Posts by Jay Caspian Kang
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R. Kelly’s ‘Feeling Single’: Pornographic Nostalgia, But the Good Kind
He’s growing old like the rest of us, sure, and maybe prone to weepy fits of nostalgia for a bygone era where music was earnest and not controlled by social media, shock value, and fucking stupid neon hats, but there’s still something noble about R. Kelly’s quest to dig up the classics of R&B and […]
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Five Questions on American Idol: Flensing the Top Four
All season long, Grantland Idol experts Mark Lisanti and Jay Caspian Kang will answer five very important questions after each performance episode. Welcome to Week 485,891! Only infinity times google to go! One Last week, Kang said that he had realized that Joshua Ledet couldn’t “stank out an already stanky song” like “Change Gonna Come” […]
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Mayweather-Cotto: Shot or Not
A weekend in Vegas.
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Five Questions on American Idol: The Top Five
All season long, Grantland Idol experts Mark Lisanti and Jay Caspian Kang will answer five very important questions after each performance episode. They will then sit silently in a dark room for an hour, contemplating the poor life choices that got them to this point. One It’s almost laughable how much better J-Chez and Joshua […]
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Person of Interest: Andrew Bynum
This center’s legacy is still under construction.
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Five Questions on American Idol: The Top Six Kill the Queen
All season long, Grantland Idol experts Mark Lisanti and Jay Caspian Kang will answer five very important questions after each performance episode. The end is so near they can taste it, and it tastes like a puppy’s tears. One Good lord. Mega-SMH. What did you think of Queen Night? Kang: Just when I was starting […]
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The Tankonia Super Bowl
The Warriors beat the Timberwolves on Sunday. Andris Biedrins (NWT: concussion), David Lee (DNP: the stuff that gets up around the side of condoms), Nate Robinson (DNP: 24/7 was on) and Dorell Wright (DNP: Scramble With Friends) all took the night off. After the game, Warriors coach Mark Jackson said, “[The players] deserve all the […]
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One Question on the American Idol Results Show: Order Momentarily Restored to the Idolverse
Grantland Idol experts Jay Caspian Kang and Mark Lisanti don’t usually like to write about the results shows, but every so often, events demand commentary. Celebration? Call it what you will. This is one of those times. One Ding, dong, the witch is dead! Colton Dixon was sent home on Idol last night, restoring the […]
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Hollywood Prospectus Podcast: ‘Trapped in the Closet’ Special Edition
Yes, it’s finally here. The “Trapped in the Closet” podcast. Reality Czar David Jacoby sits down with Rembert Browne and Jay Caspian Kang to talk about R. Kelly’s masterpiece, with scattered discussions of Coachella, cruises, and holograms sprinkled in for good measure. A few of you will really, really like this. Listen to the podcast […]
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Five Questions on American Idol: A Second Chance With the Top 7
All season long, Grantland Idol experts Mark Lisanti and Jay Caspian Kang will answer five very important questions after each performance show. This week, they tackle the Top 7. Wait, the Top 7 was last week? And it’s Top 7 again? They really are in hell. One What the hell was going on with Colton […]
