Chris Kelly, 1978-2013
by Dave Bry "To millions of fans worldwide, he was the trend-setting, backwards-pants wearing one-half of Kriss Kross who loved making music. But to us, he was just Chris—the kind, generous and...
View ArticleJanelle Monae And Erykah Badu, "Q.U.E.E.N."
by Dave Bry "Is it peculiar that she twerks in the mirror?" Janelle Monae asks in her new duet with Erykah Badu. The answer is that if I looked, sounded, danced, wrote music or made videos even a...
View ArticleThe White Mandingos, "Mandingo Rally," And Remembering Adam Yauch
by Dave Bry Here is a new video from the hardest working man in showbiz and his two bandmates. Besides an album coming in June, a newly released book about heavy metal and a newly relaunched magazine,...
View ArticleNoreaga Challenges Joe Budden To A Cigarette Smoking Contest
by Dave Bry I had never before heard the phrase "the cigarette community." But like so much of what comes out of the mouth of veteren Queens rapper Noreaga, I find it to be an irresistible mix of...
View ArticleMartin Amis Too Bohemian For Brooklyn
by Dave Bry Here is a reenactment of novelist Martin Amis getting upset because he has come to view the scene in Brooklyn, where he moved two years ago, as "terribly transactional" and "populated by...
View ArticleThe Punk Exhibit At The Met + ABBA Museum In Stockholm =
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View ArticleZvuki Mu, "Grubiy Zakat"
by Dave Bry I had started to post the new video from stately Brooklyn art rockers The National here a moment ago. But then Pitchfork alerted me to the fact that the video was a remake of the one...
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Maybe It Won't Be The Machines That Kill Us After All
by Dave Bry "Human astrocytes certainly inspired the mice. Their neurons did indeed build stronger synapses. (Perhaps this was because human astrocytes signal three times faster than mouse astrocytes...
View ArticleMr. Muthaf***in' eXquire, "Nightfall At The Thames"
by Dave Bry Here's the new video from one of our favorite young artists, Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire. In it, the Brooklyn rapper raps two new songs, "Noble Drew Ali" and "The Cauldron." I don't know why...
View ArticleMariah Carey And Miguel, "Beautiful"
by Dave Bry If you're like me, you've been waiting 26 years to find out what happens next in Lou Gramm's "Midnight Blue" video. What becomes of our hero, the oily gearhead bohunk in the black leather...
View Article31 Songs To Listen To While You Read That Nice Story About How Loneliness...
by Dave Bry "The psychological definition of loneliness hasn’t changed much since Fromm-Reichmann laid it out. 'Real loneliness,' as she called it, is not what the philosopher Søren Kierkegaard...
View ArticleKendrick Lamar, "B*tch Don't Kill My Vibe"; Rahsaan Roland Kirk, "I Say A...
by Dave Bry There's been plenty written about how great Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar's album, good kid, m.A.A.d. city is. So much that I'm left with feeling like I have little of value to add to any...
View ArticleGunplay, "Bible On The Dash"
by Dave Bry Once when I was driving on Route 80 in Pennsylvania, I passed a car being driven by a man holding a book open between his two hands on the steering wheel. It was a thick book, like a big...
View ArticleSupposedly Dead Rapper Accused Of Being Not Dead
by Dave Bry "A recent news story claims that Tim Dog 'may be up to his biggest scam yet'—faking his own death. WREG in Memphis interviewed Esther Pilgrim, one of the women featured in this Dateline...
View ArticleBusta Rhymes Is 40
by Dave Bry Trevor Tahiem "Busta Rhymes" Smith, Jr. occupies a singular place in hip-hop history. He is a super-good rapper, blessed with a flow as quick and nimble and flexible as any we've ever...
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23 Replacement Similes For Humans To Use Once All The Animals Are Dead And No...
by Dave Bry Now that we're well on into our planet's sixth mass extinction event, and with recent news that we're charging towards environmental catastrophe faster than ever, it's time we start...
View ArticleRay Manzarek, 1939-2013
by Dave Bry I got an email from my friend Matt last night that said, "Well, you won't have Ray Manzarek to kick around anymore." This was a reference to an argument we had, Matt and I and another...
View ArticleTen Songs To Listen To While You Celebrate The 100th Anniversary Of The...
by Dave Bry The American Cancer Society was founded in New York City on May 22, 1913. (That's a hundred years ago today.) Back then it was called the American Society for the Control of Cancer. It's...
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Grain Names, In Order Of Suitability As Names For A Heavy Metal Band
by Dave Bry 20. Oats 19. Wheat 18. Rice 17. Barley 16. Corn 15. Buckwheat 14. Spelt 13. Rye 12. Grano 11. Farro 10. Bulgur 9. Millet 8. Triticale 7. Emmer 6. Kaniwa 5. Sorghum 4. Einkorn 3. Teff 2....
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Conversation In a Bar: Rosie Schaap
One afternoon each week, I like to go to a bar with someone and sit and have drinks and talk. Sometimes, with the other person’s permission, I will recount the experience here. Just from memory—the...
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