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Tip-Top Quotables: "Some couples have a song. Ours is the theme from Jaws,"...
My favorite monthly section in old Source magazine issues was "Hip-Hop Quotables," in which the Source editors printed out their favorite new rap verse of the month, from the first bar to the last....
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"Brokedown Merry-Go-Round" Show of the Week: Space Dandy, "Slow and Steady...
Every Friday in "'Brokedown Merry-Go-Round' Show of the Week," I discuss the week's best first-run animated series episode I saw. "Brokedown Merry-Go-Round," a two-hour block of original score tracks...
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Not a Burger Stand becomes a viral sensation and makes me ask, "Why doesn't...
As someone who used to listen to No Respect repeatedly, I will probably nail this. (Photo source: Not a Burger Stand)Down in Burbank, a city that, thanks to late '80s-era Nick at Nite's Laugh-In...
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"Brokedown Merry-Go-Round" Show of the Week: Space Dandy, "The Transfer...
Every Friday in "'Brokedown Merry-Go-Round' Show of the Week," I discuss the week's best first-run animated series episode I saw. "Brokedown Merry-Go-Round," a two-hour block of original score tracks...
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"Brokedown Merry-Go-Round" Show of the Week: Space Dandy, "The Big Fish Is...
Every Friday in "'Brokedown Merry-Go-Round' Show of the Week," I discuss the week's best first-run animated series episode I saw. "Brokedown Merry-Go-Round," a two-hour block of original score tracks...
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Robin Williams' podcast appearances illustrate what the beloved funnyman was...
(Photo source: Marc Maron)Robin Williams'A Night at the Met taught me as a kid that these things called stand-up albums can still be funny even without visuals. I played the fuck out of my cassette...
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Tip-Top Quotables: "Attention aspiring George Zimmermans," plus a few other...
My favorite monthly section in old Source magazine issues was "Hip-Hop Quotables," in which the Source editors printed out their favorite new rap verse of the month, from the first bar to the last....
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"Brokedown Merry-Go-Round" Show of the Week: The Awesomes, "Destination Deading"
Every Friday in "'Brokedown Merry-Go-Round' Show of the Week," I discuss the week's best first-run animated series episode I saw. "Brokedown Merry-Go-Round," a two-hour block of original score tracks...
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Tip-Top Quotables: "No one should ever be allowed to say there is no history...
My favorite monthly section in old Source magazine issues was "Hip-Hop Quotables," in which the Source editors printed out their favorite new rap verse of the month, from the first bar to the last....
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"Brokedown Merry-Go-Round" Show of the Week: The Awesomes, "Tim Goes to School"
Every Friday in "'Brokedown Merry-Go-Round' Show of the Week," I discuss the week's best first-run animated series episode I saw. "Brokedown Merry-Go-Round," a two-hour block of original score tracks...
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Composer name pronunciation key (as revised by 2014 Emmy presenter Gwen Stefani)
At the 2014 Emmys, The Colbert Report won Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series, and Emmy presenter Gwen Stefani came up with an interesting pronunciation for "coal-bear": "coal-bort." Because of...
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"What's your favorite score?" is not a question I like to be asked
(Photo source: Katwalla)I've been asked twice or thrice "What's your favorite score?" My answer to that will always be "55-10, Niners over Broncos."I don't have one favorite score. I have lots of...
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"Brokedown Merry-Go-Round" Show of the Week: Space Dandy, "A World with No...
Every Friday in "'Brokedown Merry-Go-Round' Show of the Week," I discuss the week's best first-run animated series episode I saw. "Brokedown Merry-Go-Round," a two-hour block of original score tracks...
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Jezebel says summer 2014 was too depressing to deserve a song of the summer,...
Every time the summer wraps up, music or entertainment news orgs come out with their annual think pieces or listicles about the song of the summer, and the end of the summer last week was no exception....
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"Brokedown Merry-Go-Round" Show of the Week: The Awesomes, "MadeMan"
Every Friday in "'Brokedown Merry-Go-Round' Show of the Week," I discuss the week's best first-run animated series episode I saw. "Brokedown Merry-Go-Round," a two-hour block of original score tracks...
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Hickory dickory Dock, peep the new score by Ad-Rock
The late Dock Ellis' primacy as a pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates was way before my time, so director Jeffrey Radice's No No: A Dockumentary does a solid job chronicling a transitional period in...
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Tip-Top Quotables: "Late-night talk is a Johnny Bravo suit if there ever was...
(Photo source: Blu-ray.com)My favorite monthly section in old Source magazine issues was "Hip-Hop Quotables," in which the Source editors printed out their favorite new rap verse of the month, from the...
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"Brokedown Merry-Go-Round" Show of the Week: Space Dandy, "Lovers Are Trendy,...
Every Friday in "'Brokedown Merry-Go-Round' Show of the Week," I discuss the week's best first-run animated series episode I saw. "Brokedown Merry-Go-Round," a two-hour block of original score tracks...
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iApplaud the iPod's demise
Apple is quietly retiring the original iPod line after 13 years. Boo-fucking-hoo. I bought two iPods--I had my first one, a third-generation iPod Classic, engraved with a line from De La Soul Is Dead,...
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"Brokedown Merry-Go-Round" Show of the Week: The Awesomes, "Euro-Awesomes"
Every Friday in "'Brokedown Merry-Go-Round' Show of the Week," I discuss the week's best first-run animated series episode I saw. "Brokedown Merry-Go-Round," a two-hour block of original score tracks...
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