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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 fem ...

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: Jean-Michel Basquiat

Posted August 13, 2014

Jean-Michel Basquiat’s story is a familiar one in our culture; a brilliant artist who self-destructs and dies young. In his specific case, he died of a heroin overdose at 27, ...

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 ( ...

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 ...