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That was a typo, I meant to give it a 6.
+7 | 8/14/20 11:54 AM
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weird, right?
+3 | 8/14/20 11:53 AM
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They already did! Three years ago! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfBny2oTOO4
+10 | 8/12/20 12:45 PM
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I only grade songs that made the top 10, since I figure those are the only ones that had a legit shot at hitting #1.
+10 | 8/12/20 12:41 PM
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I like the Poison version better.
+4 | 8/12/20 12:37 PM
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Tremors is probably one of the 50 best movie ever made.
+11 | 8/12/20 12:24 PM
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I've watched Jim Ross call a lot of wrestling matches.
+6 | 8/7/20 3:25 PM
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Couldn't find video of it for Bonus Beats. I think a lot of Office stuff has been taken down from YouTube.
+7 | 8/7/20 1:07 PM
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A perfect song.
+3 | 8/7/20 1:04 PM
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"White Horse" slaps so hard.
+15 | 8/7/20 11:57 AM
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This is no way in tarnation that's the right way to say it. Even if it's technically correct, that's like Americans talking about "dahft poonque"
+11 | 8/6/20 9:44 AM
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He stylizes it as "the Kid LAROI." but I sure as hell was not going along with that.
+12 | 8/5/20 2:11 PM
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Michael Jackson is dead, and I didn't actively participate in hyping up his new music during his lifetime. It's a little different for me.
+9 | 8/5/20 12:08 PM
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I'm just a "using ass"-ass writer. Maybe I'm wrong, but I always thought my big strength as a writer was the conversational-rhythm thing, and I am *definitely* the kind of person who indiscriminately peppers conversations with the word "ass."
+15 | 8/5/20 12:04 PM
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I just made up "aethersphere" because "scene" didn't seem like a sufficiently prog-rock word to use.
+16 | 8/5/20 11:58 AM
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I don't think I can properly convey how weird it was, seeing like Jawbox and Sick Of It All and Chainsaw Kittens and Surgery get snapped up and then ignored.
+4 | 8/1/20 9:18 PM
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Probably my least favorite Rancid album! I respect it, but I was definitely like "what why" when it came out.
+4 | 7/31/20 12:48 PM
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It did not. "Old Town Road" charted for one week on the country chart, and then Billboard decided that it wasn't sufficiently country and removed it. This led to a whole press shitstorm that probably helped push "Old Town Road" to #1. There are a couple of other country-to-pop crossover #1s, but none for a long time.
+9 | 7/29/20 12:29 PM
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got it, thanks!
+8 | 7/27/20 12:28 PM
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I never do. Figure this column is its own thing.
+18 | 7/27/20 12:23 PM
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The opening scene from Streets of Fire is a perfect pure-cinema moment.
+13 | 7/27/20 12:14 PM
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The thing that always bothers me is: Why doesn't Quicksilver's Walkman go all slow too? It's not like an actual physical part of his person.
+12 | 7/20/20 12:01 PM
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I'm a September '79s baby, right on the X/millennial cusp. I knew the Manson version first; it was huge when I was in high school. I prefer the Eurythmics one by a vast margin.
+24 | 7/20/20 11:58 AM
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It's booooooring.
+11 | 7/17/20 2:15 PM
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I can't speak for any other critics, but I would absolutely have Sting over for dinner. He seems fun.
+11 | 7/17/20 2:09 PM
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"Don't Stop The Music" peaked at #3. It's an 8.
+12 | 7/17/20 2:03 PM
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This fuckin rules! Guitar is extremely East Bay Ray! As a punk going to see Flashdance in the theater, did you do a double-take when Lee Ving showed up as the skeezy strip-club goon?
+9 | 7/15/20 11:34 AM
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Man, I'd never really thought of Argento as an influence on Flashdance, but I can totally see it.
+10 | 7/15/20 11:31 AM
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Yup! Best out of many good candidates when I did a getty search for dwight howard dancing.
+12 | 7/13/20 12:32 PM
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just wait.
+11 | 7/10/20 2:20 PM
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A 10 is a subjective thing. I gotta feel like my soul is taking flight everytime I hear it. "Beat It" rules, but it doesn't make me feel like that.
+13 | 7/10/20 2:08 PM
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Give $2000 and I'll let you fight me.
+16 | 7/7/20 12:47 PM
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Held off on "The Girl Is Mine" because it's more relevant to a future #1.
+19 | 7/6/20 11:26 AM
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Kinda feel like I've gotten into the MJ allegations already and I don't need to dig into them on every MJ piece I write. There are moments when it'll be relevant -- "You Are Not Alone," yeesh -- but all these pieces are already gonna be crazy long even without me addressing that stuff.
+17 | 7/3/20 1:02 PM
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how did she explain the blackface?
+6 | 7/3/20 12:52 PM
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There is no amount of money that would make my disavow my stance that "Don't Stop Believin'" is a 10. Also, "Lights" peaked at #68, but I'd give that one a 10, too, if I could.
+24 | 6/29/20 12:20 PM
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I'd do that one.
+8 | 6/29/20 12:12 PM
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I'm 40! Sorry guys.
+11 | 6/24/20 1:49 PM
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You already know it's a 10. That' s not even a question.
+21 | 6/23/20 1:33 PM
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"widely liked" seemed like a backhanded compliment.
+3 | 6/23/20 10:57 AM
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