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01 Sep 2009 11:06

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Offbeat: Consumer rage: Angry guy drives into a store that wronged him

CAR RAGE. This dude flipped over an unshipped mattress. And he was drunk. This is a great way to kill a clunker, by the way. source

20 Aug 2009 15:18

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Offbeat, U.S.: Resume fabricator Antwon Womack drops out of the race

  • This race has just gotten to be too much for me.
  • Birmingham, Alabama school board candidate Antwon Womack • Whose pumped-up resume got him into a world of criticism (and us into world of hilarity). He will drop out of the race today. • source

08 Jul 2009 23:46

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Music: Attack Attack!’s “Stick Stickly” video so bad, the Guardian dissected it

  • We were totally ahead of the game here. Back in mid-June, we saw the worst music video ever, an unspeakably bad concoction of gyration, cliché, screaming and in-unison headbanging called “Stick Stickly” by screamo band Attack Attack! It was so bad we posted about it twice. Well, we caught the trend just before that bastion of high culture, The Guardian, got a hold of it. And they dissected it in profound detail. Our favorite description of the band: “Like a set of dancers representing Undead versions of Jonas brothers on a Halloween-Pride parade.” source

08 Jan 2009 09:22

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Culture, Music: We can’t wait until Katy Perry flinches

  • I have Katy Perry’s number, someone did me a favour. I’m just waiting for her to open her mouth one more time, then it hits Facebook.
  • Lily Allen • who’s said a lot of pretty entertaining things lately • source

02 Jan 2009 18:33

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Culture: A plea from the peanut gallery

  • Yo, Michael Cera. Loved you in Superbad. Thought you were amazing in Juno. And though I didn’t see Nick and Norah’s, I wanted to. Because of you. You’ve never steered me wrong. So, please, tell me: Why are you holding out on the Arrested Development movie? If it’s really so wrong to say yes, we don’t want you to be right. That is all. source