Word: sorta
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This Friday, you’ll be sure to hear something that will delight your ears, be it a guilty-pleasure pop anthem wrapped in middle school nostalgia, a fists-raised and lighters-out rock hit, or a smoky jazz classic that you (kinda-sorta) recognize. Oh, and best of all: it’s all been re-invented in a cappella close harmony replete with skits and assorted other antics...
...North Korea: Another Country, Cumings presents the “Dear Leader” as a victim of U.S. militarism. He admits that, sure, the rulers of North Korea are kinda, sorta nasty, but they get an unduly bad rap in the American press and, in any case, our own leaders are no better. We, after all, have a “never-ending gulag full of black men in our prisons”—so who are we to judge...
...Does It Always Rain On Me,” and, well, not much since, have returned to America with their fourth album and a national U.S. tour. Sort of bitter at this point about Coldplay’s dumb lucky adoption of the “important rock band sorta reminiscent of Bends-era Radiohead” niche, Travis seem to be taking their own stab at it with 12 Memories. They’re writing songs now about domestic abuse and 9/11 (these are huge- about time someone addressed the real issues), but wisely retain their light, Beatles-inspired...
...neophytes who will help produce her cable cooking show; Drew, one of the few writers she hasn't fired; and boyfriend Johnny, a children's songwriter she met over the Internet (he emailed her the lyrics to a song called Down at the Doughnut Farm, he says, and "it sorta took off from there"). During the show they all meet in an office decorated with her old TV Guide covers, and she gives them the assignment: figure out a way, any way, to get her back on TV. "What do I want?" she asks, after shooting down a string...
...That's right, voyeurs, it's time for another edition of "Celebrity Boxing" starring sorta-recognizable people who are less boxers than they are celebrities. Let the falls from, well, somewhat short of grace continue...