Posts by Emily Yoshida
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Overplayed Song of the Week: Jason Derulo ft. Snoop Dogg, ‘Wiggle’
Novelty songs are the music equivalent of a summer blockbuster: It’s OK to hate them artistically, but you can’t discount what their popularity says about our priorities as a society.
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Girls in Hoodies Podcast: Taylor Swift’s ‘Wall Street Journal’ Op-Ed and More With Guest Daniel Ralston
Director/podcaster Daniel Ralston joins Molly and Emily to talk fishing TV, Taylor Swift’s ‘Wall Street Journal’ op-ed, paying for music, selling out, and more.
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Miley Cyrus and Wayne Coyne Are Totally High on the Drugs, You Guys
I’m sure Miley and Wayne have a lot to bond over: cultural appropriation, the continuing struggle to convey general “trippiness” in the most staid and predictable manner, what happens when you’ve chemically altered your brain enough that your capacity for empathy has been permanently diminished. And as of this weekend: love of cinema.
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Girls in Hoodies Podcast: ‘The Leftovers,’ ‘Transformers,’ Summer Songs, and Nicki Minaj/Iggy Azalea Beef
Molly and Emily talk about HBO’s ‘The Leftovers,’ the ‘Transformers’ movies, Nicki Minaj and Iggy Azalea’s pseudo beef, and summer songs.
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‘Sailor Moon’: The Explainer
Your guide to caring about the most important reboot of the decade and the seminal anime and manga series on which it is based.
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Blockbuster Talk: America, Football, Skrillex, and ‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’
This summer, two Grantlanders will gather to discuss the weekend’s mega-franchise, counterprogramming comedy, or teen weepie to discuss truth, spoilers (!), and the Hollywood way. This week: Robert Mays and Emily Yoshida take on ‘Transformers: Age of Extinction.’
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Battle of the Summer Jams: Nico & Vinz, ‘Am I Wrong’
Yeah, we’re getting a lot of Europe’s leftovers this summer, but don’t worry, they might be good for us.
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Girls in Hoodies Podcast: Jennifer Lopez, Dov Charney and Terry Richardson, and ‘Orange Is the New Black’
Molly and Emily talk about Jennifer Lopez’s underwhelming album sales, pop-star career arcs, Dov Charney and Terry Richardson, and ‘Orange Is the New Black.’
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May the Eighth Be With You: Rian Johnson Takes On ‘Star Wars’
Johnson is the kind of idiosyncratic visionary this new ‘Star Wars’ trilogy needs, and his helming ‘Episode VIII’ is unquestionably great news for the franchise. But…
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Overplayed Song of the Week: Calvin Harris, ‘Summer’
I don’t know if there are any less-inspiring opening notes to an attempted summer jam than the opening to Calvin Harris’s “Summer.”
