Tom Petty’s performance at the Super Bowl was really sad for me. One great rock musician looking just tired and worn out — where was the hat? Where was the trademark sly and mischievous look? Petty looked bored and pissed he had to resort to playing this type of gig.I remembered that this documentary of the Traveling [...]

Cracked.com broke down the nine manliest names ever and number one absolutely takes the cake.
… Max Fightmaster is also in the army, or at least he was in 2003. The awesome part? His rank: Staff Sergeant.
This means Max’s full name and title is STAFF SGT. MAX FIGHTMASTER. That is the manliest name on the [...]

Michael Jackson, the “Beer Hunter,” died yesterday in his home in London. More than any one man, Jackson brought the variety and excitement of real craft beer to the masses. As one of the first to send in their thoughts to Beer Town’s tribute page aptly noted, “Michael simply created the beer universe as we [...]

I recently stumbled on the art of Glen Angus and was struck by his talent, despite the fact that military pin-up posters aren’t the sort of thing for which I’m typically ga-ga. But the guy knew how to paint, for sure, and I passed the link on to friends.
I didn’t realize it at the time, [...]

The Daily Mail* is running the tale of Martin Sargeant, an air show pilot who diverted his failing Spitfire away from crowds when he discovered they’d gathered on an auxiliary runway.
“He decided to try to head for the tarmac runway instead – but it would have been difficult for him to head there. The next [...]

eXile’s War Nerd wrote a fascinating column about Count Carl Gustav von Rosen, a Swedish aristocrat that led a flight of hand-painted Cessnas into battle against MiG-17—okay, the jets were on the ground—and other military targets in the Biafra conflict in Nigeria.
Von Rosen specialized in noble lost causes. Way back in 1938, when he was [...]

If anyone other than Bruce Campbell decided to make a movie spoofing his most famous character—Ash, from the Evil Dead movies, although we also would have accepted “himself”—I’d call it the absolutely bottom of the barrel in fame for fame’s sake. But it’s Bruce “Shop Smart” Campbell, who can and has never done no wrong. [...]

Erwin Kowalke, a member of the German War Graves Association, excavates the remains of soldiers who died during World War II. To this point he has collected and cataloged the remains of over 20,000 soldiers.
“People tell me to just let the bones sleep in the woods,” said Kowalke, a member of the German War Graves [...]

Tom Poston, perhaps best known to younger generations as the handyman “George” on Newhart, has passed away at 85. Poston was an accomplished character actor with great timing, with roles going back as far as The Steve Allen Show alongside other greats like Don Knotts.
Goof-up or not, Poston was a versatile actor who made his [...]

1. He just turned sixty and is finally looking human.
2. He saved Iggy Pop’s flagging career, only to destroy him in cartoon form some thirty years later on the Venture Brothers.
3. At various times in his career, he’s claimed to be gay, bisexual, or straight, and all the while your mom would probably still [...]

The man they call REVEEN! Reveen the “Impossibilist” toured Canada and the United States in the ’70s, exposing the power of a full beard and a red-shirt-covered pot belly to mildly amused audiences. He was last spotted (by me, on YouTube) in 1987, promoting his upcoming appearance at Saint John High School. He also was [...]

My favorite war thing of all time, Band of Brothers, is about to get a companion mini-series according to Variety.
“The Pacific” follows the stories of the two authors, as well as that of fellow Marine John Basilone, as they the fight against Japan across the entire Asian theater.
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But despite the similarities between “The Pacific” and [...]