It’s been a good year for recess, and while there has been a lot of great writing, this is just a short list of some of our favorite recess moments.
5. Sarah Ball on Hold My Gold:
Word to Rizzo and McCall: Part of cultural identity means being comfortable and relaxed in your own skin, be it a “pasty, rhythmless shell” or otherwise. And when you try too hard to be something that you’re not—well, it’s as evident as a granny-pantyline showing through a pair of Parasucos. There’s still room for us all in Crunktown.
4. Matt Dearborn on Hot Hot Heat:
The sicky-sweet pop-punk beat is enough to make any one of their preteen fans cry in pain. And it doesn't stop there. The whole album is a mixture of terrible music; the best comparison would be a bad impersonation of Hoobastank—and yes, it can happen—mixed with the revolutionary stylings of Pink.
3. Will Wright on Bride & Prejudice:
Bride is a ‘great’ film the same way Bat Out of Hell or I Get Wet are ‘great’ albums: it's a self-conscious, operatic, sensory body blow.
2. Brian McGinn on Be Cool:
There is a possibility that the world will never end and that movies like Be Cool will continue to be made forever. Thankfully, for those of us who don't particularly like the sound of that, there is a theory that one day the earth will explode, killing all of humanity in one large “apocalypse.”
1. Yoav Lurie on New Year’s Alone:
Those of us who are especially skilled at “down time” know that a New Years by yourself is not just about Marlboro Lights and grain alcohol, it is about separating yourself from the merriment to wallow in Skinamax and Vasoline.
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