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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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Ah, the bond between English boys and California girls. For those of us who arent either, its a bond that fascinates and mystifies. So much of the worlds favorite music comes out of that relationship. – 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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Thanks to the greatest invention of recent years, the MP3-playing alarm clock, I can now choose the song that wakes me up in the morning. – Rob Sheffield

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Music is for people. The word pop is simply short for popular. It means that people like it. Im just a normal jerk who happens to make music. As long as my brain and fingers work, Im cool. – Eddie Van Halen

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People always come up to me now and say, Watchmen is the best superhero movie ever made. Im always saying Thats super cool. Thats nice of you to say. But it happens now, more and more and more than it did when it first came out. – Zack Snyder

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The promos with all of the beautiful women probably attracted some men, but the mystery story line is pretty cool. Its got that dark edge, and people will watch anything funny. – James Denton

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In my books the technology that I choose to talk about has to serve the themes. What that means is that I end up having to cut out a lot of cool technology that would be really fun to describe and play with, but which would just confuse everybody. So in Amped, I focus on neural implants. – Daniel H. Wilson

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