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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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It was R.E.M. who showed other Eighties bands how to get away with ignoring the rules – they lived in some weird town nobody never heard of, they didnt play power chords, they probably couldnt even spell spandex. All they had was songs. – Rob Sheffield

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American Horror is the debasement of the suburban family, the way a lonely kid would have imagined it in the Seventies. – Rob Sheffield

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Most of an award-show hosts job is showing up and keeping a cool head and soldiering through it, whether its the Oscars or the Hallmark Channels Hero Dog Awards. – Rob Sheffield

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I think its really cool that there are people like Adele on the cover of Vogue and Rolling Stone, and like I think its really important that people are talking about your body, because if they dont, then youll never be able to break that barrier. – Beth Ditto

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The downright fanatic is nearer to the heart of things than the cool and slippery disputant. – Edwin Hubbel Chapin

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Its a really cool time for artists who want to strive for a little more depth in what they want to say to come forward. We live in a very fast world right now. Weve got all this media and music which is so accessible to us, its here one minute gone the next. – Kimbra

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I grew up around hip-hop so I didnt think it was about being cool or being black or being white or whatever. – Chad Hugo

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