Greatest Songs And Lebowskization

The 100 Greatest Songs Of The 1960s

Paste | 19th June 2026 | U

Refreshingly original list, made more so by the requirement to choose only one song per artist (as per the headnote, this prevents it being "40% Beatles"). Broken up into three pages, so be sure to explore numbers 50-11 and 10-1 as well. There are plenty of well-known favourites here by big-time stars, as well as appearances by the likes of Jackie Shane, Doris Troy and Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band (19,500 words)

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The Big Lebowskization Of California

Joe Mathews | Zócalo Public Square | 23rd June 2026 | U

Californians think of themselves as "young and diverse and hip", but they have more in common with the protagonist of the 1998 cult film The Big Lebowski, who is "an aging, bowling, cocktail-drinking, Creedence-loving, underemployed stoner". This condition, known as "Lebowskization", is "spreading faster than Ebola". Unemployment, marijuana usage and alcohol consumption are all up state-wide (1,100 words)