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Popdose Flashback ’91: Big Audio Dynamite II, “The Globe”

Robin Monica Alexander June 24, 2011 3

No one could top the Clash, so Mick Jones didn't try...instead, he forged his own path with the brainy dance music of Big Audio Dynamite. Robin Monica Alexander looks back at "The Globe."

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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: “Guiding Light” (Part 2)

Robin Monica Alexander and Kelly Stitzel March 4, 2011 2

Like Reva Shayne coming back from the dead, Kelly Stitzel and Robin Monica Alexander aren't quite done with their tribute to the once-great, now-canceled soap

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Random Play: “Guiding Light” (Part 1)

Robin Monica Alexander and Kelly Stitzel March 2, 2011 0

Springfield's lighthouse no longer shines, but memories of Guiding Light, the longest-running soap opera in history, still burn brightly for Kelly Stitzel and Robin Monica Alexander

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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: 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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