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Wednesday, May 25 2011

Oprah May Say Goodbye, But I Say Hello

Not since the Beatles broke up has there been such a communal feeling of abandonment as there is with Oprah's final airing of The Oprah Winfrey Show.


Thursday, June 17 2010

Portugal. The Man: Alaska’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Saviors

Alaska's Portugal. The Man have been gaining quite a following outside of their native state. Singer and guitarist John Gourley talks about the lessons they've learned growing up in the land of Sarah Palin, and how it's affected their approach to life as a rock band.


Thursday, June 10 2010

When Did Quitting Become the New “Staying the Course”?

Simon Cowell, like Sarah Palin, did the honorable thing and quit for the sake of the people. Really?!


Monday, January 4 2010

Republican Gomorrah by Max Blumenthal

Blumenthal doesn’t give a sense of the larger forces that shaped this psychosexually perverse evangelical political movement. But then it’s not the trashman’s duty to understand the grotty muck, just to haul it away.


Monday, November 9 2009

Palin’s much-anticipated book inspires, well, copies


Thursday, June 11 2009

David Letterman defends Sarah Palin joke


Monday, November 3 2008

Are We the Rockstars We’ve Been Waiting For?

Barack Obama may be Radiohead and Sarah Palin a riot grrl punk, but they aren't rockstars. The reason why is that the rockstar is dead.


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