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...fill their triple-sized shot glasses from the bottles of Maker's Mark that line the tables, to see who can toss down the most boilermakers. This meal is not for wimps. As we tear and chew and slurp, the band segues to jazz and then to old pop favorites like 'A Bicycle Built for Two.' In a moment we are all on our feet together, singing 'God Bless America...
...about the name "Girl Talk." I was coming from the more avant garde world and when I chose it, I clearly wasn't trying to figure out a game plan for a 10-year project that I would eventually live off of. Back then, I was almost using pop music as an act of rebellion, especially being part of the experimental-music community. I thought a lot of those people were recycling a lot of ideas, like playing noise and feedback and having some name like X_R2. So I kind of picked the name Girl Talk because...
...wish you would have given me this written question ahead of time, so I could plan for it. John, I'm sure historians will look back and say, gosh, he could have done it better this way, or that way. You know, I just ... I'm sure something will pop into my head here in the midst of this press conference, with all the pressure of trying to come up with an answer, but it hadn't yet ... I hope I ... I don't want to sound like I've made no mistakes. I'm confident I have. I just...
...Drive” follows this theme throughout—getting the peripherals right, but lacking central content. The audience will probably walk away with the memory of minor details, like the soundtrack, which fits perfectly with a number of scenes in the movie. The way Instant Messenger graphics pop up like a thought bubble next to Ian while he’s online is clever. Seth Green is great as the random Amish car enthusiast, and Fall Out Boy makes a surprise appearance. Even the humor works best when not located front-and-center: a rack of guacamole donuts behind...
...Paper Trail” is a mash-up of paradoxes. Swagger and humility; sugary hip-pop (“Whatever You Like”) and bluesy, organ-infused slow raps (“No Matter What”); inspirational messages and misogynistic quips; they all coexist on the same record. But despite the motley and sometimes jostling composition of the album, it all comes together. Its multiple facets seem to reflect various aspects of the Atlanta rapper’s own personality. He sounds oppressed and worn down at times, but at others he comes off as resolute and even...