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Orange is the New Black: Orange Black or Bleak: S1 E5 “The Chickening” (Netflix)

My treatment of Orange is the New Black S1 E5 "The Chickening"

During this recap, I am covering about prison sex, guard towers, and basketball.

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Perfume Genius, Sorority Noise, & Solemn Shapes "I Hate Radio" Music News 3/23/2017

Perfume Genius, Sorority Noise, and Solemn Shapes all have new music!

This is "I Hate Radio" Music News for 3/23/2017

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Orange is the New Black: Orange Black or Bleak: S1 E4 “Imaginary Enemies” (Netflix)

Visit Litchfield and Orange is the New Black again with a formerly incarcerated person as your guide.

This is my treatment of S1 E4 Imaginary Enemies

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The "Halo Ghost Cigarettes" Spotify Playlist (I Hate Radio)

The Cool Kids meet Lorde? Wire, The Ramones, and a tip of my cap to the immortal Chuck Berry. This is my "Halo Ghost Cigarettes" mixed-tape style Playlist.

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PlaylistJoshua B. HoeMarch 20, 2017Maybelline, Chuck Berry, What Up Man, The Cool Kids, The Bake Sale, Chocolate Industries, Iron Fist, Wire, Harvest Records, Hurray For The Riff Raff, The Navigator, ATO Records, Wall, Wharf Cat Recoirds, wharf cat records, B Boys, Dada, Captured Tracks Records, Casual Wrecks, Adult Books, Running From The Blows, Lollipop Records, I Think I'm Old Enough, Adult Mom, Sometimes Bad Happens, Miscreant Records, More Cigarettes, Cheap Time, Wallpaper Music, In the Red Records, I Wanna Be Sedated, Ramones, Road To Ruin, Sire Records, Sugar Town, ShitKid, EP 2, PNKSLM Recordings, No Halo, Sorority Noise, Triple Crown Records, Sleeprydr, Holy Motors, Wharf Cat Records, Green Light, Lorde, Universal Music, This Is Radio Clash, The Clash, Captain Beefheart, punk, post-punk, lo-fiComment

Iron Fist Problems? Is the Criticism of Marvel's Series Fair (Netflix)

Iron Fist has gotten a lot of flack in the early going, but how much of that criticism was fair? And most important, how entertaining was it?

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Orange is the New Black: Orange Black or Bleak: S1 E3 “Lesbian Request Denied” (Netflix)

During "Lesbian Request Denied" Litchfield Prison deals with Sophia's medical crisis and Piper's "marriage" to Suzanne.

This is my investigation of Orange is the New Black S1 E3

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Michigan Basketball: Reporters, Don't Let the Truth Get in the Way of a Good Story

Michigan isn't some Cinderella underdog heading into the NCAA Basketball Tournament game against Oklahoma State tomorrow. They were on quite a run before losing a four-way tiebreaker to land as the 8th seed in the Big 10 tournament.

Also, I hope the announcers finally get the name right.

U of M Basketball, U of M SportsJoshua B. HoeMarch 16, 2017On Pirate SatelliteUniversity of Michigan Basketball, Big 10, Big Ten Tournament, KenPom, Coach Beilein, John Beilein, Muhammad-Ali Abdur-RahkmanComment

"The D" in Bandcamp: Exploring Detroit-Area Music (I Hate Radio)

Quelle Chris, Joey Pecoraro, and Devious One are the first three artists I am highlighting in my new series exploring the music of Detroit available on Bandcamp.

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"The D" in BandcampJoshua B. HoeMarch 16, 2017On Pirate SatelliteQuelle Chris, Being You Is Great I Wish I Could Be You More, Joey Pecoraro, Tired Boy, Devious Ones, Djarum Summers, Detroit Punk, garage rock, rock detroit, hip hop detroit, alternative hip hop, underground hip hop, electronic, hip hop, electronica detroitComment

Dave Chapelle, Ian Svenonius, and Ill-Advised: "I Hate Radio" Music News 3/14/2017

Dave Chappelle, Ian Svenonius, and Ill-Advised

This is my "I Hate Radio" Music News for 3/14/2017

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"I Hate Radio" Music NewsJoshua B. HoeMarch 14, 2017Dave Chappelle, Netflix, A Tribe Called Quest, Jim Norton, Mouthful of Shame, Amy Schumer, The Leather Special, Ian Sbenonius, Chain & the Gang, Chain and the Gang, Certain Kinds of Trash, Under the Radar, In Cool Blood, Ill-Advised, Pyre of Denial, Michael JamesComment

Orange is the New Black: Orange Black or Bleak: S1 E2 “Tit Punch” (Netflix)

Orange Is The New Black S1 E2: Tit Punch

Adding context to the "Tit Punch" episode of OITNB from a formerly incarcerated person.

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The "Lola Want War" Spotify Playlist (I Hate Radio)

Devo, Elucid, Girlpool, and LVL UP are just some of the artists on this mixed-tape style playlist but I want to highlight Soviet Soviet since they were deported for trying to perform at SXSW..apologies from the remaining sane Americans to our Italian friends

PlaylistJoshua B. HoeMarch 13, 2017alternative hip hop, underground hip hop, abstract hip hop, hip hop, hardcore hip hop, detroit hip hop, underground rap, preverb, anti-folk, indie punk, indie garage rock, lo-fi, bay area indie, garage psych, nu gaze, chillwave, noise rock, indie rock, deep gothic post-punk, grave wave, punk, australian indie, alt indie rock, deep australian indie, australian alternative rock, disco polo, madchester, new wave, post-punk, uk post-punk, new romantic, experimental rock, alt indie-rock, slow core, Francobollo, Alexandra Savior, DEVO, Columbia Records, Warner Brothers Records, Sleaford Mods, Rough Trade Records, Total Control, Iron Lung Records, Brightness, I Oh You, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Sub Pop, Sub Pop Records, Gold Class, Spunk Records, Aye Nako, Don Giovani Records, Soviet Soviet, Mannequin, LVL UP, Jay Som, Polyvinyl Records, Girlpool, ANTI-records, Elucid, Backwoodz StudiozComment

Reflections From a Black Mirror: S3 E4 “San Junipero” (Netflix)

San Junipero is the most popular episode of Black Mirror but will this recap be my most popular recap?

Reflections from a Black Mirror S3 E4 San Junipero

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Sleaford Mods + Chastity Belt: "I Hate Radio" Music News 3/9/2017

Sleaford Mods vs. Mark E. Smith and a new Temple of the Dog inspired Chastity Belt video.

I Hate Radio Music News for 3/9/2017

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"I Hate Radio" Music NewsJoshua B. HoeMarch 9, 2017Sleaford Mods, Mark E. Smith, The Fall, Brix Smith, English Tapas, Rough Trade Records, Chastity Belt, Different Now, Temple of the Dog, Hunger Strike, Time To Go Home, Hardly Art Records, Brix Smith Start, The Rise The Fall and The RiseComment

Orange is the New Black: Orange Black or Bleak: S1 E1 “I Wasn't Ready” (Netflix)

Orange is the New Black is coming back for Season 5 in June, but not until after I do a deep-dive into the first four seasons.

This post will hopefully add some important context to OITNB S1 E 1 "I Wasn't Ready"

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Girlpool, The Coathangers, & Other New Albums: "I Hate Radio" Music News 3/7/2017

New album coming from Girlpool and a new EP coming from The Coathangers.

Also, a few other cool new albums announced. It's the "I Hate Radio" Music News for 3/7//2017.

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The "Tall Dream Janitor" Spotify Playlist (I Hate Radio)

The Cure, Gang of Four, and Father John Misty meet in a room full of new music. This is the "Tall Dream Janitor" mixed-tape style Spotify Playlist.

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PlaylistJoshua B. HoeMarch 6, 2017indie folk, indie rock, freak folk, no wave, experimental rock, chicago indie, preverb, garage rock, post punk, post-punk, uk post-punk, punk, noise rock, alternative rock, lo-fi, nu gaze, shoegaze, Neo-Psychedelic, madchester, new wave, west coast trap, bay area hip hop, chamber psych, garage psych, indie garage rock, permanent wave, new romantic, Father John Misty, Sub Pop Records, Joshua Michael Tillman, Lee Ranaldo, Matador Records, Sonic Youth, NE-HI, Grand Jury Music, Gang of Four, EMI, Suburban Lawns, I.R.S. Records, Women, Jagjaguwar, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Warner Music Group, Sneaks, Merge Records, Eva Moolchan, Downtown Boys, Bas Jan, Sarafina Steer, Echo and the Bunnymen, Tim Darcy, Ought, Froth, Wichita Recordings, The Cure, Elektra, Bronco Bowl, University of North Texas, Cold Beat, Crime on the Moon, Hannah Lew, This Is Radio Clash, The Clash, Captain BeefheartComment

Orange is the New Black: Orange, Black, or Just Bleak? OPS Series Intro (Netflix)

Is Orange is the New Black more Orange or Bleak?

This is the introduction to my new series of recaps of Netflix controversial and hard-hitting series about women in prison (OITNB).

Today I am just explaining why I, a formerly incarcerated person, has decided to write about a prison show.

Orange Is The New Black, televisionJoshua B. HoeMarch 4, 2017Netflix, Orange is the New Black, OITNB, Piper Kerman, Emmanual Levinas, Emmy Rossum, Shameless, Fiona Gallagher, Jeff Sessions, War on Drugs, emmy rossum, Ava DuVernay, 13th, Mass Incarceration Comment