Culture Archive
Archives for August 2014


This episode just confirms that the show has lost its way in season two. Can it find its way back?


These groups represent a time in music that no longer exists: When bands that would play to small niches today used to play to everyone who loved music.


You don’t have to work. Listen to music.


Vice is set to get its own cable channel -- along with a bunch of cash -- from two new investors.


The movie has some effective, unsettling images, but it’s also got an essentially meaningless story.

Watch these shows over your long weekend — or any other weekends in your foreseeable future.


Beyoncé decided to tell readers of her greatness through poetry. Unfortunately, the written word did not fully cooperate.


It takes “overwhelming evidence” to get the public outraged over abuse — but more and more, incidents get caught on tape


Music streaming is killing album sales.


Summer is when everyone’s supposed to go see the movies. But that didn’t happen this year.


Spotify, Pandora and YouTube are all growing. Music sales aren’t. There’s a connection.


The success of Maleficent, fronted by Angelina Jolie, proves there is a substantial market for films featuring women who are strong, complicated, and front-and-center.


First violations will result in six-game suspensions, and second offenses will lead to a lifetime ban.


A nerdy fringe hobby has become a cash cow.

