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The Popblerd Fall Movie Preview of 2013, November-December

by Mike Browne on Sep 6, 2013 • No Comments

There are some rather spectacular looking movies coming out in the final two months of 2013. Which ones are you planning to see?

bLISTerd: Happy Anniversary, MTV!: The Top 50 Videos of the ’90s (40-31)

by Popblerd Staff on Aug 9, 2011 • 4 Comments

Check out the first ten entries in our list here , and let’s move on… 40. Slayer “Seasons in the Abyss” (1990) I don’t know exactly why, but it makes absolutely perfect sense to set Slayer up in a desert with temples looming behind them while they perform this song. One can practically see Karl Sanders from Nile sitting on a couch, guitar in hand, writing riffs for songs that would eventually appear on “Amongst The Catacombs Of Nephren-Ka” while watching […]

The Viewfinder: Beastie Boys “Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win (feat. Santigold)”

by Jesse on Jul 20, 2011 • No Comments

Blerd Appreciation / hip-hop / music / pop culture / Pop Music / The Viewfinder / Videos

If you didn’t know this already, the Beastie Boys are back in a big way in 2011. If the fantastic Hot Sauce Committee Part Two or the “Make Some Noise” short film didn’t convince you then their latest dub-tinged single featuring Santigold most surely will. Ok, not only is “Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win” one of the best songs on the recently released Hot Sauce Committee Part Two but the Spike Jonze-directed short film megamix version that […]