Momentum is everything in the music world. Coming off his biggest post-Beatles success with the smash album Band on the Run, Paul McCartney and Wings needed their next single to sustain that success. ...

When you hear the phrase "son of a" in a country song, the words that follow don't usually go like this: "You're a son of a momma / You're a son of a dad / Who will never stop loving you and being ...

It’s a shame that Johnny Mathis isn’t discussed more by young gay people. Actually, by this point he’s not discussed at all anymore. He’s a relic of another time, celebrated by not even the parents of ...

Scott F. Kiesling has received funding from the National Science Foundation. A male colleague could be forgiven for not knowing if using “guys” to refer to female co-workers is acceptable in the ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

There must be a word for it — that feeling you get when the elephant in the room is finally laid bare, even when what’s revealed is scary and dark. For me, it struck yesterday, with the release of ...