Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) purchase this DVD (Amazon) It’s become awfully fashionable to hate on his movies all of a sudden, but personally, I still regard the words “a Judd…
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Jeff Giles is the founder and editor-in-chief of Popdose and Dadnabbit, as well as an entertainment writer whose work can be seen at Rotten Tomatoes and a number of other sites. Hey, why not follow him at Twitter while you're at it?
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Kent Nichols and Douglas Sarine – Ask a Ninja Presents: The Ninja Handbook (This Book Looks Forward to Killing You Soon) purchase this book (Amazon) I suppose I should begin…
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Just over a month ago, I received an out-of-the-blue e-mail from friendly fellow named Ryan, who works for a word-of-mouth marketing site called BuzzParadise. Ryan invited me to try out…
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Johnny Cash feat. Snoop Dogg, “I Walk the Line (remix)” (download) Yes, it’s exactly what it looks like. No, we don’t know how — or why — it happened. Discuss.
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Jackopierce – Everything I’m Not from Promise of Summer (2008) Toto – These Chains from The Seventh One (1988) Ted Leo & The Pharmacists – The One Who Got Us…
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One of the questions I am occasionally asked by readers, other than “Are you sure you’re straight?,” is “Why don’t you write more?” (This is also the question I am…
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Taj Mahal – Funky Bluesy ABC’s from Shake Sugaree (1987) Crown Jewels – Last Confession from Linoleum (1998) Dawayne Bailey – The Sad Parade from Joyland (2006) Darden Smith –…
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Researchers suggested that homosexuality in men may be an evolutionary advantage if it is caused by a set of “feminizing” genes and if men who carry sub-critical numbers of those…
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Dear Everyone Who Ever Said I’d Never Amount to Anything: Suck it. Do you see what I have here? You do? Let me spell it out for you anyway: I…
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Robyn – Konichiwa Bitches from Robyn (2008) Charlie Parker – My Little Suede Shoes from Talkin’ Bird (1999) Billy Pilgrim – Lady of the Mist from Bloom (1995) Jeff Beck…
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Pete Seeger: The Power of Song purchase this DVD (Amazon) You need to see this movie. He’s happily existed on the outskirts of the pop culture landscape for the last…
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Ah, the fourth quarter. It isn’t as much of an event as it used to be, but even as the music industry crumbles to dust before our very eyes, artists…
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The Office: Season Four purchase this DVD (Amazon) This is the best comedy on television, but it finished its fourth season languishing at #77 in the Nielsens, while Two and…
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The Gabe Dixon Band – The Gabe Dixon Band (Fantasy) purchase this CD (Amazon) I was never any good at math, but I know enough to understand the basic laws…
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Two Dog Garage – Pinboy purchase this album (MySpace) Two Dog Garage is Alex Kimmell, a Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter who’s spent his career to date doing the usual 21st-century singer/songwriter…
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Along with rehab, doing a sequel just for the paycheck, screaming anti-Semitic slurs at traffic cops, and getting away with murder (literal or otherwise), one of the greatest privileges of…
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AC/DC – Whole Lotta Rosie (live) from Live in Concert (1978) Al Anderson – I Want Your Body from Got Myself in Trouble Again Brian Wilson – Smart Girls from…
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Heroes: Season Two purchase this DVD set (Amazon) Yeah, yeah, I know. Second season wasn’t as good as the first. The magic’s gone, and NBC’s superhero soap phenomenon, so buzz-friendly…
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Greetings, Videots! Apologies from all of us here on the deck of the VIDEO! Cruiser — we realize it’s been far too long since we sent a transmission back from…
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Bruce Hornsby – The Show Goes On (live) Bruce Hornsby – Gonna Be Some Changes Made/Brick House (live) Bruce Hornsby – Swan Song (live) Bruce Hornsby – Tangled Up in…
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Webb Wilder – Everyday (I Kick Myself) from Doo Dad (1991) Little Village – Solar Sex Panel from Little Village (1992) Ken Shane – Summer and Smoke from South Ridgeway…
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Scientists discovered that eating blueberries and having friends are good for the memory and that pregnancy and smoking are bad for it. Nautiluses can remember useful things, but only for…
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Jonatha Brooke – Forgiven from Careful What You Wish For (2007) The Tender Idols – See How She Runs from Step On Over (2000) Rembrandts – Maybe It’s You from…
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Paddy Casey – Fear from Addicted to Company (2008) Michael McDonald – You Show Me from Take It to Heart (1990) Moe. – Deep This Time from Sticks and Stones…
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Brian Vogan – Little Songs (2008) purchase this album (CD Baby) I didn’t mean for it to be this way — and every time I review one of these, I…
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Various Artists – Ten Out of Tenn, Volume 2 (2008) Way back in the Paleolithic, when I still fancied myself a recording artist/label owner, I spent some time in Nashville…
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Andrew Ripp – Fifty Miles to Chicago (2008) purchase this album (Amazon) Name an album Fifty Miles to Chicago — or pose for a cover shot while you’re walking in…
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Brandon Schott – Golden State (2007) purchase this album (Amazon) Brandon Schott is a patient man. As those of you who read Jefitoblog might recall, I assembled a “staff” of…
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Tim Etchells – The Broken World (2008) purchase this book (Amazon) The Internet has been, as Chico Escuela would say, very very good to me — but still, as a…