The Brilliant Stupidity of “This is Spinal Tap” and “Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping”
We love pop music and heavy metal in spite of–and because of–their excesses and their stupidity.
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Posts by Mark Lee on Overthinking It
Episode 413: X-ellence in X-Menning
On the Overthinking It Podcast we talk about X-Men: Apocalypse, expensive salads, and other signs of the end of the world.
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The Definitive Terminator
What makes Terminator so compelling, more than thirty years later? Come with me if you want to think.
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Introducing the Overthinking It Snapback
Show off your swag and your smarts on the same head with the Overthinking It snapback, available for a limited time only.
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Eurovision NYC Watch Party: May 14, 2 PM
The next best thing to being in Stockholm.
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Heavy Metal, Urban Planning, Video Games, and the New York Philharmonic’s New Logo
The Oldest Symphony Orchestra in America, or the Hottest Band in the Land?
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Penn Station and the Nine Circles of Hell
Hell as described by Dante’s Inferno is actually a terrible metaphor for Penn Station. But let’s humor the Governor and try to map Penn Station’s sins to the nine circles of hell.
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According to Ziggy: A Quantum Leap Database for Quantum Leap Day
For Leap Day 2016, enjoy a compendium of Ziggy’s wit and wisdom from Quantum Leap.
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Neko Atsume: Cat Collection Game or Silicon Valley Human Resources Simulator?
The cats of Neko Atsume demand lavish on-the-job perks and have no loyalty to their employers… just like Facebook brogrammers.
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Top 5 Overthinking It Posts of 2015
We published lots of great pop culture analysis in 2015, but these are the five biggest hits of the year.
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