Trashwire
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Category: Music
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‘Straight Outta Compton’ does justice to hip hop legends
The first CD I ever bought was Snoop Dogg’s “Doggystyle”, which was quickly followed by Dr. Dre’s “The Chronic”, and thus began my love of 1990s gangsta rap. I was a little too young to know the story of N.W.A., so naturally, I was beyond excited for Straight Outta Compton. Thankfully, the movie more than…
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‘Magic Mike XXL’ is here for your entertainment
Magic Mike XXL isn’t exactly an Oscar contender, and it’s not trying to be. Despite an unnecessarily long runtime, the movie still delivers enough of the goods (read: shirtless dudes with amazing bodies) to be enjoyable.
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For your consideration: Into the Woods
Into The Woods had me looking for a break in the forest to escape to. The only things that kept me in the woods were Meryl Streep and Chris Pine. Streep, who played the old witch, seemed to be having a lot of fun with her role, and that was extremely enjoyable to watch. Pine’s…
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Gerard Way’s ‘Killjoys’ a rambunctious thrill ride with a message
Gerard Way is far beyond a simplistic lyricist, he is a storyteller. The first issue of The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys carries his powerful message of never giving up in a rambunctious thrill ride with Becky Cloonan’s art work as a brilliant compromise of their colorful, futuristic world, while also feeling like a…
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“We Saw Your Junk!”
Nothing good came of Seth MacFarlane’s Oscar hosting, except this!
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Killjoys! Make some noise!
Press Release From Dark Horse: MILWAUKIE, OR, DECEMBER 17—In 2009, when Dark Horse first announced a new project from Grammy-nominated frontman turned Eisner-winning comics writer Gerard Way (The Umbrella Academy), the response from music and comics fans alike was overwhelming. Now, Dark Horse is thrilled to announce that Gerard Way, Shaun Simon, and Becky Cloonan’s…
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Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon give us the history of rap
Old school and new school, Jimmy and Justin give is a tour of rap music’s history in this performance.
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MTV doesn’t play music videos and we have only ourselves to blame
It hurts, because it is all so true.
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Thriller goes Bollywood
What’s that you say? You’d like to see an Indian version of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”?
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Drunk guy sings to his cat.
Cat is not a fan of this serenade.
