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2012: The Year In Performance Art
For the 2010 mockumentary I’m Still Here, Joaquin Phoenix plays Joaquin Phoenix as he retires from acting and purports to start a life as a rapper. Prior to the release, nobody really understood what was going on but we all agreed that Joaquin had lost it–and that letterman escapade validated it. It was performance art of…
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10 songs for 2012
It’s december, which means list after insufferable list claiming to be the authority on what was great about this shitty year. Not one to be holier than thou, I will also be cramming insufferable and opinionated bullshit down your throat–but you know, I won’t pretend like it’s some sort of definitive statement on what this…
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Hostess: A Eulogy
I am a snack junkie. I’m addicted to snack foods of all kind–like it’s a problem. If I could live off of snack foods I would, but unfortunately I’m in shitty enough shape as it is. When Hostess announced last month that they were going out of business, it probably should’ve been considered a day…
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Judging A Book By Its Cover: Album Review Edition
In which I base all of my opinions of the new Wiz Khalifa album, O.N.I.F.C., on the album cover. Man, what happened to this guy. He used to be like the guy in class who’ll crack jokes and then maybe sell you some weed afterwards. Now he’s just become… well, this. I mean I get it,…
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The Conversation: The Drake and Guy Fieri Edition
possible things said during this meeting of the titans: GUY: “I’M TELLING YOU MAN YOU SHOULD GROW ONE OF THESE BITCHIN’ GOATEES.” “I KNOW BLEACHED SPIKED HAIR IS OUT, BUT I’M BRINGING IT BACK. FULL THROTTLE.” “JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME, I DON’T KNOW WHAT I’M DOING EITHER.“ “YOU THINK YOU COULD SIGN MY DEGRASSI…
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Shame On You For Not Appreciating Richard Cohen’s Schlubbiness
If you haven’t gotten a chance, you should head over to the Washington Post and read Richard Cohen’s column on Bond and the “problem with male sex appeal in today’s world”. Now, I don’t know what poor girl didn’t recognize Cohen’s obvious intelligence and worth as amale back in high school, but whoever it was…
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An Hour To Kill For A Sneakerhead
Hey all you sneaker nerds out there who study Jordan numbers like it’s math homework and speak about 90s NBA sneakers like a war historian on the A&E channel. If you’ve got some time to kill you should really do yourself a favor and check out The Nike SB Museum, a complete collection of every…
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What’s So Great About Your Job Anyways
Look, I get it. Times are tough, people aren’t working and everything is shit–fine, whatever. However, let me just say this: In your haste to look for a job to support that record company that you swear you’re gonna get off the ground, have you ever thought about how much it would suck to actually…
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“War Is Hell” – Movies for Veteran’s Day
As we celebrate Veteran’s Day today, for those of who are off work, take notice of a couple of these films about war: Apocalypse Now The definitive war movie from Francis Ford Coppola. The story of Martin Sheen’s growing disillusionment in the hunt for a renegade Special Forces Colonel (Marlon Brando). Whether you find it…
Israel Daramola
Critic and Writer. Israel has written reviews, features, interviews, scripts, and ads for a number of outlets and companies.
Israel Daramola 