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Gossip columnist DJ TrustFun, 32, of the greater Los Angeles area, died July 7, 2010 from complications surrounding a fevered ego, half-assed website updates, a DJ “career,” and chronic mooching. TrustFun was preceded in death by a record label (lost to SIDS) and The Icarus Line (lost to Mononucleosis contracted from a toilet seat frequented [...]
Who isn’t sick of Slate’s contrarian schtick by now? It’s a cliché in intelligent company – although mentioning it makes you sound smart in some rooms; try it sometime – so I feel a bit silly writing this. And ordinarily I wouldn’t, but I’m bored and rummed-up and not quite ready for sleep. So here’s [...]
Does the world need another article about the Strokes? Surely not. Does the world even need the Strokes at all? Probably not, although the band has people talking and arguing about music again, and that really is something, after all. Do the Strokes think that they are the best band in the world? Probably. Are [...]
