Paul Friswold

During the Tex Avery-style bacchanal that is the modern Flaming Lips stage show, there's always one person who seems unmoved by the proceedings. One stoic individual spends most of the show seated, apparently oblivious to the sights of Wayne Coyne encased in a balloon, to the twin armies of anthropomorphic...

Any idiot with a Spin magazine and an afternoon to kill can tell you what was popular in 2004. The real trick is to predict what will be hot in the upcoming year. Although, if anything, it's even easier than retrospection. Think of the pop-culture timeline as a telephone cord--a...