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Bootleg City: Matthew McConaughey’s Favorite Songs of the Late ’90s
Robert Cass September 4, 2009 10Hey, y’all. Matthew McConaughey here, fillin’ in for Mr. Mayor of Bootleg City this week. Cassanova gave me a jingle-jangle the other day and said, “Matty Mac, do me a solid and make a
Read More »Political Culture: At Town Halls, Tea and Thuggery
Jon Cummings August 6, 2009 10Jon Cummings thought the right wing would smooth down its fringe feathers after the '08 election. Snake eyes on that roll, Jon!
Read More »Sugar Water: Black and/or White
Robert Cass June 30, 2009 18Writer-producer-director Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing opened in theaters on June 30, 1989. “White people still ask me why Mookie threw the [trash] can through the window” at the film’s climax, he recently
Read More »Sugar Water: “24” and the Enhanced Techniques of Viewer Torture
Robert Cass May 28, 2009 9In February 2007 The New Yorker published “Whatever It Takes,” an article by Jane Mayer about the Fox series 24, and how the politically conservative views of the show’s creators, Joel Surnow and Robert
Read More »21st Century Digital Boy: Big Hits & Fazed Cookies
Peter Chakerian April 13, 2009 4Your 21st Century Digital Boy has had quite a weekend: ham, potato salad, green bean casserole and plenty o’ gleaning and gossip on the boobtube front. In lieu of a lengthy dissertation, this week’s
Read More »Unsolicited Career Advice for… Beyoncé
Rob Smith March 10, 2009 6For someone who doesn’t know a lot about hip-hop (as we surmised from his memo to the late Tupac Shakur), Uncle Donnie does seem to be well acquainted with certain hip-hop movers and shakers. Â
Read More »Political Culture: I Have More Influence than Rush Limbaugh
Jon Cummings March 5, 2009 15It’s been a giggle this week watching Democrats paint Rush Limbaugh as the “bloated, drug-addled” head of the Republican Party, as Paul Begala put it the other day. It’s been even more of a
Read More »Sugar Water: Break On Through (To Another Side of Acting)
Robert Cass February 10, 2009 27“A liar lies and a thief steals from you, but a hustler gives you something that you don’t mind parting with your money for. You’re entertained by the meal or the sex or the
Read More »Political Culture: Taking a Hit (For All of Us)
Jon Cummings February 5, 2009 9Like most people I know, my favorite feature in Us Weekly is the “Stars — They’re Just Like Us!” spread. You know, Brad Pitt with his fly down, Ryan Phillippe pushing a cart at
Read More »Political Culture: Bipartisanship — What Is It Good For?
Jon Cummings January 29, 2009 19As of last night, absolutely nothin’. (Legislatively speaking, at least.) But you gotta give Barack Obama points for trying. Presidents don’t often do what Obama did on Tuesday. A week to the day after
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