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Awesome Men Throughout History: Tycho Brahe

Posted July 31, 2012

If you’re interested in science, you’ve probably heard of 17th-century astronomer Johannes Kepler, since he came up with the laws of planetary motion and all. But you m ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Robert Moog

Posted July 24, 2012

So last weekend was Artscape, a huge public arts festival that takes over midtown Baltimore in July, invariably on the hottest or rainiest weekend of the month. I spent that time r ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Bill “Spaceman” Lee

Posted July 10, 2012

I’ve been getting pretty deep into baseball this year, due to the shocking ascendance of the Baltimore Orioles into a wildcard spot (which we probably won’t retain past ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Nardwuar

Posted July 3, 2012

Trying to explain Nardwuar the Human Serviette to your average sports-watching, beer-drinking person can be difficult, especially if that person doesn’t have the tolerance fo ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Sun Ra

Posted June 26, 2012

Oh man, where to begin with Sun Ra. Sun is this week’s Awesome Man Throughout History, and a man who managed to pack so much fun-to-talk-about craziness into his life that it ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Matt Groening

Posted June 19, 2012

Most cartoonists would be considered extremely lucky to be successful with one character or comic strip, let alone an animated series based on their work. By that metric, Matt Groe ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Don Hertzfeldt

Posted June 12, 2012

Man, do I love cartoons. This is partly because I am a huge nerd (as are many TSB readers – don’t kid yourselves), and partly because, to quote Don Hertzfeldt, animation is ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Daler Mehndi

Posted June 5, 2012

Okay, you know what? Indian pop music is awesome. It’s bouncy and percussive and the music videos are choreographed to the level of mania. Over in the States, we’re stu ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Stan Lee

Posted May 29, 2012

Given how successful the Avengers movie has been, and how successful the Spiderman and X-Men movies were (even if each franchise’s third installment was dumb), it’s nev ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Harold Lloyd

Posted May 22, 2012

Ever seen a silent movie? Yeah, don’t worry, most people haven’t. Even though The Artist won Best Picture and all that critical acclaim and blah blah blah, silent movie ...