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- 'Quill: Bring Your Tissues (Review)
- Sunk? This 'Battleship' Stunk! (Short Ends and Leader)
- Fri, 18 May 2012, 02:00 PM // popmatters.com">"Sound of My Voice' Combines Indie Drama and SF Overtones (Review)
- Counterbalance No. 82: U2's 'Achtung Baby' (Sound Affects)
- 'Polisse' Shows Effects of Working for the Child Protection Unit (Review)
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- The Evolution of Alan Wake (Moving Pixels)
- She's a Rainbow: A Tribute to Donna Summer (Feature)
- Flash Points: Mommy's Breast, Marriage Equality and Why Chipotle Is King (Feature)
- The Ball: Discovering the Object of the Game (Feature)
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- Sergio Leone: Something to Do with Death (Column)
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- Bo Diddley: The Black Gladiator (Remastered) (Review)
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- Johnny Cash: Bootleg Vol. IV: The Soul of Truth (Review)
- Amadou Diagne: Introducing Amadou Diagne (Review)
- STS9: 20 & 21 April 2012 - Oakland, CA (Review)
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- The Walking Dead: Episode One (Review)
- The Queen and Her Crayons: An Interview With Donna Summer (Feature)
- Media/Whore: 'Madonna - Truth or Dare' (Blu-ray) (Short Ends and Leader)
- Thu, 17 May 2012, 04:00 PM // popmatters.com">Sam Sparro - "I Wish I Never Met You" (video) (Mixed Media)
- The Best Canadian Records of the Year? The Fun Agony of Voting for the Polaris Prize Long List (Sound Affects)
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- Cannes 2012: Day 1 - Wes Anderson’s 'Moonrise Kingdom' (Notes from the Road)
- 'Elles' Resorts to Old Tricks (Review)
- Spiritualized's May DC Concert Captured on Film by NPR (Mixed Media)
- Multiplayer Memories in 'Demon's Souls' (Moving Pixels)
- Thu, 17 May 2012, 11:20 AM // popmatters.com">The Metaphors and Mythology of "Batman #9" (Review)
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- In Defense Of ... Train Not Being Nearly as Bad as You Might Think (Column)
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- Fat, Drunk, and Stupid: by Matty Simmons (Review)
- Tenacious D: Rize of the Fenix (Review)
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- Willie Nelson: Heroes (Review)
- Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers: 29 April 2012 - Santa Barbara, CA (Review)
- Glenn Frey: After Hours (Review)
- CFCF: Exercises EP (Review)
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- Racing Heart: To Walk Beside That Ghost (Review)
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- 'It All Came True': Sentimentality with Sass (Short Ends and Leader)
- 'You Don't Like the Truth: 4 Days Inside Guantánamo' in DC 16 May (Mixed Media)
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- Top Ten Lost Midwest Punk Singles (Sound Affects)
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- Interview: Big K.R.I.T. at the FADER FORT Presented by Converse
- Stream: Waka Flocka f. Plies, “Lurkin”
- What We’re Reading: Alex Frank
- After Beach House Decline Song Licensing for Ad, Volkswagen Use Fake Version of “Take Care”
- Stream El-P’s Album Cancer4Cure
- Zebra Katz Visits Rick Owens
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- Fatima Al Qadiri, “Corpcore (Kingdom Remix)” MP3
- Stream: Julio Bashmore, “Au Seve”
- Baauer, “Harlem Shake” and “Yaow” MP3
- King Louie Signs to a Major Label
- Stream: Machel Montano, “Go Down”
- Machel Montano: Delirious
- Video: Lemonade, “Neptune”
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- A.P.C. and L.G.R.’s New Shades
- Stream: Curren$y f. 2 Chainz, “Capitol”
- John Maus, “Mental Breakdown” MP3
- Daily Inspiration: Donna Summer
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- Studio Time: Charli XCX
- Elite Gymanstics, “Life/Trap” MP3
- Stream: Diplo f. Lazerdisk Party Sex, “Set it Off”
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- Video: Nicki Minaj f. Chris Brown, “Right By My Side”
- Cousin Fik, “Knocka Nigga Down” MP3
- Video: Feist, “Cicadas and Gulls”
- Killer Mike: Pain and Champagne
- Bo Deal f. Juice Mob, “Ghetto” MP3
- Lungu Lungu: Talking Drums Get Around
- Tom Sachs’ Crumpled Nikes
- Interview: Black Dice
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- Video: Darkside, “A1″
- Stream: Physical Therapy, “Record Sales”
- Stream: Yeasayer, “Henrietta”
- By The Numbers: Ab-Soul’s Control System
- Itemized: White Canvas Authentic Vans
- The Let Out: Nice & Slow
- Video: Jhene Aiko, “Stranger” (Live In Chicago)
- Video: Jonathan Boulet, “This Song is Called Ragged (Live)”
- SSION, “My Love Grows In The Dark (Nightfeelings Remix)” MP3
- Video: Audio Push, “Wassup”
- Chief Keef f. Young Jeezy, “Understand Me” MP3
- Video: 2 Chainz f. Kreayshawn, “Murder”
- Download DMX’s The Weigh In EP
- Video: Travis Porter, “Aww Yea”
- Video: Torkelsen, “Simple”
- Interview: Alexandre Plokhov
- Nu Sensae, “Swim” MP3
- Jay-Z Supports Obama’s Endorsement of Same-Sex Marriage
- Video: Kindness, “House”
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- The best restaurant review you'll read all day. "Moments of cooking so cack-handed, so foul, so astoundingly grim you want to congratulate the kitchen on its incompetence" [Amusing]

- Boot shaped chicken nugget from Quikmart up for auction. Yes you read that correctly [Strange]

- Turns out that some men love the Zooey Deschanel iPhone ad. You know the one where she's too lazy to open a can of soup, clean her pigsty [Unlikely]

- NASA's Google Map shows where tomorrow night's annular eclipse can be seen from Earth. Sorry, states not named California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, and Texas [Interesting]

- FARK: Target fires "well-liked" employee after 16 years. TotalFark: For leaving late to take her meal breaks. UltraFark: 3 times in 18 months. Law$uitFark: She has a disability that makes it difficult for her to keep track of time [Asinine]

- Me fail English? Unpossible [Florida]

- Geek Pride Night 9pm 5/23 at Skybar in Bowling Green, OH. Farkers most definitely welcome to our party [FarkParty]

- Not to be done by New Jersey, upstate New Yorkers find their tap water is now horribly saline. Tap water trifecta, anyone? [Weird]

- SWAT team arrests Chicago protesters for the heinous crime of...making beer. Glad we're safe from THAT particular scourge [Asinine]

- RAF pilot lands helicopter on beach... to pick up ice cream. What flavor did Prince Harry prefer? [Silly]

- If you see only one picture of Shaq posing with a Madagascarian mouse lemur today, let it be this one [Cool]

- "Captain, we're going to take a look in your pilot's case." "OK, let's see. Nav charts, gun, log book." "How long have you been flying with the gun?" "Oh, at least two days" [Asinine]

- Lucky Luke: A man's implanted heart defibrillator may have saved his life in an unexpected way, by stopping a knife during an attack ack ack ack [Spiffy]

- Penthouse sells for $90 million. Subby remembers when you could buy them for $5 at the 7-11 [Asinine]

- Foul-mouthed characters are more likely to be rich, attractive and successful? Well, I'll be goshdarned to heck [Silly]

- TORONTO FARK PARTY - June 2nd. 1pm Blue Jays v. Red Sox, 8pm variety show at The Comedy Bar - stand-up, music and burlesque acts put together by our very own Mike "Nug" Nahrgang (AKA The Mustard Man). Come mooch a beer off Drew [FarkParty]

- Three shipwrecked fishermen survive on clams and seaweed for 10 days, by the end are a little dinghy [Spiffy]

- 73 year old woman scales Mt. Everest. This is a repeat from 2002 when she was only 63. Showoff [Spiffy]

- Third-graders raise $600 for injured Marines. That's like a billion dollars in kid-money [Hero]

- That awkward moment when you realize the vehicle you reported stolen a few hours ago has been parked in the weeds in your front yard the whole time [Amusing]

- FDA releases little page on their web site stating that within the past ten years 1,000,000 people have been killed by drugs the FDA had previously deemed "safe" [Scary]

- Osaka mayor unrepentant about his crusade against tattooed city employees, says he would refuse to hire Johnny Depp or Lady Gaga [Weird]

- Illinois requires your home address when applying for a homeless identification card. No word on the filing fee for a pan-handling permit (PDF link) [Asinine]

- According to Captain Johnson, the "Beavis and Butt-head duo" has been arrested for a series of arson fires. Captain Johnson uh, huh huh [Dumbass]

- The most annoying cities in America [Obvious]

- Peanut butter cup brownies. You're welcome [Cool]

- No matter how bad things went for you last night, at least you didn't have to call 9-1-1 to report you've been locked inside a Dollar Tree store [Florida]

- The reason so many men these days aren't vegetarians is because Charles Bronson and John Wayne spent so much time eating bloody steaks and charred burgers while sitting around in bacon-stitched robes [Obvious]

- High school goes on lockdown because: a) a nearby bank was robbed; b) a tiger escaped from a local zoo; or c) a food fight broke out in the cafeteria [Florida]

- Photoshop this visual void [Photoshop]

- She works hard for her money... unfortunately this reporter does not [Fail]

- New Mexico governor issues drought warning, names buzzard as the new state bird [Scary]

- Toms River, New Jersey homeowners find green tap water. Residents panic, ask city officials to do whatever they can to return it to its natural shade of brown [Scary]

- Bushytail, a baby squirrel who fell out of his nest, has been adopted - by a feline who recently gave birth to five kittens. While all animals are welcome on Caturday, this is starting to get a little weird [Caturday]

- Cookie Monster sentenced to fifteen ah-ah-ah, fifteen days in jail. Ah ah ah [Florida]

- Police: Son, if you don't cooperate, we can't catch the guy who shot you in the buttocks [Asinine]

- Limbless Frenchman completes first leg of swim challenge handily [Spiffy]

- SpaceX Dragon spacecraft makes history ... just not the way they intended [News]

- Homeless and jobless? Florida woman lives in her car and gets a college degree [Spiffy]

- Tired of dealing with a couple drunks on your police shift and the jail is full? Drive them a mile outside of town and abandon them on the side of the road [Amusing]

- Gulf oil spill was so big, it reaches Minnesota [Followup]

- Sometimes there is a man who wears a mask, and drinks terrifying amounts of booze. Challenge accepted [Amusing]

- India's richest family decided to release photos of their 27-story, $1 billion home because "there have been exaggerated reports in the media about it" [Spiffy]

- Eight teen girls, all with the same last name, pull off a yearbook Nguyễn [Cool]

- New Jersey man jailed after bank teller accidentally gives him an extra $2,700 and he decides to fuggedaboutit [Dumbass]

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- Watch the First Trailer for Political Animals (VIDEO)
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- The CW 2012-2013 Video Preview: Watch Clips From Arrow, Beauty and the Beast, and More
- The CW's 2012-2013 Schedule: Supernatural and Arrow Take On Wednesdays
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- CBS 2012-2013 Video Preview: Watch Trailers for Elementary, Vegas, Partners, and More
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- Preview the Grey's Anatomy Finale, Flash Back to Lost (VIDEO)
- CBS's 2012-2013 Schedule: Two and a Half Men Moves to Thursdays, The Mentalist to Sundays
- Glee: Nationals Treasure
- What to Watch Tonight: Revenge and the Season Finales of Suburgatory and Criminal Minds
- News Briefs: Britney Spears and Demi Lovato Are Your New The X Factor Judges
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- ABC 2012-2013 Video Preview: Watch Trailers for Last Resort, Nashville, The Neighbors, and More
- Smash's Season Finale: A Star Is Born
- The Bachelorette: 19 Guys for a Perfect 10
- ABC's 2012-2013 Schedule: Revenge Moves to Sundays, Comedy Expands to Tuesdays and Fridays
- Lost Girl: Friendship Lessons From a Mongolian Death Worm
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- America's Got Talent: How'd Howard Stern Do?
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- SNL: Will Ferrell, We'd Missed You!
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- NBC 2012-2013 Video Preview: Watch the Trailers for Revolution, Go On, The New Normal, and More
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- True Blood: Finally, a Season 5 Trailer With All-New Footage! (VIDEO)
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- The Winner of Survivor: One World Is... Exactly Who You Expected
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