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Displaying all articles tagged:
The Cars
respect the classics
June 7, 2023
Now Why Would John Mellencamp Punch This Handsome Man?
“I fought all the time, and lost all the time.”
By
Devon Ivie
respect the classics
Feb. 10, 2023
Your Place or Mine
’s Other Love Interest Is the Cars
The rom-com features ten “emotional and undeniable bops” from the band, and it could’ve been even more.
By
Devon Ivie
paulina-o
Oct. 26, 2021
Paulina Porizkova Drives Home With Her Ric Ocasek Settlement
“I don’t think my husband had the brain capacity at the time to figure out what he was really doing.”
By
Devon Ivie
bad times roll
May 17, 2021
Paulina Porizkova Recalls ‘Lonely’ and ‘Depressed’ Marriage to Ric Ocasek
She’s currently in litigation with Ocasek’s estate after being written out of his will.
By
Devon Ivie
since you’re gone
Nov. 10, 2020
Ric Ocasek Estate Drama Is Not What Anyone Needed, But Here We Are
His wife is now reflecting on her “clearly delusional” marriage.
By
Devon Ivie
superlatives
Aug. 25, 2020
The Good, Better, and Best of the Cars, According to Elliot Easton
“If Ric hadn’t passed, we would’ve done more work together.”
By
Devon Ivie
respect the classics
Mar. 1, 2020
Paulina Porizkova Feels ‘Betrayed’ After Ric Ocasek Excludes Her From Will
Shortly before his death, the Cars frontman wrote that his wife of several decades is entitled to nothing, “because she has abandoned me.”
By
Devon Ivie
remembrances
Sept. 17, 2019
Remembering Ric Ocasek, the Magic Man of American New Wave
Ocasek’s songwriting and oddball frontman style gave the band its boundless appeal.
By
Jen Chaney
obits
Sept. 15, 2019
The Cars Front Man Ric Ocasek Dead at 75
The singer and his band were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.
By
Halle Kiefer
vulture lists
Aug. 20, 2018
Every VMAs Video of the Year Award, Ranked From Worst to Best
From that one super dated Dire Straits video to multiple Beyoncé videos, to that Neil Young video that got him banned from MTV for a while.
By
Larry Fitzmaurice
rock hall 2018
May 6, 2018
The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of the 2018 Rock Hall Induction Ceremony
Low: that whole Dire Straits situation.
By
Devon Ivie
clickables
Oct. 22, 2010
Preview ‘Blue Tip,’ the Cars’ First New Song in Decades
It’s just a minute-long snippet, and you have to go to Facebook to hear it, but it’s not bad!
By
Brian Raftery