7 Classic Spy Themes Reimagined in the ’90s
The 1990s produced a number of remakes of classic spy themes from the 1960s, including recordings by electronica artists, a jam band, and one half of the world’s biggest rock group.
Just a Bunch of Fake Boy Bands and Girl Groups
Watch music videos and more from another, better, fictional universe.
From ‘Cantina Band’ to Power Ballads and Pop-Punk: The Evolution of Source Music in the Star Wars Universe
Music in the galaxy far, far away has been sounding less and less alien.
Beyond the Vulcan Harp: Constructing Musical Traditions in Science Fiction and Fantasy
I thought my idea for “Reverse Cantometrics” would transform genre film and television. It turned out to be a bunch of nonsense.
Hit It, Max: The Galactic Funk of Star Wars Jizz-Wailer Max Rebo
Look, I get it. Long-running movie and TV series — even Star Wars — occasionally have to kill off established characters to remind audiences what’s at stake. So help me god,…
Rock & Roll 1979, Pt. 2: the Import Bin and ‘As Seen on TV’
More rock & roll icons than any of us realized released new albums in 1979.
Mike & Dean’s ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll City’: The Curious Story of the Two Surf Music Icons and, Um, Radio Shack
In the early 1980s, the Beach Boys and Jan & Dean singers fully embraced the marriage of rock & roll and the corporate world.
When Beach Boy Mike Love Utterly Failed to Save the World
Instead of feeding the hungry and sprucing up the Statue of Liberty, he left a trail of lawsuits in his wake.