{"quotes":[{"text":"Human Millipede 6 was the highest-grossing movie of the summer and returned Nicholas Cage to Oscar-winning status.","author":"C.Z. Hazard","tags":["adulthood","comedy","humour","movies","nicholas-cage","oscars","pop-culture","porn-industry","satire","transgressive-fiction"],"id":4140,"author_id":"C.Z.+Hazard"},{"text":"Whether the Eisenhower administration has underestimated the American people's interest in space exploration or Truman never full appreciated MacArthur, the Soviet Union's Sputnik program has created a public spectacle that even Disney and von Braun might envy.","author":"Ken Hollings","tags":["nostalgia","politics","pop-culture","science"],"id":18924,"author_id":"Ken+Hollings"},{"text":"Describing current human mindsets reflecting our ignorance and cowardice and non action-oriented mentality:'I'm going to do nothing but escapist drugs and hop from one party or festival to another. I will dance my way out of the harsh realities of Planet Earth.","author":"Mark Passio","tags":["ignorance-isn-t-bliss","liberty","pop-culture"],"id":23311,"author_id":"Mark+Passio"},{"text":"I want my rockstars dead.","author":"Bill Hicks","tags":["drugs","music","pop-culture","stand-up-comedy"],"id":25997,"author_id":"Bill+Hicks"},{"text":"On the whole I try to keep Modesty and Willie in timeless settings, which is why I avoid all the latest slang and in-words. It won't be long before 'brill' sounds as dated as 'super' does now. [Uncle Happy, 1990].","author":"Peter O'Donnell","tags":["chronology","language","pop-culture","setting","slang","time"],"id":32296,"author_id":"Peter+O%27Donnell"},{"text":"Reported sightings of UFOs are tailing off. With public interest declining and subscriptions dwindling, NICAP and APRO start to compete with each other over membership. The open-minded middle ground is stretched to breaking point, caught between the hardware of scientific detail and the extreme fantasies of contact.","author":"Ken Hollings","tags":["nostalgia","politics","pop-culture","science"],"id":35025,"author_id":"Ken+Hollings"},{"text":"As individuals die every moment, how insensitive and fabricated a love it is to set aside a day from selfish routine in prideful, patriotic commemoration of tragedy. Just as God is provoked by those who tithe simply because they feel that they must tithe, I am provoked by those who commemorate simply because they feel that they must commemorate.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["bandwagon","commemorate","commemoration","culture","day","death","fabrication","falsehood","god","holiday","honest","individual","insensitivity","insincere","love","lovelessness","memorial","memorial-day","memories","memory","nationalism","patriot","patriotic","patriotism","pop","pop-culture","popular","popular-culture","pride","routine","selfishness","society","tithe","tragedy","universal","vanity"],"id":41297,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"Imagine America as one house on a suburban lane. Years before he became a Jehovah's Witness, Prince knocked on America's door through his music. He came to the door holding a guitar and an umbrella while concealing a Bible. He flirted his way inside the door and told us he had a dirty mind and was controversial, and then he sat down in the living room on the good couch. And, when America's guard was down, because we thought we were having a conversation about sex, Prince eased out his Bible and said, 'Let me also tell you about my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.","author":"Touré","tags":["biography","critique","music","pop-culture","prince","reviews"],"id":42671,"author_id":"Tour%C3%A9"},{"text":"Alice is fictional. This isn't.","author":"Jess C. Scott","tags":["american-culture","dark-humor","group-think","groupthink","lady-gaga","mad-magazine","parodies","parody","pop-culture","popular-culture","resident-evil","satire","sheeple","short-story","simpsons","south-park","zombie-apocalypse","zombies"],"id":45325,"author_id":"Jess+C.+Scott"},{"text":"People are sheep. TV is the shepherd.","author":"Jess C. Scott","tags":["dark-humor","entertainment","herd-mentality","humor","hype","mainstream-media","mass-media","media","mindlessness","pop-culture","sheep","sheep-mentality","sheeple","television"],"id":45533,"author_id":"Jess+C.+Scott"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":81,"pages":9,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}