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Gallagher, Watermelon-Smashing Comedian, Is Dead at 76
He called himself “The Wizard of Odd” for his outrageous stage act, making him one of the most recognizable comedians of the 1980s.
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Unbelieveable: A Ranking of Every Biggie Smalls Track
How do you rank “Big Poppa” above or below the Stay With Me Remix of “One More Chance”? It depends: do you prefer “Happy Birthday” or “Auld Lang Syne”?
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The POW Best Rap Songs Of 2019
From ALLBLACK to Young Thug and all anthems in between.
Addded Jan 3, 2020
Sander Vanocur, TV Newsman Who Covered Kennedy, Dies at 91
A veteran correspondent, he was the last surviving journalist who questioned Nixon and Kennedy in the first televised presidential debate.
Addded Sep 17, 2019
Audio Dope 2: Vault Full of Fetti
Douglas Martin’s series on the work of Curren$y returns, this time centered around Spitta’s collaborative works with Freddie Gibbs and Alchemist.
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Passion of the Weiss' Best Albums of 2018
Drakeo, A.A.L., 03 Greedo, JPEGMAFIA, Mitski...
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Passion of the Weiss' Best Rap Songs of 2018
Drakeo x 03 Greedo, Pusha-T, Sada Baby & Drego, Azealia Banks, YNW Melly...
Addded Dec 17, 2018
Oscar Brand, Folk Singer Whose Radio Show Twanged for Decades, Dies at 96
Mr. Brand wrote books and scores for musicals and films, but was best known for WNYC’s “Folksong Festival,” the longest-running radio show in history with a single host.
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The Eternal Damnation of the Hecks
The Hecks inhabit a space that at times defies categorization and at others places them squarely in a well-defined lineage of bands.
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You are Appreciated: Rest in Peace, Afeni Shakur Davis
A powerful elegy to the late revolutionary, Black Panther, and mother of Tupac, Afeni Shakur.
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'Guys Wanted to Talk to You in Bars About Nirvana': An Interview With the Vaselines
The Vaselines were never supposed to get this far. As the legend goes, the romantic partnership of Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee dissolved around the same time their creative partnership did, and they were destined to be yet another great band time forgot before being praised effusively by tKurt Cobain.
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Ralph H. Baer, Inventor of First System for Home Videogames, Is Dead at 92
Ralph H. Baer, who turned television sets into electronic fantasy lands by inventing and patenting the first home video game system, died on Saturday at his home in Manchester, N.H. He was 92. His death was confirmed by his family.
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The Civil War of Parquet Courts
Few bands today have a core aesthetic as strong as Parquet Courts’ underachiever/genius vibe. I’ll go out on a limb and say no collective currently playing guitar music right now is quite as smart, quite as irreverent, quite as close language-wise to the heights of modern literature.
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