Fortunately, 1) my car is not so advanced to give me Washington Wizards updates, and 2) I don't care about the Wizards.

Ha!

Holly was big during his career, the other two only in retrospect.

Buddy Holly and the Crickets is the archetype. Major evolutionary step by the Velvet Underground, from a certain angle. All perfected by the Modern Lovers.

American Vandal, Season Three.

Knowing your taste, go for Mamoun's for shawarma, on Sullivan in the Village or St. Mark's Place.

Btw, my mother went to two rock concerts in her entire life. One was seeing The Tubes in Paris.

A cappella Beths just won't be the same. :-(

There was a strain of conservative thinking during the Reagan Admin's glorification of the private sector which amounted to the Divine Right of Corporations. Capitalism was doing God's work in ending poverty, so any govt obstruction to their work was a sin. Same old, same old.

I still remember the colloquium at which you reported that 90s teens thought the 70s were so cool, and those of us who had been teenagers in the 70s just broke out laughing in dismay. But yeah, 70s paranoid thrillers were a nice subgenre. Also: the Ramones.

No, it is because only the clean shaven can be effective soldiers.

I teach Do the Right Thing all the time and it continues to have a great impact. Sunset Boulevard also works, especially if students have been taught some silent films already.

Venice, off-season. Back-up for non-obvious answer: Zagreb.