It’s safe to say that 2011 was a more event-heavy year than most in my lifetime. For me personally, it was the probably worst year of my life (beating out 2009, with some competition from 1996-1998), but for a variety of personal, familial and professional reasons that had very little to do with the news. [...]
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It used to be interesting knock the Baby Boomers. As late as the 1990s, when those in their 40s and 50s still controlled most media channels, an entire media culture was built around harping on ’60s and sugarcoating the hypocrisies of a generation that thought they were enacting major change, but spent more time on [...]
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The Grammys are this weekend, a fact that interests no one who cares about music except for those with all the money and power in the industry. Because that is still significant, I will be submitting my list of favorite ephemera from the year in music, as my favorite albums and songs have already been [...]
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As far as history can tell, it started with The Simpsons in 1999: A decade later, when Arizona State denied giving President Obama an honorary degree, SNL and The Daily Show took particular brutal blows: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Arizona State Snubs Obama www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full [...]
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Cover of Arcade Fire This is Part 3 of my three part review of albums of the past half year, an extension of Tynan's Record Report, which was retired out of solidarity with it's inspiration and better, Christgau's Consumer guide. Monday was the best stuff. Yesterday was the good to okay stuff. Today is the [...]
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This is Part 2 of my three part review of albums of the past half year, an extension of Tynan’s Record Report, which was retired out of solidarity with it’s inspiration and better, Christgau’s Consumer guide. Yesterday was the best chrome://foxytunes-public/content/signatures/signature-button.pngstuff. Today’s the good to okay stuff. Wednesday is the disappointing to not so great [...]
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Image by all that improbable blue via Flickr This is Part 1 of my three part review of albums of the past half year, an extension of Tynan’s Record Report, which was retired out of solidarity with it’s inspiration and better, Christgau’s Consumer guide. This is the best stuff. Tomorrow’s the good to okay stuff. [...]
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This post will go up on election day, before I have seen the results of the 2010 Midterm elections. It is not affected by the results. It is a post about why I did not vote this election. Obama calls this an enthusiasm gap. I call it a commitment to principle, and opposition to the [...]
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Recently for class in journalism school, I had to do something that years of blogging has taught me never to do seriously: read blog commenters. I’ve discussed my take on the editorial value of blog commenting before, but suffice to say that in their current state, it’s worthless for a website with serious editorial standards [...]
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Quick question: Is Gossip a good thing or a band thing? Outside of a few media moguls, yellow newspapermen, daytime talk show hosts and their wannabes, the answer will be “no,” no matter who you ask. In most people’s day to day life, they don’t like being gossiped about whether or not the gossip bounty on [...]
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Out of the many good omens that have come out of my most recent-move, this graffito is both the most satisfying and the only one I can’t explain to my parents. Given the hell I raised among my New York/Brooklyn friends along these lines, it’s nice to know that upon my return to middle America, [...]
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Say this for Navin Johnson, he made his print debut on page 73. On page 79 of the Fall Issue of Venus Zine, you’ll fine a piece by me, the first thing I’ve written that’s been printed in a non-college newspaper since I tried/decided to make this a career. Yes, that is me, a straight [...]
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ATTN: MUSIC BLOGOSPHERE. The next time someone mentions that the term “hipster” is meaningless, doesn’t exist, is a social construct, etc., etc, please refer them to this blog post. It’ll save you the time and energy. What do we think of when we think of a beatnik? What do we think of when we think [...]
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Can men dance as well as women ? I like the hip hop dance scene best.
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How To Lose An Election Without Really TryingPresident Obama is wrong when he says every current Republican idea is a Bush idea. Some are far more radical than that.
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