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What does the new Insane Clown Posse video say about America?

April 12, 2010 / Leave a Comment

Maybe you’ve seen the new Insane Clown Posse music video. Maybe you haven’t. It’s entirely plausible that you’ve missed the sheer insanity of the “Miracles” music video, considering it’s netted a little more than 400,000 views in close to a week. That’s chump change in viral video terms. Yet the sheer amount of text devoted to … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: America, Cracked.com, Detroit, Gathering of the Juggalos, hip-hop, ICP, Insane Clown Posse, Jon Caramanica, Juggalo, Juggalos, Limp Bizkit, Michigan, middle America, miracles, music, music video, nu-metal, Republican, Shaggy 2 Dope, Texas State Board of Education, The New York Times, Twiztid, U.S.A., United States, Violent J

Scoop?

July 20, 2009 / Leave a Comment

Well, I haven’t gotten out to Warped just yet, but even so, it seems that I got the jump on the New York Times with my piece on the whole scrunk thing for The Phoenix. Ok, perhaps that’s a huuuuuge overstatement, but Jon Caramanica did notice the combination of electronics and screamo as sure as I … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: Absolutepunk, America Is Just A Word: Post-Hardcore Emo and American Culture, Attack Attack, Brokencyde, emo, Jason Tate, Jon Caramanica, Millionaires, music, New York Times, scrunk, The Boston Phoenix, Warped Tour

Meg & Dia & The New York Times

April 28, 2009 / 2 Comments

Jon Caramanica reviewed the new Meg & Dia album, Here, Here and Here in The New York Times:   “When the Utah sister duo Meg & Dia released its strong breakthrough album, ‘Something Real’ (Doghouse), in 2006, it was a heady time for mainstream emo, with a generation of tattooed young men expressing themselves in … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: emo, Here Here and Here, Jon Caramanica, Meg & Dia, music, Warped Tour

Falling Out if there's no Dance Dance

December 14, 2008 / 2 Comments

The New York Times had a great two-hitter of music articles this weekend: *Jon Caramanica’s profile on Patrick Stump, mainstream rock’s “most invisible frontman,” offers some great insight into Fall Out Boy and has given me even more newfound respect for the band. Even as they flirt with tasteless arena rock, the band sure manages … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: Dan Deacon, emo, Fall Out Boy, Folie á Deux, hipsters, Jon Caramanica, music, Patrick Stump, The New York Times

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