Year: 2011
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Worst Pop Song Lyrics of 2011
This was another year of horrible (yet addicting) pop music. Perhaps you were inspired by one of several ballads meant to boost your self esteem (i.e. Pink’s “Fuckin’ Perfect”) or maybe you caught yourself singing a lyric about your cell phone (i.e. Hot Chelle Rae’s “I like it like that”) I suffered through lots of…
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Review: World’s First Perfect Zine
One cool way to create a lit zine is to have open submissions and accept only the best ones. Another way, one you might not expect, involves getting big names to promise contributions by promising contributions from other big names. That’s exactly what David Shapiro (Pitchfork Reviews Reviews) did when creating The World’s First Perfect…
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Notable Posts of 2k11
Notable guest post: Plea of a Teenage Cro-Magnon by Natalie Shure This post by writer I’ve never met IRL is not only hilarious, but also startlingly specific in its historical references. Crowd fave: Why Single People are More Interesting than People in Couples by Jay Gabler There was a time when all of us writers were single. This…
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My Top Girl Crushes of 2011
1. Lana Del Rey When I first saw Lana Del Rey, I felt compelled to draw her face. She’s that pretty. I don’t even care if her real name is Lizzy Grant and her lips are collagen. 12-year-olds are about to grow up having her as a sex icon, and they’re lucky for it –…
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2011: Was it Boring? Did it Suck?
Magazines across the board seemed to have reached a consensus: 2011 sucked. Natural disasters, sex scandals, a whole parade of crazy Republican candidates – the news was definitely a drag. Did we just have bad karma, as a society? Since they covered the important stuff, I’ll look at the little things, and decide once and…
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Introducing: The Tangential’s Super Holiday Vacation – Or Why We Will be Back in 2 Weeks
At The Tangential, we believe the holiday season is a time to get ready for winter hibernation by getting fat and sleeping as much as possible. Unfortunately, in order to truly prepare, bear style, for the months to come, we must take a 2-week break from blogging. Here are some things we feel as if…
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A Defense of Shameless Christmas Music
Our editor Jay Gabler has recently been liking my Spotify account more than usual—a nod on my Mannheim Steamroller, a witty comment about Jackson Browne’s contribution to Celtic tradsters The Chieftains’ seminal holiday album Bells of Dublin, and maybe a good-natured “like” on my venture deep into Christmas in Sarajevo by Trans-Siberian Orchestra (yes, that band that…
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This Exists: “Doggy Poo,” the Movie
There are some things that can’t be adequately described in words: they have to be experienced. There’s sex, there’s skydiving, there’s the House on the Rock, and there’s Doggy Poo. Doggy Poo is the title of a 1968 children’s book by Japanese-Korean author Kwon Jung-saeng. In 2003, the book was adapted into a stop-motion animation film—yes,…
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Twitter Handle Suggestions for Demi Moore, Formerly @MrsKutcher
@25andYoungerPlz [Quit all social media to screw up Kutcher’s investments] @BroSafari @MyButtIsPlastic @RumorsMom @DemiWho @SexandPottery @TakeMeBackBruce @NotKyleRichards @iDisrespectHawthorne @CurtainHair @MiddlePart @RememberWhenIShavedMyHead –Becky Lang, Marcus Michalik, Jason Zabel, Sarah Heuer 0 likes
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