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Maybe AI Slop Is How We Mourn Now
On rock-and-roll heaven, algorithmic grief, and the strange comfort of letting machines feel things for us.
Jan 15
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Eric Spitznagel
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Not Every Day Is a "Blackstar" Day
Talking with Jeff Tweedy about David Bowie
Jan 8
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The Grim Reaper's Playlist
From Billy Joel's historical obituary to Madonna's vanished icons, I did the morbid math on pop music's most famous name-drops
Dec 31, 2025
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Eric Spitznagel
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Finding the "Die Hard" of Christmas Songs
Pop music gets the Nakatomi Plaza treatment
Dec 25, 2025
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Eric Spitznagel
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Why the Saddest Christmas Special on TV Gives Me the Most Hope
Sixty years after it premiered, a quiet cartoon about a depressed kid, a dying tree, and a surprise Bible reading still understands Christmas better…
Dec 22, 2025
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How Dave Chappelle Ruined Charlie's Sheen Life (Although the Drugs Probably Didn't Help)
Sep 14, 2025
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Marisa Dabice Stole Karen O's Microphone (And She'd Do It Again)
Mar 3, 2024
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Eric Spitznagel
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Talking About Records in Coffee Shops with Alan Hunter
Aug 17, 2025
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Eric Spitznagel
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Richard Simmons Died with 400 Pairs of Dolfin shorts
Jul 21, 2024
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Santa Sweats, Holiday Hard-Ons, and a Candle Up Leo’s Bunghole
Ronnie Spector, Lewis Black, Juliette Lewis, and Terence Winter explain why Christmas is less “peace on earth” and more “sweat, sex, and psychological…
Dec 14, 2025
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The Gray Lady Discovers Gen X (Again)
Every few years, the Times tells us whether we're doing great or completely screwed. This time, apparently, we're cultural icons. Sure.
Dec 12, 2025
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The Cocaine-Fueled Masterpiece Nobody Wants to Admit Is Perfect
This weekend marks the 45th anniversary of Robert Altman's gloriously deranged musical, and it's time we acknowledge it’s a stone-cold classic.
Dec 7, 2025
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The Replacements' "Let It Be" Saved Me Once. I Needed to Find It Again.
A 40th anniversary reissue arrives just as I'm still searching for the weed-soaked vinyl that got me through my awkward teenage years, and failed me on…
Dec 4, 2025
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Hidoi Utada, Mr. Roboto
In an era when AI can generate perfect songs in seconds, I'm craving the squeaky kick drums, muttered curses, and piano stumbles that prove a real human…
Nov 23, 2025
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Eric Spitznagel
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The Penny's Gone, and So Is My Gateway to Musical Crime
A eulogy for spare change, mail-order thrills, and the fine print we never bothered to` read
Nov 13, 2025
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Eric Spitznagel
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Oasis Is Just the British Nickelback But Counting Crows is the Real Deal
Frank Turner on his musical Big Bang, and why the most hated bands are sometimes the most punk of them all
Nov 9, 2025
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I Own Ten Copies of the Same Album and My Therapist Says That's Fine
A deep dive into Gary's 1982 masterwork "Getting Down to Business"
Nov 6, 2025
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Trick or Trauma: A Bitter Gen-Xer Reviews Children's Halloween Costumes
Excavating our youth, one costume at a time
Oct 31, 2025
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