April 2010
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“You mean, I can actually pick the game I want to watch and just … watch...”
– NCAA Tournament Adds Networks, Expands To “Only” 68 Teams - NCAA Tournament - Deadspin
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The Matt & Jack Podvast, Episode #009
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One From The Vault: Someday everything is gonna...
In almost every review of The Band’s Cahoots, especially contemporary reviews that have the benefit of hindsight and historical context, there is at least one remark about the irony of the choice of Cahoots for the title. “Cahoots” implies a sort of mischievously cunning partnership, yet by the time this album was recorded, the whole outfit was practically hulking up for a full-out...
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The Best of The Matt & Jack Podvast, Volume 1
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Makin' Some Noise: Foburg Fest Recap →
Here is my latest Groovescapes piece, about the inaugural (and undeniably awesome) Foburg Music Festival. For 3 days in March, I buzzed around Frenchman Street drinking cheap beer, eating lukewarm pizza, violating temporary smoking ordinances, and seeing some of the most exciting alternative rock New Orleans has to offer. A preview:
Every now and again, I want to hear a dapper gentleman with a...
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“Wait, rich people, not one of you wants Nicolas Cage’s old house? But he’s...”
– Nicolas Cage Is Selling Off Houses, But Nobody’s Buying — Vulture
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Watch“Shine” - Collective Soul
In college, my friend Tim and I started a semi-comedic acoustic cover band. Even though he possessed 98% of the combined musical talent of the group, he graciously let me pick all the songs. In a career that spanned about 14 months, this is the only one of my suggestions he ever vetoed.
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The Matt & Jack Podvast, Episode #008
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“Haven’t any of the cash-starved characters on this show ever heard of...”
– Lessons on How to Make It in America From How to Make It in America — Vulture 