Emo: A form of rock music, Emo originally started in mid-1980s as a subgenre of hardcore punk, but has gone through many revisions over the years. The term stands for emotional music and involves band members with long bangs brushed over one eye and dressed in tight jeans. Oh, and they played music too.

Dear Dr. Newt, My parents don’t understand me. I am a sensitive, young man at the beginning of what I feel will be a meaningful artistic journey as an emo musician. But my father thinks I should try out for sports or get a part-time job. I tried showing mom my lyrics, but she thinks [...]

The oils: What the Americans want from the Middle East. The scorpion (and the frog): A famous fable or parable, The Scorpion and the Frog is meant to illustrate that it is impossible to change one’s nature or basic instincts. In the story, a scorpion needs to cross the river and tries to get a [...]

Dear Dr.Newt, Can I ask if americans DO really kill for no reason? Signed, Stephen182006Dr Newt explains the American psyche.

Suicide: The process of ending one’s own life. Usually, not desirable. Happy Harry Hard On: Christian Slater‘s on-air personality from Pump Up the Volume. Slater plays Mark Hunter, an outsider kid who has recently moved to a new town and attends a terrible high school. So with a ham radio his parents bought him and [...]

Dear Dr. Newt, Do you think that I should kill myself? Signed, Unsure about life.Dr. Newt delicately tries to help a youth contemplating suicide.

1967 Buick Skylark: A car. Skylark: A bird.

Dear Dr Newt, I have a 1967 Buick Skylark that I have taken on as a restorationproject. The body’s in pretty good shape, the interior’s got some dryrot, but should be easy to reupholster. My problem is that I can’tfind parts for the transmission. My choices seem to be replacing thewhole tranny with something more [...]