When I'm feeling misanthropic, or just cranky as hell , I often think about the song “Break Stuff” by the seminal rap rock group Limp Bizkit. The group, who hails from Jacksonville, Florida, describes “one of those days” in an incredibly accurate fashion. Here are the lyrics: "It's just one of those days Where you don't want to wake up Everything is f**ked Everybody sucks You don't really know why But you want to justify Rippin' someone's head off No human contact And if you interact Your life…

I can still smell it. I can see it. I can even taste it. The sweet soda flavor and subtle berry-colored tint made Bonne Bell's Dr. Pepper Lip Smackers a cult favorite from elementary school all the way into high school. The lip balm was mentioned all the time in our favorite teen magazines , and the popular girls at school applied and reapplied every five minutes. That sh*t smelled so good. While it took a while for me to convince anyone to buy it for me, once I had it, I was hooked. And I felt…

Random tweets, games, bumper stickers, anime, your toddler, etc.—sometimes you just get smacked in the face with words when you least expected it.

Spare a thought for the figureheads of nu-metal. It was a hard job being the laughing stock of 90s music and balancing that with a career in professional douchebaggery. As if to add insult to injury, now they also have to endure being the soundtrack to endless TikTok teens in remixes that offend the ears even more than their original artistry. It’s no wonder that some of them seem to be looking for a new start, not least Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst. Ahead of the band’s summer tour, Durst de…