January 2012
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RE: Lana Del Ray
In response to Amy Klein:
20 years ago, when the music industry was more or less in the same place it had been since the 50s, I think Lana Del Ray would have been just another overnight pop sensation writing songs that were massively popular that people with brains didn’t really like and thought were less than flattering depictions of women and gender. Her defiance over this, like any...
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Kickstarter - Launch the Best Music Writing series... →
“I work in comedy, my wife hates everyone I work with.”
– Jon Stewart
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John Mulaney > Delta Airlines.
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Watch me on Jimmy Fallon last night!
Thanks to Jimmy and everyone at Late Night for always having the best audience.
Special thanks to Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton and Miranda Cosgrove for being my opening acts. They really warmed up the audience.
Jock Jams: How The Song "Seven Nation... →
What makes “Seven Nation Army” different from most stadium anthems is that it actually has replay value. In February 2004, it won a Grammy for Best Rock song. The Grammys aren’t the ideal barometer of cool, but “Who Let the Dogs Out?” never won a little gilded gramophone, did it? [CORRECTION: ”Who Let the Dogs Out?” won Best Dance Recording in 2000....
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Explained: Jared Loughner’s Grammar Obsession →
One thing’s for sure: Jared Loughner gave a fuck about an Oxford Comma
The Daulerio Roast: A.J. Ruined Deadspin. Thank... →
We’re roasting our former editor A.J. Daulerio, who has moved across the room to edit Gawker, a social-networking site for editorial assistants. If you have an A.J.
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