Five Year Flashback: Top Ten Songs I Was Listening To – May 2007 Edition

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May 2007 was the first time since I started making mixes in January 2004 that the core set of songs did not fit on a single CD. It was also the first time I started adding in comments before the

Five Year Flashback: Top Ten Songs I Was Listening To – April 2007 Edition

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Somewhere around this time, my music tastes definitely shifted. It definitely coincided with the fact that I had begun to actively seek out live music on a regular basis. Some thoughts on tracks that made the cut: -I saw Clinic

How to Write a Screenplay or Tell a Better Story

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How to Write a Screenplay or Tell a Better Story View more presentations from Victor Pineiro I woke up sometime last week and decided I wanted to write a Storytelling/Screenwriting 101 presentation. For one, a bunch of my friends have

Top Ten Coolest TV Characters from the ’90s

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1. Daria Being the cynical, anti-social painter was never so cool. P.S. Quinn and the fashion club like totally sucked.   Memorable Quote: “People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiment that differentiates me from a doormat or a

Top Six Presidents on Film

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Our Presidents serve us best when they make us laugh, right? We always say we want to admire the President, but we really look at them as just another form of entertainment. So let’s boil them down to that true

Fourteen Lonely Songs For the Fourteenth of February

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Happy Valentine’s Day everyone. Here are my top 10 (okay 14, it is Valentine-themed after all) songs for being all by yourself on this February 14th. Enjoy. (Stream it at the bottom) 1. Akon – Lonely Samples Bobby Vinton’s Mr.

The Top Ten Board Games of All Time

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By Josh Edwards I love board games. I mean, really, who doesn’t?  (I’m assuming you do, or you wouldn’t have gotten this far in this post – even though it’s just the first paragraph.)  In fact, I love them so

Top Ten Most Beautiful Words In the English Language

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Word lovers can be an odd bunch. We get stuck on words – repeat our favorites out loud too often, sing them, roll them around in our mouths like marbles. We sneak big words into conversation when smaller words will

Top Ten Samples in Rap Music

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Sampling is essential to rap music.  I’ve always liked the idea of DJs and producers pouring over crates of records. I imagine that our current generation of rappers are as informed by YouTube searches as they are by what’s available

Arts and Athletics

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Athletics have been the subject of movies, songs, books, sculpture and paintings. Over the course of history, athletics have bloomed into a booming industry and are televised and analyzed 24 hours a day, creating rabid fan bases in cities around the world. When combined what does the

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Five Year Flashback: Top Ten Songs I Was Listening To – May 2007 Edition

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May 2007 was the first time since I started making mixes in January 2004 that the core set of songs did not fit on a single CD. It was also the first time I started adding in comments before the

Top Ten Coolest TV Characters from the ’90s

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1. Daria Being the cynical, anti-social painter was never so cool. P.S. Quinn and the fashion club like totally sucked.   Memorable Quote: “People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiment that differentiates me from a doormat or a

Five Year Flashback: Top Ten Songs I Was Listening To – February 2007 Edition

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My February 2007 mix originally clocked in at 21 songs in total, and you are getting the top ten. Some items of note: 1. This mix was the first time many mainstay artists appeared on the list, including Amy Winehouse

Top Ten Ways to Know if You Are a Blair Waldorf or Serena Van Der Woodsen

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Hello Upper East Siders. Some of you may walk the streets as if you own the town like Blair, but beware: Your actions may prove you to be more of a Serena.  Are you ready to take the ultimate test?

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