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Big Star invented a vision of bohemian rock & roll cool that ha

Big Star invented a vision of bohemian rock &amp roll cool that had nothing to do with New York, Los Angeles or London, which made them completely out of style in the 1970s, but also made them an inspiration to generations of weird Southern kids. – Rob Sheffield

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American Horror goes for a very specific kind of Seventies suburban downer ambience – Flowers in the Attic paperbacks, Black Sabbath album covers and late-night flicks like Lets Scare Jessica to Death. It even has Go Ask Alice-era urban legends. – Rob Sheffield

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Movies for adults sucked in the 1980s, and music for adults sucked even worse whether were talking about Kathleen Turner flicks or Sting albums, the decades non-teen culture has no staying power at all. – Rob Sheffield

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At an incredibly divisive point in pop history, Donna Summer managed to create an undeniable across-the-board experience of mass pleasure – after Bad Girls, nobody ever tried claiming disco sucked again. It set the template for what Michael Jackson would do a few months later with Off The Wall. – Rob Sheffield

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When I was in school I read a lot of comic books and pretend I was in them and kids would tease me and call me names. But now I do the same things and people say that Im artistic and cool and Im doing the exact same thing I did in high school. – Freddie Prinze, Jr.

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I think it would be cool if you were writing a ransom note on your computer, if the paper clip popped up and said, Looks like youre writing a ransom note. Need help? You should use more forceful language, youll get more money. – Demetri Martin

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The truth is – I found myself doing these huge action-adventure movies, and um, and which are cool man. And I really love doing them. And thankfully I havent had too much dialogue, because if I had I would have really made a mess of it. You know what I mean? – Orlando Bloom

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cool

There arent many poster children for cool angst. Everybody thinks its cool if youre the bad girl. – Fiona Apple

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