Required Reading
- What’s Your Problem with Joe Biden?
- Dirty Rubles: An Introduction to Trump/Russia (My New Book)
- Youth for the President
- A Summary of the Conspiracy Against the United States
- Trump: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Part 3)
- Postcards from the Resistance, Vol. 8: Mother of All
- From Lance Armstrong to Trump: The Rise & Fall of the Deified Narcissist
- Reading Malcolm X in Texas
- Playing the Donald Trump Game
- President Rapist: Women Under Trump
- An Open Letter to My Fellow Liberals
- The Democrats Can’t Win If They Won’t Fight
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Category Archives: Popped Culture
Lo Fi Luv
Sometimes songs shine brightest under less-than-ideal sonic conditions. i.e. LO FI. Why is that? Robert Burke Warren has a few ideas, and some lo fi fare to share. No extra charge for authentic tape hiss. Continue reading
Posted in Music, Popped Culture, The Arts, The Weeklings
Tagged atlantic city, Beck, Bruce Springsteen, daniel johnston, dum dum girls, elliot smith, Guided By Voices, karen o, lo fi, lo fidelity, mountain goats, panasonic boombox, paul westerberg, peter case, robert burke warren, Robert Pollard, sanyo boombox, sebadoh, tascam porta 5, Ween
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Elvis Presley’s Shining Moment: the ’68 Comeback Special
Although most folks don’t know it, Black Leather Elvis was the best Elvis, and Robert Burke Warren explains why. Black Leather Elvis, who rose briefly in 1968 before drugs and despair ruined him, will steal your rock and roll heart. Continue reading
We Wish You a Merry Sixmas
Was there ever a better Christmas mixtape than Merry Sixmas? Likely not. Our music editor Robert Burke Warren takes us back to the 80s, when a second-generation cassette mix made by a stranger named Eddie G opened up a whole new way of listening to and sharing music. Continue reading
Popped Culture #6: Thanksgiving Edition
Each of The Weeklings’ editors respond to a single pop culture question in this wildly popular parlor game that only has one rule: complete honesty. Continue reading
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Tagged bad thanksgiving, baste me, cranberry stuffing, drunk, football, gravy, indiginous genocide, john smith, johnny mathis, mashed potato, mean uncle, Miley Cyrus, musket, NFL, Thanksgiving, Turkey, yam sandwich
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50 Rock & Roll Songs That Increased My Word Power
Weeklings music editor Robert Burke Warren gets revved up like a deuce and reveals how time you spend “wasting” – i.e. listening to rock and roll – is not wasted time. Not at all. Readers Digest would be proud. Increase your own word power! Bismillah! Continue reading
Posted in 50 Greatest, Memoir, Monday Rock City, Music, Popped Culture, The Arts, Uncategorized
Tagged AMerican Pie, Beatles, bismillah, bustle, calliope, cunnilingus, fellatio, freddie mercury, Funkadelic, hare krishna, juju, kama sutra, labelle, Led Zeppelin, levee, lyrics, Masturbation, orgy, pederasty, Queen, readers digest, robert burke warren, rolling stones, scaramouche, Skynyrd, sodomy, springsteen, the streak, toe jam, troubadour, union jack, Weeklings, word power
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Popped Culture #5: The Swinging Sixties
Each of The Weeklings’ editors respond to a single pop culture question in this wildly popular parlor game that only has one rule: complete honesty. Continue reading
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Tagged adlai stevenson, ashley perez, bobby riggs, Cielo road, greg olear, horror, Jim Morrison, Joe Daly, mario bava, Nelson Rockefeller, rat pack, Sean Murphy, twiggy, woodstock
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