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Music: What Happened? Scott Miller on 50 Years of Singles in 258 Pages RIP Scott Miller of Game Theory/The Loud Family 1960-2013. Archived: our 2011 interview about his final creative effort. As the frontman of critically acclaimed 80’s and 90’s college...A Rule is To Break: A Child’s Guide To Anarchy
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Comic Guys Who Rock! The idea of “the evil twin” has become a pervasive cliche in our society. You’re confronted by a co-worker about an off-color comment made earlier in the day, and you blame your evil twin. Yuk-yuk-yuk. Everybody laughs and you get away with...
