His genres may range from World War II westerns to martial-arts, revenge epics to Grindhouse, exploitation-inspired, slasher flicks, but Quentin Tarantino’s signature directing style is like a blinking, whooping, neon sign. From the first scene, he transports us to another world that is very much his own. From the dialogue to his personal tastes in [...]
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From The Flinstones’ Way Outs to High Fidelity‘s Barry Jive and the Uptown Five, fictional bands are always good for a giggle and sometimes even become cult hits in their own right. Here’s ten random facts about some of music history’s most memorable fake bands. 1.) Cult 1950s comedian Ernie Kovaks supposedly formed the image [...]
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Today is a special day here at 100b, because today we celebrate the birth of our own Mighty Tamboosh. It’s tradition ’round these parts to post a little something for each other’s birthdays, but Tamboosh is just too damn good at it. There’s no way on earth I could top the raw power of Saxon. [...]
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Due to a serious bout of stupidity on my part, I skipped TWO posts this week, the first week of our glorious comeback! Our two-month break clearly hasn’t sharpened my senses, but in spite of appearances I am excited to get crackin’, starting with this post about the Academy Awards. Exactly eighty years ago, give [...]
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Because we’re going to be looking at one of my all-time favorite bands, Pearl Jam, for 100best at the end of this month, I thought Grunge might be a good topic to introduce our new monthly feature. For you little people who are too young to remember the year that Grunge hit, I’m sure it’s [...]
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