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Entertainment QotW: Movie Music

nobody@vox.com(nohablo) — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:42:57 -0700

Share a scene from a movie that uses music perfectly. Submitted by nohablo. Q: How disingenuous is this? A: So, so, so disingenuous. BUT WHEN HAS COMMON DECENCY STOPPED ME HAHAHA Silence of the Lambs Q Lazzarus, Goodbye Horses Utterly ter...

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Makes even The Watchtower Sexy

nobody@vox.com(nohablo) — Sun, 11 May 2008 20:31:55 -0700

The One Infallible Rule By Which I Judge All Music Does it make me want to pole dance in an H&M? (a) If yes, proceed. (b) If no, dump that weak track and get with a real man. Artists Who Always Meet the Infallible Rule Prince, The Artist Formerl...

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Kanye Day

nobody@vox.com(nohablo) — Sat, 10 May 2008 22:49:52 -0700

PROS - 30% Fresher than Caturday. - 120% More likely to make you break out into the Chicken Noodle Soup Dance. CONS - I am 56% sure that Kanye West is not an adorable kitten. Good thing that there's still that extra 44%!

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Everything You Need To Know About Finals

nobody@vox.com(nohablo) — Thu, 08 May 2008 05:15:43 -0700

But No. Originally uploaded by rightlySo 4:59 AM me: oh god i'm fucked I actually wrote "truthiness" in my essay

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SYNONYMS FOR STIRRING

nobody@vox.com(nohablo) — Mon, 05 May 2008 03:52:41 -0700

Lessons Learned From Finals Period #1 When the sun is coming up and you've been up for 24 hours, Baba O'Riley takes on a lot of surprisingly emotional qualities*. Needless to say, you will be humiliated by this "revelation" after you get a full e...

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EASTERN PROMISES

nobody@vox.com(nohablo) — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:44:05 -0700

EASTERN PROMISES, David Cronenberg Slick, deft, and efficient, but Eastern Promises lacks a heart to propel it through its grimy plot. The emotions are hollow, the motivations perfunctory, and the end product is surprisingly bloodless f...

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THUNDERBOLT KID. GALAHAD.

nobody@vox.com(nohablo) — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:03:24 -0700

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID, BILL BRYSON In which Bill Bryson shows that he wasn't a complete little turd of an abomination when he was growing up in the Iowa of the 1950's. Psych! I'm not entirely sure why I keep reading Bill Br...

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Kim Deal, DO ME.

nobody@vox.com(nohablo) — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:19:31 -0700

Some people anxiously await that sunny, breezy April day to break out their swishy summer dresses and seersucker suits. I wait to break out The Breeders. CANNONBALL, The Breeders. One of those perfect summer anthems. Take off your shoes, coax ...

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FWASHMAN.

nobody@vox.com(nohablo) — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:29:59 -0700

FLASHMAN: A NOVEL; GEORGE MACDONALD FRASER Introducing the shining beacon of the Queen's Empire and a true Crown Jewel of England! Flashman is what Forrest Gump would have been if Forrest Gump were a pompous, shameless, endlessly horny homunculus...

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YES THIS IS A REAL ENTRY. NO MY TASTE IS NOT QUESTIONABLE.

nobody@vox.com(nohablo) — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:48:22 -0700

TRAFFIC (2000). Another Brilliant Lesson in the following. Do not watch The Wire before watching any other film about the war on drugs, the drug industry, or just a straight-up yeyo part-ay because it will make the film seem: (a) pre-chewed, (b) ...

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