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A Violent, Terrifying Interview with the GEICO Gecko
A dark, unexpected experience with a nationally recognized mascot
Read More »You’re Welcome: Who’s The Singer In The Recent Hyundai Commericals?
You're Welcome returns to answer questions you probably weren't asking
Read More »Steve Jobs, The Winningest Loser
At the announcement of his death, it was important to recount the "failures" of Steve Jobs
Read More »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
Read More »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
Read More »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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