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Maria Sherman
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URL: Senior Writer, Jezebel. IRL: Author of the very good book 'LARGER THAN LIFE: A History of Boy Bands from NKOTB to BTS,' out now.

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For those who are interested, a GoFundMe has been started for Aisha Fraser’s daughters:

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They are astonishing. I recommend White Crosses for an intro - a lot of their early fans found it too commercial & polished, but it is insanely catchy. All of their albums are wonderful, though. I never tire of them and LJG is an American treasure. Read more

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Great interview. I’ve had this song stuck in my head recently as I sort through shit. Kinda cathartic.

Great interview. Never really checked out much of Against Me! but this writeup convinced me to spin this new one. Thanks. Read more

Most of Jezebel’s readers are too young to remember him much (if at all), but I have to say that Laura Jane Grace reminds me a lot of Joe Strummer — musically and activist-wise. Sonically I hear it and there’s also a plainspoken earnestness to their honesty both when they sing and when they speak/spoke. Read more

Great minds think alike, Babylegs! Read more

They were once shooting an episode at some crappy new westside bar where I was having happy hour with co-workers. It was small and you basically couldn’t order a drink at the bar without being in their shot so they tried to get our whole table to sign waivers but the assistant ran out of pens, we got drunk and she Read more

Not only did Jason cheat on LC with his ex-girlfriend, it was pretty much in front of her entire family and everyone they knew. I think they were doing a charity fashion show at LC’s house for some organization that Trey volunteered with or ran. Read more

I’m hooked on these recaps! I think I need to start watching it again. Read more

Adopting my dog was probably the most extravagant purchase I’ve made! Granted, the adoption fee was only $300 (s/o One Tail at a Time in Bucktown Chicago!) but I already knew that I’d be spending some serious change on this dog over her life time. I thought about it this way - while I could probably only be able to Read more

Little farts is Carol the Monster. 

Corporate and poppin’

i just want to say that i came up with this when i was really high like a month and a half ago, long before the story about him spending $40K on takeout broke Read more

Love Joey Fatone’s whole get up! He seems like a cool guy. Man, as a USian living abroad, I miss the hell out of this time of the year. Halloween and Thanksgiving seasons make me so homesick. Read more