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Awesome Men Throughout History: Philip K. Dick

Posted November 6, 2012

If insane genius novelists have a patron saint, it should be Philip K. Dick. He’s dead, so that’s an immediate qualifier, and his speed-and-acid-induced craziness is we ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Shecky Greene

Posted October 9, 2012

I think I’ve mentioned my appreciation for Marc Maron’s WTF podcast in this column before, but this week marks the first time it’s introduced me to an Awesome Man ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Captain Beefheart

Posted October 2, 2012

I mentioned Captain Beefheart in last week’s Awesome Men Throughout History column, and just now realized that the comparison I made to Sly Stone wouldn’t make a whole ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Sly Stone

Posted September 25, 2012

I’ve talked about crazy musicians before (and probably started those columns the same way I’m starting this one), but they’ve generally been underground or outsid ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Charles II

Posted September 19, 2012

Throughout history, political leaders have always made hay out of being popular. We expect that from democracies and democratic republics, but the same is true of monarchies as wel ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Gary Owens

Posted September 11, 2012

This week’s topic on Awesome Men Throughout History is one of the voices of my extremely nerdy youth; radio personality and voice actor Gary Owens. If nothing else, I found o ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Mel Brooks

Posted September 4, 2012

Mel Brooks is not only long overdue for a spot in the ranks of Awesome Men Throughout History, he’s done enough in his life to count as several Awesome Men. Throughout his ex ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Kenneth Anger

Posted August 28, 2012

When was the last time a filmmaker was the topic of this column? Was it recently? I can’t remember after having done so many of these, and frankly it’s getting difficul ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Harry Caray

Posted August 21, 2012

Well, we’re now more than halfway through August and the Orioles are still playing relevant baseball (or at least, they were when I originally wrote this), so I’ve been ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Grandmaster Flash

Posted August 14, 2012

I don’t know what it is about hot weather, but it makes me want to listen to hip-hop. Consequently, I’ve been listening to it a lot, because my city has been a convecti ...