The A.V. Club has had a lot of fun looking back at the year 2004 this week, and more broadly, bringing back our annual retrospective package. Now, as is customary, we’re capping off the week with a ...

The Scoop team is overwhelmed. For a column that celebrates shallowness, inanity, and triviality, 2004 has been a banner year! Singer Bryan Adams’s unwashed socks fetched $1,046 on eBay! A cheese ...

Asian Pop quiz: What two illustrious J-pop icons celebrated special round-numbers birthdays in 2004? Here's a hint: One is a cute, mass-marketed multimedia sensation; the other, a monstrous mutant ...

Hair bands of 1980s are one of rock 'n' roll's easiest comic targets: The music, hairstyles, clothing and lifestyle were easily mocked when they were new, and are more natural fodder for satire as the ...

The image of Al Jolson singing "Mammy" in blackface is now considered disturbing. Speedy Gonzalez, the lovable Mexican Looney Toon, has been banned from Cartoon Network for being a dangerous ...

Proof positive that those who can, teach: Kansas State University assistant English prof Imad Rahman and Indiana University teacher Samrat Upadhyay. A Pakistani-American actor named Kareem ...