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A Violent, Terrifying Interview with the GEICO Gecko
A dark, unexpected experience with a nationally recognized mascot
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You’re Welcome: Who’s The Singer In The Recent Hyundai Commericals?
You're Welcome returns to answer questions you probably weren't asking
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Steve Jobs, The Winningest Loser
At the announcement of his death, it was important to recount the "failures" of Steve Jobs
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Popdose Roundtable: Over-Merchandised Artists
From chicken to coffee and Jimmy Buffett to Ryan Tedder, the Popdose staff recounts those musicians whose merchandising presences are grossly oversold
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Popdose Roundtable: Ticketmaster Joins Forces with Facebook
From Mashable: Ticketmaster, the event ticketing property of Live Nation, is enhancing its interactive seat maps so that ticket buyers and event-goers can see where their Facebook friends are sitting, and tag themselves into
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The Great Gross-Off: Three-Way Breakfast Cereal Battle Royale!
The Great Gross-Off is probably my oldest Web series, and also my most infrequent, so I won’t blame any of you for not remembering that when I started it — way, way back in
Read More »Consumerism: Industrial Movies and the Ford Rouge Tour
Troy McClure made the industrial film a legend. In his brief life, Troy narrated such films as “Lead Paint: Delicious but Deadly” and “Meat and You: Partners in Freedom”. He also did the more
Read More »Consumerism: The Graceland Mansion Tour
Memphis has a lot of attractions for music fans, all of which seem to exist to help people fill up a weekend and spend lots of money. Only one really matters, though: Elvis Presley’s
Read More »Random Play: Shake Shack
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
Read More »Consumerism: The Motown Tour
Berry Gordy, Jr. served in Korea, returned to Detroit, got a job at Ford, and started writing songs for his friend Jackie Wilson. Gordy figured out two things. First, there was money in publishing.
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