

Matt Hoffman
Joined: Jan 22, 2024
Matt Hoffman is an independent journalist who writes about various topics for different publications. He also hosts the Bub & Pop Podcast, where he invites guests to conversations about music, careers in music, life, the universe, and everything. When he isn't writing, he's a university professor.




‘Beetlejuice’ and ‘Heathers’ made Winona Ryder famous, but the decade that came next is the one worth a second look.
From Bob Dylan to Bob Marley, these iconic artists made songs everybody knows by heart that never hit the top of the Billboard Hot 100.
He lost two people he loved on the same day in 1884, and the Badlands were already waiting for him.
Each of these shows got the ax before it found its audience, but the audience eventually found it anyway,
Theodore Roosevelt swore there was no such thing as a list of the best books and yet never stopped telling people which ones he loved!
Sylvia Plath suspected the spirit she and Ted Hughes talked to was their own subconscious, but she kept asking it questions anyway.
While Picasso had one of the longest careers in modern art, four of his priciest paintings come from a single year.
The ratings board said children could see it with a parent, but the police in Washington had other ideas.
A scream is built to cut through every other sound around it, but plenty of people scream when they aren’t scared at all.
The actor recorded the narration that was supposed to frame ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas,’ but production went with Santa Claus instead.
‘Friday the 13th: The Series’ came from the producer of the movies, but its villains were cursed antiques, not a man in a hockey mask.
Discover how a DIY fake blood recipe on the set of 'Friday the 13th' temporarily blinded actor Harry Crosby, son of crooner Bing Crosby.