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...death and destruction that is never convincing, “Get Color” can be a wearying listen. The album opens with “In Heat,” an essentially meaningless piece of noise that clocks in at only 1:48 but would still count as filler if it were anywhere else in the album. As an opener, it serves as the intro to “Die Slow,” the album’s lead single and most representative song. “Die Slow” has all the elements of HEALTH?...
...placing himself in a class above all the rest. The boasts aren’t unfounded—guest verses and hooks by the likes of Rihanna, Swizz Beatz, Young Jeezy, J. Cole, and Alicia Keys, along with a couple of ill-conceived Timbaland-produced tracks mostly serve as filler that only distract from the main attraction.Luckily, the scrappy kid from Bed-Stuy hasn’t been completely put to rest, as evidenced on “Already Home,” featuring Kid Cudi. Jay-Z’s normally smooth, swaggering vocals veer towards ragged exasperation while...
...when most stations either went off the air at 11 p.m. or turned to B movies for late-night filler, NBC started a comedy series called Broadway Open House. The program lasted only a year, but it paved the way for The Tonight Show. Created as a 90-minute catchall variety show in 1954, The Tonight Show formed a template for late-night TV that everyone from Arsenio Hall to Jimmy Kimmel has since followed: witty banter, famous guests and eccentric sidekicks. Its first M.C., talk-show veteran Steve Allen, gave way just three years later to the unpredictable Jack...
...Although classic momentum shifts are usually attributed to dramatic, daring plays, it’s the simple fundamentals that provide the real filler and the basis for epic efforts. With less than five minutes left, sophomore Patricia Smith got back to those basics...
...that is filler to the executives in Universal City, popping champagne over the F&F gross. No question but that there'll be a fifth movie in the cycle. Shall the studio bosses take inspiration from Lewis Carroll, and call the next film Furiouser & Furiouser...