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more about #america more comments → Claire Buoyant: This proves that only dinosaurs listen to rock music. #america more » Rozelle’s Bagman: So do the Alberta oil sands explain the annoying persistance of Rush? #america more » allyzay: Does this have anything to do with this? #america more » Unsolicited Advice: Conclusion: great rock songs used to be made of American light sweet crude. #america more » perich: Awesome! Could the originator of that graph get some credit too, plz? [www.overthinkingit.com] more » skahammer: Was 1985 really that bad for music? #america more » flossy: Alternately, this could read as a graph of US Oil Production vs. Cultural Relevance of Rolling Stone Magazine. #america more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: tina brown tina brown talk used 2b her mag tina brown tina brown the daily beast's a rag more » skahammer: Any post with a quote from Dave Hickey is a win for everyone. more » JacquesPaysan: Fresno's got Philip Levine. more » Yahweh Took My Prepuce: Why'd I expect Providence to be better ranked? more » raincoaster: "mildly" retarded? more » LUV_TRUK: It was crap methodology, but accuracy wasn't the point. The point was to get page clicks. Good job, Daily Beast. more » miss_msry: At least Houston was smart enough to not buy "Talk." Who's stupid now, Bitch? more » funyuns are awesome in phx: After living in Phoenix for 6 years, I can't say I really argue with the ranking. ASU attracts slackers from CA and we are the dumber for it. And we... more » -
#chartsgraphs
The Shake, Rattle, Decline and Fall of American Empire
This graph is the key to everything and it will soon be a book from HarperCollins. ("Everything" means Jann Wenner, Baby Boomers, mass culture, and the death of liberal consensus and middle class stability.) [Overthinking It via Colin via Maura.] -
#listicles
America Reacts To Tina Brown Calling Them Stupid
The Daily Beast, who know a good list idea when the news gives them one, recently ranked America's cities on how smart they are. Let's see how America reacted! More » -
#sports
Olympic Defeat: Terror Hipsters Win Battle of Chicago!
Olympics denied, Hopey! The International Olympic Committee rejected Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics in the first round of voting, despite the fact that Barack Obama asked them real nice to pick that pleasant city. More » -
#usausausa
America's Commitment to Justice Helped Send Lockerbie Bomber Home
Hey, before you became outraged about Roman Polanski and maybe before you expressed an opinion on the non-parole of Susan Atkins, were you outraged about the release of the Lockerbie bomber? You are so predictable! And wrong! More » -
#crazypreachers
What's the Matter With Arizona?
One guy is really "burning up the blogs" with some "controversial wishes for the President," according to MSNBC. Hey, a great excuse to publicize yet more crazy death threats against Barack Obama! More » -
#film
Oliver Stone To Present 'A Crazy People's History of the United States'
We are actually super-excited for this: Oliver Stone is creating a "10-part documentary series for Showtime titled 'Secret History of America.'" A ten-hour Oliver Stone history of America! Can you imagine how crazy wonderful this will be? More » -
#chartsgraphs
Data Prove Stereotypes
Americans are short and fertile. The French spend all their time drinking and eating and sleeping. The Japanese work all day and never sleep. It's proven by science! More » -
#savethechildren
All You Have to Do to Get Famous These Days Is Have a Baby or Fourteen
People like Nadya Suleman, the IVF junkie mother of 14, and Alfie Patten, the 13-year-old father from England, are getting famous just for reproducing. It's a pretty gross trend. More » -
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#splitsville
Peaches Geldof's Charmed New York Life No Longer So Charmed
Peaches Geldof's great New York experiment has ended in shambles. She's divorcing her American Green Card-securing hubby, is rumored to be shacking up with a new fellow, and is maybe moving back to London. More » -
#itsjustlunch
Obama Has Lunch With Lonely Old Failures
Barack Obama had to have lunch with a bunch of boring old white guys today. Was it a round-table discussion on the future of the media? No, it was the presidents' lunch. More »
