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Random Play: The Smiths, “The Queen Is Dead”

Robin Monica Alexander June 17, 2011 2

Bigmouth strikes again: Robin Monica meets you at the cemetry gates to observe the 25th anniversary of the seminal British album

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Random Play: Shake Shack

Robin Monica Alexander June 9, 2011 1

Robin Monica Alexander takes a momentary break from pigging out at the Shake Shack to explain, in the latest "Random Play," why you should pig out there, too

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Random Play: “Angels in America”

Robin Monica Alexander April 4, 2011 1

The millennium has come and gone, but "Angels in America" is eternal. Robin Monica Alexander retraces its twenty-year history in a new "Random Play."

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Random Play: Yo Majesty

Robin Monica Alexander February 28, 2011 2

In the latest Random Play, Robin Monica Alexander explains how hip-hop group Yo Majesty is as American as apple f***in' pie

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Random Play: “Born This Way”

Robin Monica Alexander January 18, 2011 6

Still unsure whether kids are born gay? Robin Monica Alexander spotlights a new blog whose emphatic and adorable response is yes

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Random Play: Vodka

Robin Monica Alexander December 24, 2010 0

Robin Monica Alexander drinks Stoli and devotes the last Random Play of 2010 to her favorite variety of booze

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Random Play: “The Merchant of Venice”

Robin Monica Alexander November 17, 2010 7

Robin Monica Alexander loves Shakespeare, but she hates racism more. In the latest Random Play, she asks why we keep making excuses for "The Merchant of Venice."

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Random Play: McRib

Robin Monica Alexander November 1, 2010 3

Pork, pickles, barbecue sauce and a bun: it's the McRib! And it's back! Robin Monica Alexander analyzes its mysterious appeal in the latest Random Play

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Random Play: Greg Giraldo

Robin Monica Alexander October 1, 2010 0

Random Play remembers Greg Giraldo, a Harvard Law School grad who put his education to use telling jokes about Viagra, drug addiction, washed-up celebs and fat kids. The world won't be the same without

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