California Gurls and California Girls
What does Katy Perry have in common with The Beach Boys?
Posts by Peter Fenzel on Overthinking It
The “Whatcha Say” Odyssey: From Imogen Heap to Jason Derulo
One song’s strange journey from obscurity, to viral success, to obscurity, to the top of the charts.
Silly Bandz and the Currency of Information
What happens when elephants and frisbees are topologically equivalent?
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Mr. T Party Recap
Fools were pitied. Lessons were learned.
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Toward a Juggalo Theory of Value, Part 2
Part 2 in our series on insane clowns and insaner economics and business strategy.
Gary Coleman (1968-2010)
Gary Coleman, the African American actor and gubernatorial candidate who, along with Emmanuel Lewis, reinvented a performance paradigm for the “child star” that, for a decade in our history occupied a central place in the public consciousness, has died at … Continued
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The 17 years of Jack: From MYST to Lost and DOOM to 24
In 1993, the timeline split into two universes: One that played DOOM and one that played MYST.
Why I Left Facebook
Maybe I’ll go back to Friendster.
Toward a Juggalo Theory of Value, Part 1
The mad clowns of rap rock are a lot smarter than they let on.
On May 21, Join the T-Party… the Mr. T Party!
On May 21st, join America in pitying fools.
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