Event Help build kitsch queen Allee Willis's creative legacy by bidding on a vintage ashtray (with wacky-fun artifacts) from her estate Rusty Blazenhoff

happy mutant Ba-de-ya, why Earth, Wind & Fire's "September" nonsense lyric stayed in the song Rusty Blazenhoff

horrors These young people do not remember the 21st night of September Rusty Blazenhoff

rip Rest in Power, Allee Willis — Queen of Kitsch Rusty Blazenhoff

21st night of September Boys dressed as Earth, Wind, & Fire perform medley of their hits Rusty Blazenhoff

music Astor Piazzolla, "The Central Park Concert," 1987 Elías Villoro

capitalism The failed promises of exporting American-style capitalism Elías Villoro

music Shonen Knife still pop-punk-rocking after 40 years Jennifer Sandlin

books How to read Donald Duck 50 years after the CIA fomented a coup in Chile on September 11, 1973 Elías Villoro

Natalie Merchant Listen to Natalie Merchant tell the origin story of "Verdi Cries" Jennifer Sandlin

Home Box Office Do you remember HBO's delightful sign-off animation from the channel's early years? (video) David Pescovitz

flies The Bisbee fly-catching contest of 1912 Jennifer Sandlin

conspiracy theories Video: Is Stevie Ray Vaughan saying that Jimi Hendrix was murdered? Elías Villoro

Games Marvel's Avengers game to shut down support after a rough two years Grant St. Clair

History English commoners' rights come from The Charter of the Forest, not the Magna Carta Elías Villoro

Emmylou Harris Emmylou Harris to headline 50th Telluride Bluegrass Festival Jennifer Sandlin

music Decade-old teen band Bullfight to headline the legendary punk club where Green Day gained fame Rusty Blazenhoff

las vegas Famous folks share kind words about The B-52s as the band bids adieu to touring—and heads to Las Vegas Rusty Blazenhoff

twitter Twitter sued by another vendor it refuses to pay Rob Beschizza

museums Museum of Sex coming to Miami with robots and an "erotic carnival" David Pescovitz