Blogs

I am a guest blogger at Indignant Rant, with frequent furious rant posts.

The X-Factor: The average, the bad, and the smarmy. October 11th, 2011.

"How do you judge these contestants? Why, by their drug rehabilitation stories, of course. Or maybe the loss of their parents. Or their alcoholism and homelessness. Let’s substitute the overdramatic classic music with some light, weepy piano and watch as the ‘best singers’ in the world cry their way into our hearts."

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BADaptation, MADaptation, SADaptation. November 1st, 2011.

"Next thing you know we’ll be remaking Citizen Kane, starring Dennis Quaid, directed by Baz Luhrman. Or The Last Picture Show featuring Shia La Boeuf and Seth Rogan. Or the fetish master Zach Snyder’s Bonnie and Clyde, complete with leather and masks."

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I am a guest blogger at This Blog Rules, with frequent cultural blog posts and interviews.

Meet Sidesplitting YouTube Comedy Troupe Zeke Mahogany. Interview, February 9th 2012.

"The Zeke Mahogany videos are quite varied in their content. What inspires your different gags?

When we first started making content, we really wanted a variety of sketches. We want to take a shot at a lot of different genres within comedy. We’ve done an action-comedy, a horror-comedy, commercial parodies; we always want to be unpredictable and keep exploring new things. I think its that freedom that helps Zeke Mahogany leave a hallmark of surprise that people really fall in love with."

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The Top 10 Reasons You’ll Miss Community. February 3rd, 2012.

"Señor Chang, Greendale College’s Spanish teacher, is known for using his own name to pun, but I prefer the wildness of Dean Pelton’s exuberance. With constant costume changes and extreme lack of safety provided in the college, including fake fire alarms, it’s hard not to warm to his well-meaning if intimidating ways. Anyone who has no shame dressing up as Madonna or saying “drive by Deaning”, I’m with him."

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Top 10 Cover Songs That Improve On The Original. January 19th, 2012.

"Let’s do this thing right. Ten great songs, that were improved upon. Sometimes it’s inconceivable to improve upon a great, and many of the songs below are true classics, but somehow they are lifted to another level by the uncanny insight and skill of the cover artist, often bringing a new genre, startling twist or jaw-dropping music video to the table."

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Top 5 James Bond Villains. Januray 16th, 2012.

"It is the villain, the rival, the nemesis of Mr. Bond – and his continued distinction and rogue tactics – that has brought the books and the films to the fore of franchising. But who have been Bond’s greatest adversaries?"

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