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Awesome Men Throughout History: Crazy Otto

Posted June 26, 2014

More than any other era, the 1950s was full of novelty music. That’s not to say that other eras didn’t have their share of strange one-hit-wonders and songs that were p ...

The Self-Made Man: Larry Jeter

Posted June 24, 2014

Unlike a lot of TSB’s past Self Made Men, Larry Jeter isn’t someone many of our readers have heard of unless they live in Baltimore. Even then, it’s doubtful that ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Ernest Hogan

Posted June 19, 2014

Unless you’re a ragtime enthusiast, you’ve probably never heard the name Ernest Hogan. Even then, it’s a longshot. After all, the man’s primary accomplishme ...

The Self-Made Man: Chris Hughes

Posted June 17, 2014

I’d have to imagine that this week’s Self Made Man, Chris Hughes, is a familiar name among entrepreneurs; indeed, he should be where the bar is currently set. Hughes co ...

The Self-Made Man: Jeremy Stoppelman

Posted June 12, 2014

TSB’s Self Made Man this week—Jeremy Stoppelman—is someone who, ironically, created a website that is the bane of many modern entrepreneurs: Yelp.com. Most of us know Yel ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Dr. Bruce Voeller

Posted June 11, 2014

With all this talk about The Normal Heart and how sad/informed it’s making everyone, it seems like a good time to talk about a man who made a huge impact on both AIDS researc ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Ali Ramirez

Posted June 5, 2014

This week’s edition of Awesome Men Throughout History column is sticking with sports (real ones this time), but we’re coming from a different perspective this time. A l ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Sputnik Monroe

Posted June 3, 2014

Anyone in my readership who likes the band Sputnik Monroe (all, what, ten of you?) might be surprised to know that they named their band after a professional wrestler. So logically ...

The Self-Made Man: Ethan Diamond

Posted May 23, 2014

It’s amazing how much the idea of finding music online has developed—and improved—over the past decade. I still remember clawing through crappy, slow-loading Myspace prof ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Jonti Picking

Posted May 21, 2014

When people talk about how the Internet has changed the way people interact with visual media (which means “watch television” 90% of the time), they always talk about content d ...