My newest feature and a response to Election 2016.
My goal is to answer political spin and to explain why progressives feel the way that they do about diversity and other progressive causes.
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Seth Godin, a blogger, author, and thinker that I respect made some sloppy analogies about wrestling and media coverage of politics today.
As a lifelong fan of Professional Wrestling, I feel like it was a good time to speak up.
Enjoy!
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I love reading books and I love music.
So, occasionally, I share my thoughts about music books that I think you might enjoy. There is a complete list of music books I endorse on my "music books" page.
This is my review of Chrissie Hynde's book Reckless: My Life as a Pretender.
Enjoy!
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Cloud Nothings are back! Hear the new single "Modern Act," see the tour schedule, and let me help you put the importance of the band into context.
Enjoy!
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This is my open letter to New York Times television critic Mike Hale about his criticism of #Netflix Luke Cage.
Enjoy!
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My unsolicited suggestion for how Starbucks could vastly improve their "Starbucks For Life" game.
Yes, I do frequent Starbucks.
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Friday 9/16/2016 should have been a #NationalHoliday
Why?
Because: a new Preoccupations album a new Cymbals Eat Guitars Album a new Against Me album and an exciting announcement from Cloud Nothings.
What should we call the National Holiday?
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Michael Smerconish made a call to civility today on his CNN television show.
I responded, and want to continue the discourse here.
Enjoy!
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I have had a number of discussions lately online that have me questioning how best we can relate to each other online.
It made me think of a time when I was confronting many of the same issues inside my local punk rock community way back in the day. Is it time for Straight Edge Netiquette?
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A Show that captures the rise of hip-hop in 1977 NYC? Didn't I already write hundreds of pages about a show like that? Wasn't that last year?
I hate to admit it, but in many ways, the new Netflix series "The Get Down," got more about the rise of hip-hop right than did HBO's Vinyl.
Here are five things "The Get Down" got (really) right!
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Been a lot of talk about fomenting a Democratic Exit in November.
I am very suspicious of where the impetus for this is coming from since there is literally zero chance such a strategy would serve Progressive causes well.
I am not a huge fan of Hillary, but in this election, I'm now with Her. Just like Bernie.
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Bill Simmons new show "Any Given Wednesday" aired for the first time this week.
My thoughts and a comparison between Simmons and Dave Grohl
Cheers!
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Preoccupations used to be Viet Cong. It is a great band that used to have a terrible name.
Now they are a great band with what is probably a safe name. They just released their first video for their first single off of their new album. It is called "Anxiety" and it is really good.
Check it out here!
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Sub Pop released a "secret" stream of The Gotobeds new album Blood || Sugar || Sex || Traffic.
Not too secret though, you can find it here.
Enjoy
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SciFi still seems fixated on the Skynet problem, but I am virtually certain if we face a dystopian future it will come after we willingly become cyborgs.
No, seriously :)
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I sent a Tweet harmlessly making fun of Adam Sandler movies during a hashtag game and it took off, garnering almost 300 RT's
I figured Twitter was telling me something, so here are my ratings for Adam Sandler's whole catalog.
Enjoy!
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I wanted to see how many bands I covered in April on the blog and this is just the bands from my playlists. All the bands, with links to their pages, the playlists they were on, and their record labels.
Not sure I can do this every month (took HOURS) but I will try.
Enjoy!
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