02.08.10 My Top Then RIGHT NOW

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1. CONCERT Nneka at SOBs

Her voice ringing clean and clear, this little dynamo from Nigeria is poised to take over the US if only everyone will pay attention (she did an amazing job on Letterman, so I’m hoping people will).  Her message of love and universality is clear…

Women & Film & A**holes

So way back in October, the Washington Post published an article by Ann Hornaday, entitled Women & Film, which posed the following question:

With female characters, why does Hollywood fear that the stronger they are, the harder they fail?

I had been ruminating (read: seething) on this for a while now, and was already sufficiently annoyed by a lot of things in this…

Pogo: Source-driven Pop-Hypnotica

I’ve always been a fan of remix culture – anything from hip-hop sampling to officially-sanctioned club remixes and extended mixes of popular radio tunes to, most recently, mashups – as it displays a creativity and understanding of art that often surpasses the original work or works. If you think about it, just about all creative output is based on or…

Tiger Woods has a few things on his mind…

Thank you Slate.  Thank you – what the google commercial should have been – courtesy of Slate via Valleywag

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Thank you Slate.  Thank you – what the google commercial should have been – courtesy of Slate via Valleywag

02.08.10 My Top Then RIGHT NOW

By Jeremy Kotin

February 8, 2010 Top Ten No Comments
02.08.10 My Top Then RIGHT NOW

1. CONCERT Nneka at SOBs

Her voice ringing clean and clear, this little dynamo from Nigeria is poised to take over the US if only everyone will pay attention (she did an amazing job on Letterman, so I’m hoping people will).  Her message of love and universality is clear as she wails through “Suffri” and “V.I.P.” getting the audience to sing along…

Sexiest Cars of the Decade

By Mike Wroblewski

February 5, 2010 Top Ten 2 Comments
Sexiest Cars of the Decade

Welcome one and all to the only list that provides you with a synopsis of not the best, not the most powerful or fastest, but the sexiest cars of the past decade. Yes, cars can be very sexy. In the midst of this massive project to find the ten sexiest cougars, panthers, and kittens from 2000 to 2009, I was…

Become a fan of Monogamy!

By Jeremy Kotin

February 5, 2010 Video No Comments
Become a fan of Monogamy!

I’m not referring to the concept of Monogamy, although if you’d like to be a fan of that, you go right ahead!  Instead, I’m referring to the film that I co-produced and co-edited this past summer starring the great Chris Messina and Rashida Jones.  So demonstrate your love of me, your love of an actual thinking man’s film, by clicking…

Women & Film & A**holes

By Ji-Un Kwon

February 5, 2010 Rants 2 Comments
Women & Film & A**holes

So way back in October, the Washington Post published an article by Ann Hornaday, entitled Women & Film, which posed the following question:

With female characters, why does Hollywood fear that the stronger they are, the harder they fail?

I had been ruminating (read: seething) on this for a while now, and was already sufficiently annoyed by a lot of things in this…

Movie Reviews of Movies I Haven’t Seen: Cop Out

By Hawkes Klein

February 3, 2010 Movies, Reviews 2 Comments
Movie Reviews of Movies I Haven’t Seen: Cop Out

Holy Mother of Jackie Chan, yes. I’m sort of angry at everyone I know that nobody took the time to alert me that this trailer was available. It wasn’t until this week when I turned the corner on my way to work  and saw the three story ad boasting “Rock Out with Your Glock Out” that I knew we had…

[Review] GACKT – “RE:BORN”

By Andrew Monkelban

February 2, 2010 Reviews No Comments
[Review] GACKT – “RE:BORN”

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On 2009.12.02, after 4 years without a new original album (2007’s 0079-0088 was a Gundam cover album, and 2009’s Slo-Pachinko Gladiator Evolution Original Soundtrack was just that — a soundtrack), GACKT returned with a new album entry in the RR (Requiem et Reminiscence) Project, RE:BORN. But does RE:BORN stand tall, or does it fall on its face?

The Gamer Conversations – Ratings

By Andrew Monkelban

February 2, 2010 Rants No Comments
The Gamer Conversations – Ratings

The other night, Gabby went on the ESRB website then IM’d me. I was intrigued by her findings, and so the following conversation occurred. (As with last time, my replies are in bold, while hers are in quotes.):

The Academy Jumps The Shark: Best Picture Noms at a Glance

By Ji-Un Kwon

February 2, 2010 Rants 3 Comments
The Academy Jumps The Shark: Best Picture Noms at a Glance

So, it happened.  10 Nominations.  Personally, I would have rather they finally made a comedy category.  A girl can dream.  Whatever, the whole things a frickin’ circus, and has been so for years, but one I dutifully take part in like a proper movie-lover should.  So, I shall rave and rant with appropriate passion and outrage.  Conspicuous by its absence…

Top Ten Crazy Lost Theories (Homebrewed)

By Jamie Antonisse

February 2, 2010 Rants, Top Ten 2 Comments
Top Ten Crazy Lost Theories (Homebrewed)

Sometime last week, as I was rewatching bits and pieces of Season 5, that feeling came back. It’s a sensation that took me back in 2004, when the hatch was closed, the Island was new, and Hurley was just a chubby stranger with a golf fetish. A message wafted through the air waves, repeating the same message over and over…

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The geek have officially inherited the Earth, as was prophesied in Psalms 37:7 (more or less) so many bearded men ago.  It’s a fairly recent thing, having happened somewhere between Google’s ascent to ubiquity, the second installment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the eyebrow-raising popularity of Weird Al’s White & Nerdy. And since history is told by the…

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So we here at popten got together and assembled a gigantic list of our favorite albums of the past decade. Then we voted on each others choices. It is amazing how wide a variety of listening styles your trusty pop culture gurus have. I’ve assembled the top vote-getters into a trusty A to Z list. Albums are in order by…

The Top Ten Most Important Moments in Hip Hop of the Decade

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Clearly, this decade has offered much in the way of hip-hop evolution, even though many purists and true schoolers argue that the street music has been gentrified, and diluted to an almost unrecognizable form. Blah. It’s still hip hop the same way the Catera is still a Cadillac. Things change. And things have changed. Major.

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10. Sorato. Whoa.…

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