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Game of Thrones: Season 2 Premiere

Game of Thrones: Season 2 Premiere

Michael Sarko April 2, 2012 2

It's great that the adaptation is so faithful to the source material, but Seven help us, it's all so damn confusing

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Finding Weird in the 90s

Finding Weird in the 90s

Michael Sarko March 31, 2012 4

Genuinely bizarre stuff that belongs in its own, special, thoroughly un-ironic corner of human artistic expression

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The Office (and Community): Get the Girl

The Office (and Community): Get the Girl

Michael Sarko March 16, 2012 3

Two relatively interesting things happened on NBC this week. The Office finally closed out its Florida arc by dragging most of the subplot’s principal characters back to Scranton and Community returned after a long, nervous hiatus.

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The Office Florida Excursion: An Introduction

The Office Florida Excursion: An Introduction

Michael Sarko February 10, 2012 3

The American adaptation of The Office is, in its own way, the most consistently interesting show on stateside television. It’s a network microcosm show, one that reflects the nature and fate of the network that

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Review: “Luck” Series Premiere

Review: “Luck” Series Premiere

Michael Sarko January 30, 2012 0

A review of the debut of HBO's new drama, Luck

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TV Review: ¡Rob!: Pilot

TV Review: ¡Rob!: Pilot

Michael Sarko January 13, 2012 0

On its face, CBS’s new sitcom ¡Rob! doesn’t have a terrible premise. Executed properly, it could actually be pretty endearing. It’s the story of an American man who unwittingly marries into a big, Mexican family

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The Caveat-Laden Case for “Glee”

The Caveat-Laden Case for “Glee”

Michael Sarko December 6, 2011 4

Why "Glee" is a good show...despite being a bad show

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Greatest Un-Hits: The Slits’ “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (1979)

Greatest Un-Hits: The Slits’ “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (1979)

Brian Boone November 30, 2011 1

The Slits’ cover of “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” should have been that one song from the weird, still-breaking genre of punk that got some radio play and introduced the mainstream to something

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YouTube Roulette: The Worst Cartoons Ever

YouTube Roulette: The Worst Cartoons Ever

Dw. Dunphy October 2, 2011 2

Perpetuating sadness and misery via the internet, Popdose presents YouTube Roulette!

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Popdose at Kirkus Reviews: James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales, “Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN”

Chris Holmes June 27, 2011 1

Kirkus Reviews, founded in 1933, is a venerable institution in the media world. For more than 75 years, Kirkus has served as the industry bible for bookstore buyers, librarians, and ordinary readers alike. Now

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