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    February 10, 2012

    Oddsmaking: Will Louis C.K. Or Lonely Island Overtake "Weird Al" And Win Best Comedy Album?

    ​Throughout the award's history, Grammy voters have tended to bestow Best Comedy Album upon trusted favorites: Bill Cosby closed out the 1960s with six straight victories; Richard Pryor took home three trophies in the '70s and two more in the '80s; and Peter Schickele opened the '90s with four ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    Underwhelmed And Overstimulated, Part I: Was 2011 The Worst Year For Music Ever?

    A number one song from 2011. Not really helping the year's case, this.​Welcome to the 2011 edition of the Sound of the City Year-End Critic Roundtable, an epistolary back-and-forth about the year in music between five observers of the medium: Tom Ewing; Eric Harvey; Nick Murray; Katherine St. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2011

    20 Questions Brought Up By The Grammy Nominations

    Last night's Grammy nominations show was full of pomp, eyeliner, and people on Twitter becoming very confused. Here's the complete list of nominees; below, 20 questions that we're still wrestling with some 14 hours after the broadcast signed off. 1. "Super Bass": Robbed or totally robbed? 2. Now t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    Live: Flying Back In Time With Sam Sparro

    ​Sam Sparro w/Nomi Ruiz (DJ set) Dominion NY Monday, October 3 Better than: Jack Sparrow's last few bloated outings. If Sam Sparro's sophomore album Return To Paradise mirrored the 1998 film of the same name, then Sparro would certainly be Joaquin Phoenix's imprisoned mad genius—albeit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    The Lonely Island Better Not Lose Its Emmy Race To A Song From Freaking Family Guy

    Four songs from this past season of Saturday Night Live—three by the Andy Samberg-led pop-comedy troupe the Lonely Island, and Justin Timberlake's protestation that he's so over being a pop star—have been nominated for Emmys in the Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics category. (That's ... More >>

  • Film

    May 18, 2011

    Searching for Eternal Life in the Interminable Pirates of the Caribbean

    Four songs from this past season of Saturday Night Live—three by the Andy Samberg-led pop-comedy troupe the Lonely Island, and Justin Timberlake's protestation that he's so over being a pop star—have been nominated for Emmys in the Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics category. (That's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    Michael Bolton And The Lonely Island Go To The Movies

    The Lonely Island's Turtleneck & Chain comes out tomorrow, and the weekend's Saturday Night Live previewed its arrival with "Jack Sparrow," in which Michael Bolton drops by the studio and provides a hook more inspired by his Netflix queue than by nights out in New York City's Meatpacking District. ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    February 2, 2011

    Gay for Johnny Depp

    The Lonely Island's Turtleneck & Chain comes out tomorrow, and the weekend's Saturday Night Live previewed its arrival with "Jack Sparrow," in which Michael Bolton drops by the studio and provides a hook more inspired by his Netflix queue than by nights out in New York City's Meatpacking District. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2010

    GOOD Friday: Kanye West Reaches Back For Child Rebel Soldier's "Dont Stop!"

    ​In May of 2007, Kanye West, Pharrell Williams and Lupe Fiasco released the Thom Yorke-sampling "Us Placers" as the super-group Child Rebel Soldier (CRS) on West's Graduation-teasing Can't Tell Me Nothing mixtape. Seven months later the trio put out a video for the song. Then for three years, ... More >>

  • Film

    October 23, 2007

    No Future? Not Exactly.

    Joe Strummer transcends the idea of punk, and the music lives on

  • Film

    October 2, 2007

    Camping it up with Cate Blanchett

    Queen Hard with a Vengeance's golden age and porcelain throne

  • Film

    May 15, 2007

    Pirates of the Caribbean: At Wit's End

    It's time to throw Jack Sparrow overboard

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    October 31, 2006

    Drawn Together

    The surging popularity of yaoi—graphic boy-on-boy comics—might be the genre's downfall

  • Screens

    August 22, 2006

    A Hyper-Real Football Experience

    The surging popularity of yaoi—graphic boy-on-boy comics—might be the genre's downfall

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    August 8, 2006

    The Mother of All Zombie Adventures

    The surging popularity of yaoi—graphic boy-on-boy comics—might be the genre's downfall

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    August 1, 2006

    Not Your Ordinary Button Masher's Delight

    The surging popularity of yaoi—graphic boy-on-boy comics—might be the genre's downfall

  • Screens

    July 25, 2006

    When Lamps and Chairs Attack

    The surging popularity of yaoi—graphic boy-on-boy comics—might be the genre's downfall

  • Screens

    July 18, 2006

    A Game Trippy Enough for Timothy Leary

    The surging popularity of yaoi—graphic boy-on-boy comics—might be the genre's downfall

  • Screens

    July 11, 2006

    An Above and Beyond Shooter Game

    The surging popularity of yaoi—graphic boy-on-boy comics—might be the genre's downfall

  • Screens

    July 4, 2006

    Act Like a Drunk Johnny Depp

    The surging popularity of yaoi—graphic boy-on-boy comics—might be the genre's downfall

  • Screens

    May 9, 2006

    Don't Let E3 Distract You!

    The surging popularity of yaoi—graphic boy-on-boy comics—might be the genre's downfall

  • Screens

    May 2, 2006

    The David Lynch of Video Games!

    The surging popularity of yaoi—graphic boy-on-boy comics—might be the genre's downfall

  • Screens

    April 25, 2006

    Better Than Angelina Jolie!

    The surging popularity of yaoi—graphic boy-on-boy comics—might be the genre's downfall

  • Screens

    April 18, 2006

    Feel Like Derek Jeter This Spring!

    The surging popularity of yaoi—graphic boy-on-boy comics—might be the genre's downfall

  • Screens

    April 11, 2006

    Games That Are Better Than Sex

    The surging popularity of yaoi—graphic boy-on-boy comics—might be the genre's downfall

  • Music

    March 14, 2006

    Finnish Line

    Heavy metal melodramatics from the land of ice and snow

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    January 17, 2006

    Letters

    Heavy metal melodramatics from the land of ice and snow

  • Music

    September 13, 2005

    Talent of Wealth

    Wily wiry men start themselves back up with good album, innovative dance steps, ticket price jokes, and a corporate blimp

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    November 2, 2004

    Final Fantasy

    Magic and loss: Bereaved wonder boys help J.M. Barrie pen his immortal masterpiece

  • Film

    July 8, 2003

    Plunder Boys

    Booty Is Truth, Truth Booty

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