Nostalgia

When we all smelled like teen spirit

"NYC 1993" at the New Museum offers a sampling of the earnest, overtly political art of the early 1990s

Jennifer Kabat, The Weeklings Sunday, Apr 21, 2013 7:00 PM UTC
Life The Weeklings, Art, new museum

Richard Marx hates my guts

I made a snarky comment about the 1980s soft-rock balladeer on my blog. And now he won't leave me alone. Really

Edward McClelland Saturday, Jan 19, 2013 12:30 AM UTC 198
Life Music, Richard Marx

Relive your childhood with the Cartoon Network’s tribute video

The TV network released a special cartoon to celebrate its 20th year VIDEO

Prachi Gupta Tuesday, Oct 2, 2012 1:49 PM UTC
News TV, Animation, Nostalgia

If only I knew what the lyrics meant

As a young child, I loved listening to angst-fueled tunes. It would be decades before I could fully appreciate them

Janet Steen, The Weeklings Sunday, Sep 16, 2012 5:00 PM UTC 28
Life The Weeklings, Music, Nostalgia

I always dated Tom Waits

The men I fell in love with were reckless and troubled, funny and sad. Then again, so was I VIDEO

Sarah Hepola Saturday, Apr 14, 2012 12:00 AM UTC 50
Life Coupling, Editor's Picks

Adele: The new Kurt Cobain

A Grammy sensation is cheered for her "authenticity." Coming next: Dour, humorless copycats invade the pop charts

Mike Doherty Tuesday, Feb 21, 2012 4:40 PM UTC 66
Entertainment Music, Adele, Nostalgia

Whitney Houston’s lessons in love

As a girl, the late diva's songs taught me about love. As an adult, she showed me about loss and pain VIDEO

Sarah Hepola Monday, Feb 13, 2012 4:13 PM UTC 24
Entertainment Whitney Houston, Editor's Picks

In defense of Ferris Bueller, car salesman

Even John Hughes -- a former ad-man -- would have enjoyed the buzzed-about Super Bowl ad loaded with film allusions

Susannah Gora Wednesday, Feb 1, 2012 12:47 PM UTC 21
Life Nostalgia, Super Bowl, Television

Why the Kodak moment will never die

An American icon flirts with bankruptcy at a time when we're more obsessed with taking pictures than ever

Mary Elizabeth Williams Friday, Jan 6, 2012 7:30 PM UTC 13
Life Photography, Nostalgia

Nostalgic for everything

From "Midnight in Paris" to "The Artist" to "Mildred Pierce," in 2011 we wanted to be anywhere but 2011 VIDEO

Matt Zoller Seitz Tuesday, Dec 27, 2011 1:00 AM UTC 51
Entertainment Nostalgia, The Tree of Life

Is 2011 really just 1991?

Kurt Andersen argues the culture is stuck. Perhaps it is -- for boomers who don't keep up and are what they buy

Maria Russo Sunday, Dec 18, 2011 2:49 PM UTC 122
Entertainment Nostalgia

How could Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore divorce?

The Sonic Youth stars showed a generation how to grow up and stay cool. So we believed they had to be perfect

Elissa Schappell Tuesday, Oct 18, 2011 12:00 PM UTC 42
Life sonic youth, Divorce, kim gordon

Why would anyone remake “Footloose”?

Let's hear it for the boy, again? The Kevin Bacon movie gets a reboot, and aging Gen Xers groan

Susannah Gora Friday, Oct 14, 2011 6:34 PM UTC 28
Entertainment Nostalgia, Movies

TV’s new nostalgia for sexism

"Pan Am," "Playboy Club" and "The Hour" all share "Mad Men's" fascination with unequal gender relations

Alyssa Rosenberg Monday, Sep 19, 2011 2:20 PM UTC 24
Entertainment Mad Men, Nostalgia, Television, TV

Cameron Crowe revisits “Say Anything”

The director releases new scenes from the '80s teen romance and countless John Cusack crushes are renewed

Susannah Gora Wednesday, Aug 31, 2011 8:32 PM UTC 15
Entertainment Nostalgia, Movie shorts

How did Rocky and Drago avoid steroid testing?

We finally learned how "Back to the Future's" Doc and Marty met. It's time solve these other '80s movie mysteries

David Sirota Monday, Aug 22, 2011 5:01 PM UTC 51
News Nostalgia

Our nostalgia is killing us

As nostalgia becomes the lens through which we view the culture, are we losing our appetite for innovation?

Amanda Petrusich Monday, Aug 8, 2011 8:45 PM UTC 50
Life Nostalgia

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