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Claudia Drake as Sue Harvey in “Detour” (1945)

Claudia Drake as Sue Harvey in “Detour” (1945)

"We’re all Z boys, we’re all skateboarders, we’re all a part of this tribe, rolling..."

“We’re all Z boys, we’re all skateboarders, we’re all a part of this tribe, rolling along together, now and forever.”

- Stacy Peralta in his obit for Jay Adams (Thrasher #412, November 2014)

Gen X is sick of your bullshit

Gen X is sick of your bullshit:

"Right now, Generation X just wants a beer and to be left alone. It just wants to sit here quietly and think for a minute. Can you just do that, okay? It knows that you are so very special and so very numerous, but can you just leave it alone? Just for a little bit? Just long enough to sneak one last fucking cigarette? No?"

First Aid Kit performing “Stay Gold” on Conan...

First Aid Kit performing “Stay Gold” on Conan (November 11, 2014)

Album of the Week: Inspiral Carpets (self-titled)Two things...

Album of the Week: Inspiral Carpets (self-titled)

Two things bands do exceptionally poorly are comebacks and changing lead singers. Once a band has turned some undefinable creative corner, there’s no looking back, and new singers so often herald that creative corner. But there are always exceptions, and whipping boys of the late-80s Madchester scene, Inspiral Carpets, have done the unthinkable: Affected a comeback with a new lead singer.

This year’s self-titled album is their first without Tom...

Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek in “Badlands” (1973)

Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek in “Badlands” (1973)

My new obsession: Eva Plays Dead.

My new obsession: Eva Plays Dead.

Stevie Nicks performs “Lady” on the Tonight Show...

Stevie Nicks performs “Lady” on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon (November 3, 2014)

"It’s really tough to say what’s paranormal and what’s not with an elevator."

“It’s really tough to say what’s paranormal and what’s not with an elevator.”

- Amy Bruni, Ghost Hunters

[…and this is why I don’t use elevators]

Abandoned Penthouse Casino - Haludovo Palace Hotel

Abandoned Penthouse Casino - Haludovo Palace Hotel:

The Penthouse Club Adriatic casino, part of the Haludovo Palace Hotel, is located on the island of Krk, Croatia. Today, the Haludovo Hotel is not exactly how the Penthouse Pets left the modernist icon in 1973.

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