“So we’re going to skip ahead to the Single Ladies part…”

I’ve listened to this about 100 times in the last few days.

Also worth reading for the musically inclined, here’s this analysis of the chord structures (or non-structures?) of “Single Ladies.”

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Also, this

The best 5 minutes of my life today:

Dock Ellis’ interview about his no-hitter on LSD… with appropriate animation and great funk soundtrack.

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The best music videos of the 00s not on this list

Antville has a list of the 101 best music videos of the 2000s, and the list is fairly canonical. I recommend a look.
I would, however, like to point out five of the best videos not included on Antville’s somewhat limited list…
M83 – Don’t Save Us From the Flames: A sweet unrequited high school love story [...]

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I definitely remember all the words to this song

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We can always do better

This video has been floating around on the web, and it strikes the right tone between sincerity and sentimentality –  a pitch-perfect response to the demographic that most strongly opposes gay marriage (older, whiter folks).
It also, however, points out something about the way we revise history. We did not fight World [...]

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The twisted politics of Toby Keith’s “American Ride”

In case you haven’t been paying attention to the Billboard charts, you may have missed the #3 debut of Toby Keith’s latest record, American Ride. It blows, of course, but that is besides the point. On a Billboard chart dominated by Michael Buble, the rejuvenated Kiss, and Barbra Streisand, it’s hard to say that American [...]

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Sweding Star Wars

“Star Wars Uncut” asks the age-old question: What if you asked the Internet to re-make “Star Wars” in 15-second increments, then compiled those 15-second segments together to create a scene-by-scene remake of the original?
In our cultural moment, we have the unique ability to survey almost any kind of culture, no matter our location, and re-purpose [...]

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How did they make scary movies before cell phones?

Now we know that the biggest reason to fix our telecommunication systems is to stop paranormal monsters and serial killers.
One wonders what kinds of cliches we will look back on as anachronisms.

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“We don’t use griffins, and that’s what separates us from them.”

Yes, this is hilarious, but it is a caustic satire of not only arguments in favor of torture,  but also specifically the media’s reactions to those arguments.
Note that:

The moderator only “presents evidence”; she does not judge it. Analysis is all about fallout and spin, not about whether the evidence proves anything.
Three [...]

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Oh, man it’s back…

Classes resumed after summer vacation. I’ll be treated to many more scenes like this one, I imagine.

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