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Adam Buckley

Buckley is a loudmouthed prick who managed to get famous on YouTube somehow. He's most well known for his rants, his annual Worst Songs lists, and his Musical Autopsy series.

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BTS at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards.  Is K-Pop a massive fire, or just a lot of smoke? The internet is a giant amplifier, making things seem like a bigger deal than they really are. Even something like Kpo... Read More...

Scot Tobias: People Just LOVE Ticket Scalpers!

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photo: Lenore Edman, modified under CC 2.0 Did you know people LIKE getting ripped off by ticket scalpers? Well of course they do, idiot! At least, according to one ticket scalper, SORRY, "secondary ticketin... Read More...

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In an announcement that the Internet doesn't seem to care about at all, Garth Brooks says he's giving up the Ghost... Tunes. Update, January 18th, 2017: GhosttTunes is now officially folding into Amazon Musi... Read More...

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