Doc Martens Were Dead in 2009 — Then Gen Z Found Them Again
The 8-eye boot that defined grunge died with the 90s, sat in closets for two decades, then stomped back into the 2020s with a $5.6 billion IPO and a Gen Z army wearing them to coffee shops.
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Parental Advisory Sticker: 9 Wild Truths from the PMRC War
The parental advisory sticker was born from the 1985 PMRC Senate hearings — Tipper Gore vs Frank Zappa, Dee Snider, and John Denver. Nine truths the Filthy Fifteen mythology forgets.
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On This Day: June 2, 1989 — Dead Poets Society Premieres
On June 2, 1989, Dead Poets Society opened in eight theaters and became the year’s highest-grossing drama. The story behind Robin Williams, the cast, and the desk scene.
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Gen Z Bought Grunge at the Mall and Gen X Has Notes
The grunge resurgence in 2020s fashion turned $5 thrift store flannel into $400 designer status symbols. Gen X watches the irony unfold with mixed feelings.
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Colors 1988 Movie: 9 Reasons This LA Gang Film Still Hits
The Colors 1988 movie grossed $46 million on a $10 million budget and dropped a hip-hop title track that Ice-T still calls the most important song of his career — but the real story is that Dennis Hopper, the man who blew up Hollywood with Easy Rider in 1969, spent nineteen years in the wilderness…
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On This Day: June 1, 1980 — CNN’s Bold 24-Hour Debut
On June 1, 1980, Ted Turner launched CNN from an Atlanta mansion and promised 24-hour news ‘until the world ends.’ Inside the first hour of cable news.
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Grunge Came Back in the 2020s Wearing the Same Flannel It Left In
The grunge resurgence in 2020s fashion dragged flannel, Doc Martens, and slip dresses out of the back of the closet — and Gen Z is wearing them like they invented the whole thing.
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Mr T A-Team: 7 Reasons BA Baracus Owned the 1980s
How Laurence Tureaud became Mr. T — Rocky III, The A-Team, the mohawk, the gold chains, and the cultural takeover of the 1980s.
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On This Day: May 31, 1985 — The Only F5 to Hit PA
The May 31, 1985 tornado outbreak dropped 44 twisters, killed 90 people, and produced the only F5 ever recorded in Pennsylvania.
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The Best Grunge Albums of All Time: The Records That Killed the 80s
Nevermind, Ten, Dirt, Superunknown — the best grunge albums of all time, ranked and remembered by the Gen X kids who lived inside them.
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The Most Dangerous Race in the World Had Its Greatest Moment in 1992 and Nobody Watched It Live
In 1992, Steve Hislop and Carl Fogarty produced the greatest race in Isle of Man TT history — 4.4 seconds apart, both breaking the lap record, with barely anyone watching live.
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On This Day: May 30, 1993 — Fittipaldi Drinks the OJ
On May 30, 1993, Emerson Fittipaldi won the Indy 500 and skipped the milk for orange juice. Fans booed, dairy farmers revolted, and a tradition got more sacred.
