Posts by Carles
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The Mediocre Quarterback and You
How we process middling work in the 24-hour news cycle.
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Portlandia and Great Moments in Hipster Bashing
As Portlandia begins its second season tonight, part of me wonders if it is the pinnacle of hipster-bashing video comedy. As a sharable meme, hipster bashing might have outlasted its natural life cycle, but Portlandia continues to provide a high level of cultural commentary thru parody. As much as I’d like to dismiss it, the […]
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What Howard Stern is Doing on America’s Got Talent
Last week, Howard Stern announced that he will be joining the judge’s table on the NBC show America’s Got Talent, replacing Piers Morgan as ‘the judge with an actual opinion.’ Even as a prosumer of media, I really don’t know the difference between American Idol, X-Factor, and America’s Got Talent — they are all shows […]
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Consuming Sports in Our Crowded Meme Economy
Our bro from Hipster Runoff returns to discuss the meme-ification of the sports world.
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Lasting Images From the NBA Lockout
The NBA lockout is over, and it really just felt like an extended offseason with added resentment. It sort of reminded me of The Decision, except the lockout was way less interesting. The two are similar because fans interpreted them as abstract ideas of debatable business ethics and personal morality. As a spectator, it felt […]
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How Is Rihanna Doing This?
Rihanna’s new album Talk That Talk came out last week and we can all rest assured that its tracks will eventually become ubiquitous and make us fight the urge to dance in a lamestream club and/or Honda Civic. Then they’ll aggravate us because we won’t be able to escape them. Then we’ll suddenly know all […]
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Galaxy-Red Bulls Preview: Goodbye David Beckham?
The return leg of the Western Conference semifinal playoff series between the New York Red Bulls and Los Angeles Galaxy is easily the most interesting game that will be played in the history of the league (11 pm EST, ESPN2). I know you might be tired of hearing that case being made for every single […]
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Does Coldplay’s Mylo Xyloto Sound Enough Like Coldplay?
Coldplay is the band that everyone allegedly hates, but nevertheless is still one of the most popular in the world. Sometimes I try to imagine the audience that’s able to enjoy Coldplay without having to think about the group’s critical brand in the marketplace. Middle Americans? British people? People who drive cars with leather interiors? […]
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Ryan Adams’ New Album: Too Coherent
Ryan Adams is secretly one of the greatest musicians of our time. It’s difficult to make that case to those who never committed to any part of his troubled-yet-clichéd artistic journey. Mainly because his disjointed discography makes it impossible to judge based on the same criteria we’d use to judge a more traditional artist’s trajectory. […]
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Metals and Feist’s Escape From the Mainstream
What’s the point of being a musician? The most basic answer might be, “To make music for people to hear.” Many believe in buzzband utilitarianism, where the goal of a perfect band is to make the best music so that it can reach the largest amount of people who enjoy it, regardless of their reasons […]
