The 10 Greatest B-52's Songs
While we would like to contrive some sort of cosmic reason for compiling this list today, we confess: We got “Mesopotamia” stuck in our heads yesterday, while walking into the office kitchen, and that was motivation enough.... read more
Ten Great Pepsi Super Bowl Commercials From Years Past
Last night, for the first time in nearly a quarter-century, Pepsi did not run an advertisement to promote its cola during the Super Bowl. The soft drink giant instead turned its ad dollars toward boostng its Refresh Everything project, through which Pepsi will distribute grants to worthy causes in fields such as education and health.... read more
Eleven Wimpy Sports Songs
Hey, the Super Bowl is tonight! read more
Ten February 2010 Albums Worth Checking Out
Welcome to February, everyone... read more
Five Blogs That Should Be Italicized
The night was late, the pages of editing were piling up, and—as always happens when you’ve been staring at a bunch of black marks on the bleached surface of a pulverized tree for too long—the comma stopped making sense. In fact, most of those squiggles, lines and dots on the paper in front of me started to bleed together and take on a leering shape of their own like the T-rex in that old Magic Eye. That’s when I wondered aloud if blog titles were ever italicized, was told that they weren’t, decided that they should be and resolved to... read more
The 10 Best TV Finales of All Time
The 10 TV shows listed here bowed with grace. Here's hoping Lost was taking notes. read more
This Year's Five Most Egregious Oscar Snubs
The 2010 Academy Awards were just announced, which means film fans now have the opportunity to engage in their favorite annual pastime: complaining about and calling attention to the films overlooked by those nefarious Academy elites, ensconced as they are in their Star Chamber of film criticism. And no matter what kind of movies you’re particular to, there’s some grade-A grousing to be done about this year’s nominees.... read more
The Most Preposterous Snoop Dogg Headlines
Yesterday, a hilarious e-mail arrived in my inbox. The subject heading: “Snoop Dogg & Stormtroopers Invade the Streets of NYC to Launch the Adidas Originals X Star Wars Collection.”... read more
Five Reasons the Judge From Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian Will Keep You Up at Night
It took me over a year to finish reading Cormac McCarthy’s 1985 masterpiece, Blood Meridian. Those familiar with his other works, which include post-apocalyptic tome The Road and the chilling No Country for Old Men, both of which have been recently made into movies, shouldn’t have any trouble imagining why. McCarthy’s depiction of a fictionalized Glanton Gang raping, pillaging and murdering their way across the untamed American West is as merciless and unflinching as anything he’s ever written. Subjecting one’s mind to it is no easy task, and yet, with the pending Todd Field-directed film adaptation on the way, interested... read more
The Eleven Greatest Graphical Responses to "Is Indie Dead?"
I know deep down that these beautiful specimens of graphic design weren't created just for me, but a girl can dream, can't she? read more
Five Notable Anecdotes From Paste's Recent Interview With Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh
Mark Mothersbaugh has lived through singular times... read more
Four Reasons I Reconsidered Catcher In The Rye
I expected to hate Catcher in the Rye. Except for a brief but tumultuous affair with Kerouac during my junior year of college, I’ve always been suspicious of educated, angst-ridden youths. Holden Caulfield’s legacy of torn leather jackets and frayed sweater vests—from Burroughs to Cuomo to Cera—is often written off in my mind as wholly foreign, worlds away from my rural upbringing and church-inspired need for small talk and donuts on Sunday.... read more
The Five Buzziest Films At Sundance 2010
It’s the question that you hear in every line for a film, at every party, on every bus and ski lift in Park City during Sundance: “Seen any good movies so far?” Eventually you start noticing patterns in the answers and it affects your choices the rest of the week. From my extensive scientific research eavesdropping on conversations and noting what tickets for press screenings go quickest, here are my picks for the Five Buzziest Films at Sundance. And I hope to catch them all before I leave.... read more
Five Escapist Movies that Helped Me Survive Unemployment
Before my recent hiring here at Paste, I spent three months in the soul-draining and all-too-prevalent circumstance known as unemployment. I filled this windfall of blank day planner pages with books, music and the rediscovery of my favorite Super Nintendo game. Yet I found myself with plenty of leisure time still un-wasted, so I finally tackled my mile-long “movies to watch” list. And even after a steady procession of fantastical tales, I still had more free moments than any 21st century schizoid man could need. This gave me the opportunity to indulge in one of my favorite pastimes: Over-analyzing those... read more
The Eight Greatest Hold Steady Songs
Last week, the Internet cried as Franz Nicolay announced his departure from The Hold Steady. Sigh. Why must all good things come to an end?... read more
Ten Songs in Celebration of the Birth of Virginia Woolf
On this day in 1882, Virginia Woolf was born, and in the 128 years that have passed since then, her starkly beautiful prose and heartbreaking life story have inspired works from all types of artists. Although her legacy is shrouded in tragedy (she battled depression and what is thought to have been bipolar disorder throughout her life, finally committing suicide in 1941), she is considered a trailblazer for feminism and revered for her unique modernist writing style. Today, on what would have been her birthday, we celebrate Woolf’s life and legacy with 10 songs inspired by her and her work.... read more
Five Reasons to Finally Join Netflix Already
I'm no Luddite, but I am kind of a picky cheapass, which is my main excuse for not signing up for Netflix until, oh, last week... read more
Thomas Function's Top Five Tour Moments of the Last Year and Change
Cat tranquilizers, Kurt Russell, Germany, oh my! read more
A Farewell of Sorts: My 15 Best Lists of the Day
Like Conan O’Brien, today is my final day at my dream job. After six-and-a-half years as associate editor at _Paste_, I’ve finally decided that it’s time to move on... read more
Happy Birthday, Chan Marshall: Five Reasons to Celebrate Cat Power
Since Cat Power sole proprietor Chan Marshall turns 38 today, we thought it was only fitting to take some time to reflect on a handful of our favorite things about the Paste-approved singer/songwriter. She's dazzled listeners for years with her intoxicatingly smooth voice, releasing nine albums during the course of her career (and she's in the early stages of working on a tenth). So here's to you, Chan. And here are but five reasons why we're glad you were born: ... read more
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