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We got it already!
Actors are smart, we got it already. I was watching a show the other day in which two actors were engaged in witty repartee. “It’s like asking me who is buried in Grant’s tomb,” one of the actors...
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Linda Ronstadt rejects the need for more fame: The Hall of Fame
It’s not anything I’ve ever given a second thought to,” Linda Ronstadt says of being elected to Rock and Roll’s Hall of Fame, “I never thought of myself as a rock ‘n’ roll singer. I’ve thought of...
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James Joyce: Incomparable or Incomprehensible?
Those of us always on the lookout for edgy, racy material have heard the term “Joycean” thrown about with little discretion. Most critics appear to be more interested in using the term than they are...
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Andy Kaufman lives! Long live Andy Kaufman!
Andy Kaufman is alive! “Who?” Andy Kaufman. His daughter just said it, and his brother was by her side when she said it. Andy Kaufman is alive. I just knew it. I knew it all along. “Who’s Andy...
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Secret Chiefs 3 Book of Horizons: Folio A
“This isn’t Westoxification, this isn’t Drupad — it’s not Ram Naryan, its ROCK!”—Trey Spruance Any person that attempts to review a Secret Chiefs 3 (SC3) album has their hands full. How does one...
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Rilalities IV: The Rilalities
The Rilality for Album of the year goes to… Sufjan Stevens Illinois. I know it came out in 2005, but with every critic going bonkers over it back then, I decided I would hate it circa 2005-2006. In...
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The epic battle of Ayn Rand vs. Larry David
Every male I knew engaged in the epic battle argument that speculated about which of their heroes would win in a fight. Every male I knew, in youth, would hit every male they knew with the questions:...
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It’s funny. Very Funny!
You should read this blog. It’s funny! Very Funny! One would suspect that such obnoxiously, over-the-top self-promotion wouldn’t work, but some productions are successfully marketing themselves with...
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Rilalities V: Challenges and Insecurities
The 6’5″ guy— I once met a man that was 6’5″. That man’s name was Joe. If you are ever fortunate enough to meet Joe, you’ll soon discover the reason I listed his height before his name. Joe was more...
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Bill O’Reilly is accused of sexist, personally offensive language
As has been stated in this blog in many different ways, individualist, conservative Republicans should never universally castigate strong women in America. And most of them don’t, with the knowledge...
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Five Takeaways from The Super Bowl
Before I begin, let me take this opportunity to talk about my process. The five stories I have chosen were not randomly chosen, they were chosen randomly, and if you are one of those that are fortunate...
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The Silly and the Sad
On a scale of one to ten, how bad do you think your situation was? “A fifteen!” will likely be the answer. If that's not the exact number they choose, we can be sure that whatever number they choose...
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Anti-anti-Consumer Art
It may have something to do with the art that I enjoyed while I was young and vulnerable, but I still tend to favor angry, bitter, and anti-consumer art. Artists of all stripes that have disdain for...
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It’s the Garry Shandling Blog
“90% of success is showing up.” –Woody Allen. “Every great thing you do in life will result from failures, both large and small,” is a cliché that Garry Shandling may have never said exactly, but no...
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The Future of Sci-Fi Tropes and Dystopic Hopes
In the future, roads will exist, but they will be miles off the ground, if the images of futuristic sci-fi movies are to be believed. These roads usually sprout from an enormous, corporate monolith in...
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Camille Paglia: The Radical Libertarian
On Bill Clinton: Bill Clinton was a serial abuser of working-class women –he had exploited that power differential even in Arkansas. And then in the case of Monica Lewinsky– I mean, the failure on the...
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Is Theodore Roosevelt the Batman?
“It takes more than that to kill the Batman!” is not an exact quote from Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt’s campaign speech in an auditorium, soon after being shot outside a Milwaukee hotel, but it was...
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Bob Dylan’s Self-Portrait
Self-Portrait is the tenth studio album of Bob Dylan’s catalog, and in my opinion, his most personal. Some say Blood on the Tracks. I say Blood on the Tracks captured a brief time in Bob Dylan’s...
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Rock and Roll is Dead!
“Rock and Roll is dead!” is a line most of us have heard for most of our lives. From the anthemic screams of punk rockers to the classic rockers suggesting, “Today’s music ain’t got the same soul,”...
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It’s ‘Okay to Like’ Guilty Pleasures
“It’s okay to like your favorite shows again, even if they have no cultural value or societal significance,” a person informed my friend. “As long as the preference for the show is characterized as a...
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