ska Dick Clark asks Johnny the Snitch to explain ska Thom Dunn

art Drew Friedman's latest book: Shtick Figures: The Cool, the Comical, the Crazy Mark Frauenfelder

game shows The Price Is Right has a protocol if a contestant pees their pants David Pescovitz

phone numbers You can still call a phone number and be told the time by the U.S. Naval Observatory Elías Villoro

tabloids Biden's Vietnam and his blackmail nightmare in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

music Watch wonderful new footage of John Lennon and Yoko Ono rehearsing "Give Peace a Chance" David Pescovitz

rod serling On Dick Cavett Show Rod Serling discusses his lack of creative control on Night Gallery (1972) Mark Frauenfelder

Joe Biden Joe and Jill Biden rockin' on New Years Eve with JLo, sadly no Mariah Kevin Reome

covers Donny and Marie Osmond cover Time Warp (1998) Mark Frauenfelder

American Bandstand teens react to The Beatle's psychedelic 1967 videos for "Strawberry Fields" and "Penny Lane" Mark Frauenfelder

refreshments Enjoy a nice warm glass of Dr. Pepper Rob Beschizza

happy mutants The 2019 Locus Award nominees: your guide to the best sf/f of 2018 Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Happy Public Domain day: for real, for the first time in 20 years! Cory Doctorow

guns GOP-led hearing on gun silencer deregulation canceled after today's shooting Carla Sinclair

books A history of American collapse in science fiction, from 1889's Last American to today Cory Doctorow

uk It used to take 3 years for a British family to save for a home down-payment; now it takes 20 years Cory Doctorow

News Halt and Catch Fire: The Most Relevant Show on Television is Set in the 80s Maureen Herman

rock and roll 1969 music show with Monkees and The Raiders, with commercials Mark Frauenfelder

science fiction Help identify the science fiction legends in these thrift-scored pix of the 1956 Worldcon Cory Doctorow