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The New Year Begins With a Less Than Stellar Start

By Jim Shearer on 01/05/2009

Filed under: HODGEPODGE

Happy New Year! Today is the first day many Americans are returning to work from their holiday breaks. 2008 is over and 2009 is on. Blogs will get back to business as normal, and the search for the 10 best albums of the year begins all over again. So here's my question for the first cerebral day of 2009--with so much promise in the upcoming year and so much to celebrate from the previous one (though it did have its share of crappy moments), why does the start of a new year always suck? (left: Don't judge a year... MORE »

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Saying Goodbye To TRL with Haikus

By Jim Shearer on 11/17/2008

Filed under: HODGEPODGE

I don't know if this popped up on anyone's radar, but last night MTV said farewell to its former flagship show, TRL (Total Request Live). Demonstrating how popular TRL had become, or how low it had sunk, I found out about the finale through a text message from my mother. I was never a fan of the show, so when I found out it was being cancelled, I'd be lying if I told you I didn't feel some sense of joy run through my veins. On the other hand, I had a lot of friends who worked on the... MORE »

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