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Culturef*cked: Hurricane Sandy is America’s Disaster Movie

November 21, 2012
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If you were in a part of the country that didn’t lose power after Hurricane Sandy, you were witness to the images of its devastation. Everywhere you’d turn, there was footage of flooded subways, dangling…

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Cultural Impact: 6 Halloween Novelty Songs

October 31, 2012
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i put a spell on you screamin jay hawkins

Cultural Impact is a column looking at musical albums that have found their way into multiple pop-culture mediums (films, tv shows, video games), and hopefully turns you on to music you’ve probably heard, but might…

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Under the Influence: ‘Arrested Development’ Rewind: ‘Let Them Eat Cake’

August 10, 2012
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There are times when I get contemplative. My mind, with or without the aids of cannibinoids, will often reel into the hyperbolic or the hypothetical, or the hyperbolically hypothetical. It’s in this state I wonder…

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Give Me Douche Chills: ‘Arrested Development’ Rewind: ‘Not Without My Daughter’

August 3, 2012
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Let me state outright: “Not Without my Daughter” is a magnificent piece of comedy. This episode is quite possibly in my Top 5 of the first season. The ease with which it keeps multiple threads…

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Cultural Impact: AC/DC – ‘Back In Black’

August 2, 2012
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Cultural Impact is a column looking at musical albums that have found their way into multiple pop-culture mediums (films, tv shows, video games) and hopefully turns you on to some new music you’ve probably heard,…

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No Hair for Oil, or A Manifesto for TV Blogging: ‘Arrested Development’ Rewind: ‘Whistler’s Mother’

July 27, 2012
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There are several schools of thought when it comes to television recapping. There’s the trusted, albeit dry, beat by beat summary, which will remind readers of the basic plot points of their favorite show’s most…

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This Party Has Unlimited Juice: ‘Arrested Development’ Rewind: The Best Man for the Gob

July 13, 2012
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Before I dive in, let me ask: have you seen this? It’s a photo Ron Howard tweeted of the Arrested Development writers’ room. You may have doubted it when you heard the actors were on…

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Cultural Impact: Massive Attack – ‘Mezzanine’

July 11, 2012
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Cultural Impact is a column looking at musical albums that have found their way into multiple pop-culture mediums (films, tv shows, video games). Hopefully this column teaches you more about the artists and albums behind…

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Getting Rid of the Ten Commandments: ‘Arrested Development’ Rewind: ‘Justice is Blind’

July 6, 2012
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arrested development maggie lyzer

On June 28, 2012, at approximately 1000 hours Eastern Time, the SCOTUS offered its landmark decision upholding the Affordable Care Act. Regardless of your politics, whether you think the ruling shines a ray of light…

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Lawyer is Latin for Liar: Arrested Development Rewind: ‘Altar Egos’

June 29, 2012
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I’d like to imagine the practice of law is a proper and dignified animal. This is idealistic. And boring. So I also like to imagine it as a libidinal comedy where lawyers are gorgeous and…

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