#OccupyBroadway: “Newsies” and Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street is kind of like “Newsies,” except with less singing and dancing. And vastly different historical contexts.
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Posts by Mark Lee on Overthinking It
Overthinking Google Zeitgeist 2011: Rebecca Black Retrospective
Last year, I published a diatribe against Google Zeitgeist and how it plays fast and loose with the definition of “zeitgeist.” I argued that rather than “capture the defining spirit or mood” of the times, Google Zeitgeist audaciously and erroneously … Continued
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“The Rainbow Connection”: Just How Many Songs Are There About Rainbows?
Not nearly as many as Kermit seems to suggest.
“The numbers all go to eleven…It’s one louder.”
Happy Spinal Tap Day, everyone.
The Musical Talmud: “Party Rock Anthem” by LMFAO
In which LMFAO redefines “rock.”
Justin Bieber, Beware the Transposition
“Baby, baby, baby, noo, I thought you’d always be able to sing freakishly high.”
NY Comic-Con 2011: Interview with OTI Reader and Author Daniel Wallace
A video interview with sci-fi and comics author Daniel Wallace
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Best of NY Comic-Con 2011
Ghostbusters dancing to Rihanna? Just one of my favorite NY Comic-Con 2011 moments.
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New York Comic-Con 2011: #ZombifyWallStreet
I spotted this clever t-shirt on the convention floor at New York Comic-Con: It did draw a laugh from me, but why stop there? Let’s subject the shirt’s assertion to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn’t deserve: is it possible … Continued
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Episode 172: Johnny Appleseed’s Seed-Shooting Gatling Gun
The Overthinkers tackle New York Comic-Con, the future of comics, and the Neal Stephenson novel “Reamde.”
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