Quaintly named for a once-revolutionary audio device that most people now no longer own nor remember, the podcast has slowly but addictively wormed its way into the hearts and ears of… it must surely be at least a couple hundred thousand people, right? Is it millions? Is it hundreds? Depends on which network is doing […]
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Would You Care to Hear Jeff Goldblum Think Out Loud for Two Hours? (Answer: Yes, You Would)
Presley and Goldblum, a king and a prince. Christmas is almost here, Hanukkah’s almost over, the House just passed the Rich People Are More Equal Than Poor People Tax Act, and the Senate seems likely to do the same. Plus it’s raining, the sky is black, it will always be freezing. What I’m saying is: […]
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Date Set for the Return of Roseanne
A TV reboot that will (hopefully) be funny, smart, and, relevant.
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Sandy Hook, Five Years Later
“It was too loud. Something was bad.” Handout / Getty Images News Five years ago today, Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT and murdered 26 people, 20 of whom were first graders. That means they were between six and seven years old. The internet is alight with heartrending remembrances today. […]
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Keith Olbermann Announces His Retirement from Political Commentary
Obermann to world: Trump’s done, I’m done. Keith Olbermann, the former sports broadcaster (ESPN/Fox Sports) who went on to be a cable news host/pundit (MSNBC/Current TV), announced today that he was “retiring from political commentary in all media venues” because he is confident that the Trump presidency will be over soon. He gives Trump 13 […]
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Manson on the Brain? It Might Be Time to Revisit You Must Remember This
Portrait of a “mass murdering dog,” not long before he would serve nine life sentences and be denied parole 12 times. Charles Manson is dead, and as a wise person once said about some other repugnant figure, it’s a pity there’s no hell for him to burn in. After nearly 50 years as Western culture’s […]
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“Drops of Jupiter” Is No Longer Merely a Song. It Is Now Also a Wine.
Each bottle guaranteed to contain three drops of Jupiter! If you think Venus blew your mind, you’re going to love drinking Drops of Jupiter wine. That is the hope, at any rate of Train lead singer (and Seattle resident) Pat Monahan. Billboard reports that Monahan has teamed with winemaker James Foster to launch a “$20 […]
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NY Times Publishes Five Women’s Stories of Louis CK’s “Sexual Misconduct”
Five women have come forward with details of Louis CK’s inappropriate sexual behavior. The NY Times just published a long-awaited story detailing specific, on-the-record allegations by five women of behavior by the comedian Louis CK which “crossed a line into sexual misconduct.” Comedians Dana Min Goodman, Julia Wolov, Abby Schachner, Rebecca Corry, and a fifth […]
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Ted Leo’s New Album Is His Most Ambitious Yet
TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS Fulfillin’ your prescription for the daily blues! Kyle Cassidy Ted Leo’s big breakthrough came at the turn of the century, right around the time everybody started saying that both the music biz and the electric guitar were dead. He proved both ideas wrong at once, emerging with a new wave […]
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Ted Leo’s New Album Reaches for Something Grander
The Hanged Man Is His Most Ambitious Work Yet
Facing down a glutted marketplace and a cosmic sense of futility, Ted Leo is back with the most ambitious music of his life.
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Kid Rock Says He’s Not Running, You’re Dumb for Thinking He Was, and It Was All Steve Bannon’s Idea Anyway So Bawitdaba
The Sweet Southern Sugar strategy? Due out “November, whatever, third or something like that.” Kid Rock went on Howard Stern’s satellite radio show yesterday to A) promote his forthcoming U.S. tour and B) declare unreservedly that he would not be challenging Michigan’s incumbent democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow in the midterm elections next year, despite the […]
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Jim Bakker (Who Is Still on TV, BTW): Stop Mocking Me or God Will Punish You
Some of Bakker’s meretricious poison is good for a chuckle.