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Crying for a fakeout #tbt

Aaaaand we're back! After a brief hiatus and whirlwinds of emotion, it seems a fake out throwback Thursday-style track is the proper way to celebrate the last few weeks. Take the past, reminisce, and improve on it (maybe "cry" a little, then "revive"...

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America needs a Tender Defender

The recent turn of events this week have shown that the institution of America needs some defending. But we've also learned that sometimes, us Americans are a bunch of babies and need coddling, so we need said defending to be executed with the utmost care...

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Is Martha becoming a thing?

According to the folks who track baby names and their respective popularity, the name Martha peaked in the 1880's (#14) and has steadily declined to basically no one naming their kid Martha in 2016 (#1076). Given the cyclical nature of many baby names, as well...

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Don Broco wearing Don Bronco T-shirts

I've been listening to this song for a few weeks now, quietly admiring their sweet band name, which for the life of me I thought was "Don Bronco," not Don Broco. Only upon looking them up for the purposes of this email did I realize...

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Landon Tewers says NO to The Crow

Friends don't let friends dress like The Crow for Halloween. I know, I know. It always sounds good in theory, but it never looks as sexy as you hoped. You always wind up looking like a juggalo, and that's never a good look; unless you...

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Vic Mensa: genius?

Contrary to popular belief, Vic Mensa is not a member of the largest and oldest high IQ society in the world, Mensa. In order to gain access to Mensa, you have to score in the 98th percentile or higher in a supervised IQ test (Stanford-Binet...

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Boston Manor guide to life: Be Nothing.

Previously covered in February, the Blackpool five-piece is back at it again, out with their debut LP. I'm not gonna lie, there's a really good chance I've been listening to this album nonstop over the last two weeks. Is it the best album of 2016?...

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The Sun/Son Savi

Someone named Savi, more often than not, is female, of Indian ancestry, and Hindu. This Savi is not those things. Well...

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Does 4 Door Theatre have enough Doors?

Generally speaking, the maximum occupancy of a room or building is determined by the number of available exits, since each exit can only accommodate a certain number of people before a bottleneck occurs. And since I am technically the fire marshal of the 19th floor...

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Colony House, something Britain won’t again have

Since today is the 3rd day before the weekend, and no one wants to work when they know they will be shootin' off roman candles and hittin' the slip'n'slide, now mindlessly staring at a monitor in perpetuity, we need happy and mindless tunes. And as...

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