Posts by Jay Caspian Kang
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Fiona Apple at Largo: “My New Songs Have Been Done for a Year”
A few months ago, I went to go watch Jon Brion at the Largo Theater here in Los Angeles. Brion is a notoriously eccentric composer and producer — his credits include Kanye’s Late Registration, Aimee Mann’s I’m with Stupid, and the soundtrack to Magnolia. Which is all very impressive, I suppose, but the reason why […]
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Marquez-Pacquiao III: Un Robo! Un Robo!
A report from Mexico on a bad night for boxing.
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X Factor Recap: Lakoda Murders a Celine Song
On my JFK to LAX flight yesterday, I sat next to a young girl and her father. The adult was wearing a beanie, a gray sports coat, a black MMA-styled t-shirt and a heavy silver chain that reminded me of the kitsch sold at Wings, the beachside stores that litter every coastal town in North […]
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Fight of the Year?
Two takes on Saturday’s bout in Cancun, and suggestions for how to improve boxing coverage.
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Bill and Jay’s YouTube Adventure
In yet another ultimate time-wasting exercise, Bill Simmons and Jay Kang debate the greatest moment in Mariah Carey’s career.
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College Basketball All-America Preview: Part One
Our CBB preview continues with the first installment of our All-America awards, with some help from Jonathan Givony of DraftExpress.com.
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College Basketball Nostalgia Excitement Video Time! Randolph Childress Edition
In light of the ongoing NBA lockout and the fact that our favorite college teams are playing exhibitions right now, we’d like to present you with the following video of Randolph Childress destroying Jeff McInnis in the 1995 ACC Tournament.
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X Factor Recap: Stacy Francis Slays, Lakoda Rayne Butchers
Stereohogz I’m going to suspend my disbelief and accept that there are boot camps somewhere in Los Angeles where Nicole Scherzinger, Paula Abdul, Simon and L.A. Reid tend to their new protégés in complete privacy and that when the acts take the stage that nobody but their mentor has seen them perform. If we put […]
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The X Factor Preview: In Defense of TV Singing Competitions
It’s not American Idol, but our Diva-ologist weighs in on Simon Cowell’s latest venture.
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The X Factor Recap: Melanie Amaro Breaks the Whitney Rule
The Boys I’ve been wondering about Astro and whether or not he’s actually fourteen years old. He might have a fourteen-year old body, but consider the following scenario: the scientists at Fox stole DNA from both the dudes from Das EFX, Billy Danze and Jeru the Damaja, grew a hybrid brain in a jar, and […]
