked to make the cars they designed appealing as something more than just…
Americans such as UFC champion Jon Jones are showcasing their best Trump dance moves, signaling a change in popular culture. (READ MORE: An Eventful Weekend in Review) In this episode of The Spectacle Podcast, hosts Melissa Mackenzie and Scott McKay analyze the cultural…
