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Posted June 3, 2015

I?ve seen Mad Max: Fury Road twice now and it?s pretty much the greatest action movie ever made. But there has been a lot of controversy surrounding the film for its feminis ...

The Self-Made Man: Marc Maron

Posted September 26, 2014

Marc Maron and his groundbreaking comedy podcast, WTF, have been referenced a lot in my columns here at TSB, and I’ve often considered him for an Awesome Men Throughout Histo ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Vic Green

Posted September 10, 2014

This week’s Awesome Man Throughout History is cartoonist Vic Green, whose near-total obscurity is quite impressive in this day and age. Vic was a painter and cartoonist whose ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Howard Werth

Posted August 28, 2014

This week’s installment of Awesome Men Throughout History focuses on someone you should have heard of, but probably haven’t; musician and record producer Howard Werth. ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Bernarr MacFadden

Posted August 21, 2014

Some of TSB’s readers might think that current organic/gluten-free/juicing/etc. health fads are a modern thing brought on by fretful yuppies with too much disposable income. ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: George MacDonald Fraser

Posted August 6, 2014

I don’t often read books that are part of a series, and yes, this means I haven’t delved into Harry Potter/Song of Ice and Fire/Wheel of Time/etc. all that much. I supp ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Mark Hamill

Posted July 29, 2014

Mark Hamill really shouldn’t be as obscure as he is. I mean, the guy was Luke Skywalker. In a sane and rational universe, the focal point of the original Star Wars trilogy sh ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Terry Gilliam

Posted July 17, 2014

This week’s Awesome Man Throughout History?Terry ?The One American Guy In Monty Python? Gilliam?is a celebrated and revered film director who has made some classics (Brazil, ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Andrew Lersten

Posted July 10, 2014

If you’re into weird music like I am, the Internet might as well be your best friend. Even the most unlistenable, experimental noise/music projects have some kind of web pres ...

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 ...