Comments on: I’ve Missed Out on Some Pop Culture History

By: Daggerin

Daggerin — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:37:41 +0000

Do you plan to keep this site updated? I sure hope so…it’s great.

By: Poisonberry

Poisonberry — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:20:43 +0000

Yea just rented a Dr. Strangelove yesterday.. Seen A Clockwork Orange, id say its pretty awesome.. for all those stanley Cubrick fans out there.. oh a must see movie for all those movie junkies is the devil’s advocate…. pretty good…i could go on with a list of movies that are great.. but ehh…

By: the english guy

the english guy — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:22:44 +0000

I’ve never seen ET. Or the Clockwork Orange.

Classic books I’ve pretty much all skipped. Modern ones, classical literature, I’ve devoured though.

Music is my eclectic soul though, I’ll listen to anything (well, actually I won’t, I can’t stand country).

By: the english guy

the english guy — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:20:48 +0000

Dr. Strangelove is such a great movie, classic.

Not sure the Bible qualifies as ‘popular’ culture anymore though.

By: trouble

trouble — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:37:38 +0000

You know what’s really funny? I’ve read like 95% of Mikey’s list, and had done so by the time I was 25, but I missed out on Nirvana.

Yeah. I might be a nerd.

By: joe the mason

joe the mason — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 14:40:59 +0000

Y’know JJ, now that you mention it, I think I did hear KRS One before….he sings with REM on their “Radio Song”.

Okay, I admit to liking Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, and Blondie’s “Rapture”.

By: Mikey

Mikey — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:27:25 +0000

I gotta say. It still facinates me how synonymous “classic” is with “dead white guys”. And there are certainly more than a few bloated caucasian carcases on this list of yours. I don’t think that you’re missing out on much by not reading the Da Vinci Code, but you may want to scrub the dust off your library card if you’ve missed a bulk of the following. And now without further ado, Mikey the English Teacher’s list of requisite summer reading for those who want to be known as douchebag American culture mavens (now, with more dead white guys)

Common Sense – Thomas Paine
Self Reliance – Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Captivity and Redemption of Elizabeth Meader Hanson
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God – Jonathan Edwards
Civil Disobedience – Henry David Thoreau
The Legend of Sleepy Hallow – Washington Irving
The Cask of Amantillado – Edgar Allan Poe
Adventures of Hucklberry Finn – Mark Twain
The Collected Writings of Abraham Lincoln
Paul’s Case – Willa Cather
The Catcher in the Rye – JD Salanger
Hills Like White Elephants – Earnest Hemingway
A Rose for Emily – William Faulkner
A Good Man is Hard to Find – Flannery O’Connor
The Call of the Wild – Jack London
William Carlos Williams, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes
Cathedral – Raymond Carver
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty – James Thurber
Desert Solitare – Edward Abbey
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas – Hunter S. Thompson
In the Lake of the Woods – Tim O’brien
Catch-22 – Joseph Heller
Helter Skelter – Vincent Buglosi
Death in the Woods – Sherwood Anderson
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
Beloved – Toni Morrison
The Little Foxes – Lillian Hellmam

Ah, I see I’ve out nerded even myself here.

By: shirley

shirley — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:08:32 +0000

I’ve missed out on seeing The Codes live, duh!

By: trouble

trouble — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:32:32 +0000

JJ asked: Some kickass shit happened in that timeframe. How about Nirvana? Did you own Nevermind? Did you see Pulp Fiction? How about Fargo?

Let’s see…I didn’t own Nevermind until 2002. I didn’t see Pulp Fiction until 2003. I saw Fargo in like 2000 I think.

Yeah. It was like that. Shit, I didn’t even start listening to Fugazi until like 1996.

By: JJ

JJ — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:50:55 +0000

Robguy:
Hello Kitty is a little cocktease. I don’t know why I think that’s funny. I just can’t stop laughing at the thought.

trouble:
Hmmm… 92 to 99… Some kickass shit happened in that timeframe. How about Nirvana? Did you own Nevermind? Did you see Pulp Fiction? How about Fargo?

randi:
No rush. You just gotta make a list and check things off when you have time.

joethemason:
Wow. You completely missed Public Enemy, KRS-One, Tribe Called Quest, Beatie Boys, NWA, Jay-Z, Run DMC, etc etc etc?

That’s a crime.

J.Mo:
I think that for some of these, there’s a reason I haven’t succumbed to the pop culture pressure. Da Vinci Code? No thanks. Harry Potter? Fuck no. But Midnight Cowboy… I always thought I’d dig that movie. Plus, it’s X rated!

Mojotek
I kind of feel the same way about the Beach Boys I know that one pice of shit song you’re referencing – the one with the dumbass from Full House. And maybe I’d recognize a couple of others, but I really don’t feel motivated to investigate further.