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Christmas Confessionals: I love Mariah Carey’s “Merry Christmas”

At work last week, I told my co-worker that “Merry Christmas,” the 1994 Mariah Carey album, is my favorite Christmas album ever. He looked at me strangely, and said, “In an ironic way, right?” Nope. I wholeheartedly love “Merry Christmas” in a completely serious, unironic way. Every year, just after Thanksgiving, I pull it out [...]

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MDP Yule Radio: Our Holiday Gift to You

Click above to listen! Announcing MDP Yule Radio! We have packed a playlist full of over eight hours (one for each of Santa’s tiny reindeer) of the best and weirdest Christmas tunes and movie clips. It is the only holiday themed radio station you need for all your holiday activities like wrapping cats, writing elf ransom [...]

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5 Criminally Ignored Rock Band DLC Packs You Should be Playing

Whether you love the franchise or despise it, one thing everyone can admit about Rock Band is that it’s huge. In 2007, the game slowly was taking form as people could happily drum and play with a full-fledged group in their own living room. The rise didn’t stop there, as the original game and sequel [...]

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Brandon Flowers “Flamingo”

For me, listening to The Killers and autumn go hand in hand. Three of their four albums were released in the fall and its not surprising. For the last six years, their thickly layered music filled with sweeping deep sound over lyrics full of of lost love, moving on, and recollection with a tinge of [...]

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Weezer “Hurley”

It was 1994, I was in fourth grade and on a field trip bus My friend sitting next to me was listening to his Sony Walkman and let me borrow it for a few minutes. When I hit play, I heard a man sing about his sweater falling apart and was immediately hooked like it [...]

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