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How Bad Can It Be?: Squirrel Nut Zippers, “Lost At Sea”
As I write this, the Dow-Jones is breaking 10,000, and the economy looks to be coming out of a slump — even though nobody’s hiring just yet. Most folks who still have jobs are hanging on by their...
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How Bad Can It Be? FLASHBACK: “The Biggest Loser Families”
A Note on This Week’s Column: I’ve been sidelined by the Dreaded Deadline Doom this week, so there’s no new column, strictly speaking. But as a special treat — all right, to fill the gap in the...
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How Bad Can It Be?: Michael Bublé, “Crazy Love”
Many is the pop star who harbors a dark secret beneath his wholesome façade. Michael Bublé’s is that he is an evil death robot from the future, sent back in time to annihilate mankind. I’ll admit that...
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How Bad Can It Be?: “Ripley’s Believe It or Not: Seeing Is Believing”
Much (though by no means all) of the stuff I talk about in this column comes to me free for review, often well in advance of the street release date. That means there are a lot of unfamiliar CDs and...
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How Bad Can It Be?: “It’s Up to Us Alone”
You still hear the word agitprop thrown around occasionally in pop culture criticism, usually when somebody’s talking about the Clash, or maybe Michael Moore. But like many elements of the critical...
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How Bad Can It Be?: W.A.S.P., “Babylon”
Some men lead blessed lives. They discover early on where their desires lie, and they’re able to pursue them. Look at me. I’ve been lucky enough to figure out that writing is the thing I love most —...
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How Bad Can It Be?: Kathy Griffin, “She’ll Cut a Bitch (Uncensored)”
Comedienne Kathy Griffin takes as her great subject the foibles of Hollywood celebrity culture. Part of the kick of Griffin’s TV show Life on the D-List and her stand-up routine is the feeling of...
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How Bad Can It Be?: “Neil Diamond Is Forever”
In the abstract, Neil Diamond seems like somebody I should dig. Smart dude; good work ethic, fairly self-aware, tries a lot of different things. Steeped in the classics of pre-rock music, both the...
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How Bad Can It Be?: “Steven Seagal: Lawman”
Pity poor Steven Seagal, the Forgotten Man of action movies. His fellow redneck / kung-fu badass Chuck Norris becomes popcult meme thanks to “facts” like Lightning never strikes in the same place...
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How Bad Can It Be?: “90210: The Soundtrack”
As anyone must be who follows pop entertainment, I’m a keen observer of trend cycles. Culture is a marketplace, and there are all kinds of practical reasons to keep an eye on what succeeds. There’s...
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