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If the mid 2000s were all about The Boss, with The Arcade Fire and The Killers channeling Springsteen to varying degrees of success, the Mac is clearly in the early 2010s ether for some reason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This resurgence is especially odd considering I grew up, as did many other indie rock fans, in a time when Fleetwood Mac was generally disregarded as lame dad, presidential campaign rock. But the band’s music has a wealth of emotion to it that wasn't acceptable in the irony-rich '90s, and their sonic experimentation is being appreciated more, which shows in the music of bands like Fleet Foxes. It would be interesting to see if I have kids one day and they feel the same way about, say, Nirvana, if they long for that kind of grittiness and earnest authenticity I mostly roll my eyes at now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/A3JA1nWPFqM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>In a recent interview, rocker Kurt Vile described his new album \u003ca href=\"http://open.spotify.com/album/2imxOfDIDk2voAYCZP88u2\">\u003cem>Wakin on a Pretty Daze\u003c/em>\u003c/a> as \"totally our \u003ca href=\"http://open.spotify.com/album/6b6FYoisWvkLKxF2JDjm1j\">\u003cem>Tusk\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\" because it was recorded in California after hours of sessions. Strangely, I found that quote not looking up Fleetwood Mac's 1979 album \u003cem>Tusk\u003c/em>, which I've been listening to constantly lately and which I wanted to write about, but looking up Kurt Vile, because I was thinking about how \u003cem>Wakin on a Pretty Daze\u003c/em>, one of my favorite albums this year, is \u003cem>not \u003c/em>like \u003cem>Tusk\u003c/em>. Like \u003cem>Tusk\u003c/em>, it is long, but unlike \u003cem>Tusk\u003c/em>, it is coherent and cohesive. 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But where \u003cem>Rumours \u003c/em>is a beautiful opera about different band members breaking up with one another, \u003cem>Tusk\u003c/em> is an insane, genre-spanning collection of songs that showcase the band members doing whatever they want.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vile described his album as “our \u003cem>Tusk\u003c/em>, but no cheese.” Yet the cheese is essential to \u003cem>Tusk\u003c/em>, just as “Don’t Pass Me By” is necessary to the \u003cem>White Album\u003c/em>, “Hitsville U.K.” had to go on \u003cem>Sandinista,\u003c/em> and the \u003cem>Speakerboxxx/Love Below \u003c/em>experience is not complete unless you sit through “Where Are My Panties.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The album begins slowly, with “Over & Over” trudging along, and that song is followed by a complete change of pace, literally. I have never had cocaine, a drug that supposedly influenced Fleetwood Mac considerably, but \u003cem>Tusk\u003c/em>’s second track, “The Ledge” sounds exactly like having way too much coffee on an empty stomach feels. Even though punk already existed when \u003cem>Tusk \u003c/em>came out, \"The Ledge\" reminds me of the scene in the biopic satire \"Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story,\" in which country star John C. 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And what about all the other friends Matt mentions in his back catalog of songs: Jennifer, Karen, John, \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1BjndTZvQY\">Abel\u003c/a>? I’d like to know if they agree with Davey’s comment about Matt appearing a bit more spinally virtuous. One can suppose Matt did not get any taller physically but that perhaps he is simply maturing, out of his youth shell into his real adult self and without even realizing it. This theme, for me, defines The National: the inability or unwanting to grow up when you can't stop the inevitable passing of time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National formed in \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/search/name?birth_place=Cincinnati,%20Ohio,%20USA\">Cincinnati\u003c/a>, Ohio in the '90s and went through several members, finally setting on the current five made up of not one, but two sets of brothers. Aaron and Bryce Dressner and Scott and Bryan Devendorf make up 80% of the band with Matt, the lonely lead up front beneath the bright lights. With ties like this, you can almost imagine the band forming: “Hey, my brother can play drums if we need a drummer.” Or “I mean, my brother is sick on the guitar, but I’d rather this band be my thing and not his.” The organic way in which all these men met solidifies, for me, not only their authenticity but also the notion that this band is truly a family. 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The National are professionals at \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaMEIuTxfwM\">darkness\u003c/a>. Layering minor chords over \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCYCGxbRdBM\">superb\u003c/a> drumming and at first tame, then explosive guitar work. The result is a band that embraces the fact they are all men and a lead singer who is not afraid to show he is delicately wired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgRsYkKb1eI]\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>The National leads this contemporary movement of what I may or may not have coined Gentleman Rock. See the likes of \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QaFK_GvO_s\">The Walkmen\u003c/a>, Grizzly Bear, Father John Misty, Fleet Foxes, for bands that began on the tongues of college radio DJs and ended up between the pages of \u003cem>GQ. \u003c/em>And this is nothing to be ashamed of. All great acts deserve a following and \u003cem>GQ \u003c/em>has some pretty \u003ca href=\"http://www.gq.com/news-politics/mens-lives/201302/burning-man-experiences-wells-tower-gq-february-2013\">amazing articles\u003c/a>. While Matt Berninger isn’t exactly giving tutorials on how to change tires or rip phonebooks in two, he is telling stories of what it’s like to become a man, or more generally, what it’s like to become an adult human. Where on \u003cem>Alligator\u003c/em> he recalls being carried in the arms of cheerleaders, he later recounts on 2007’s elegant \u003cem>Boxer \u003c/em>being “mistaken for strangers by your own friends, when you pass them at night under the silvery, silvery Citibank lights.” Matt’s unorganized evolution is evident right before our ears. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/fall/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8122\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8122\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/fall.jpg\" alt=\"fall\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/fall.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/fall-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take a deep breath. Fall is finally here (technically...everyone knows summer is just starting in SF) and that means all the good cultural stuff is about to happen. No more staring slack-jawed at the worthless Hulu options. No more summer disaster movies to avoid. No, now is the time for the GOOD things. The things their creators hope will win awards. We here at KQED Pop couldn't be more excited. Here are our picks for what you should watch, read and listen to this fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/author/lizzyacker/\" target=\"_blank\">Lizzy Acker'\u003c/a>s picks:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/square_edited-1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8112\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-8112 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/square_edited-1.jpg\" alt=\"square_edited-1\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/square_edited-1.jpg 300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/square_edited-1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/square_edited-1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/square_edited-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/square_edited-1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/square_edited-1-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>MaddAddam\u003c/em>, written by Margaret Atwood\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:10px\">\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/arts/preview\">\u003cimg src=\"http://u.s.kqed.net/2013/08/29/artspreviewfall2013inset.png\" alt=\"Get all our critics' fall picks\">\u003c/a>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Release date: September 3, 2013\u003cbr>\nI've loved Margaret Atwood's version of the future since I first got my hands on \u003cem>Handmaid's Tale\u003c/em> sometime inappropriate like sixth grade. Since then, I've been down with everything she writes. Even the books that don't blow my mind and change my world (\u003cem>The Robber Bride,\u003c/em> for example), keep me engaged the whole way through, which seems like a tall order sometimes. Her most recent trilogy, consisting of \u003cem>Oryx and Crake \u003c/em>and \u003cem>The Year of the Flood\u003c/em> and the new and wonderful \u003cem>MaddAddam,\u003c/em> is some of her best work. The books have everything: pre- and post-apocalypse America, romance, strange hybrid animals, religious sects, sex. I was lucky enough to get an advanced copy of \u003cem>MaddAddam \u003c/em>and truly the only negative thing I can say about it is that it ended too soon and I read it too quickly and, as a result, I was really sad for about a day and a half. Dear Margaret Atwood: WRITE MORE BOOKS. Your humble servant, Lizzy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/28007224_be_edited-1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8114\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-8114 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/28007224_BE_edited-1.jpg\" alt=\"28007224_BE_edited-1\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/28007224_BE_edited-1.jpg 300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/28007224_BE_edited-1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/28007224_BE_edited-1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/28007224_BE_edited-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/28007224_BE_edited-1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/28007224_BE_edited-1-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>Season Four of \u003c/strong>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Boardwalk Empire\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New season premiers on September 8, 2013 at 9pm on HBO\u003cbr>\nI guess I've been slowly infected by \u003cem>Boardwalk Empire\u003c/em> until it has become one of my favorite shows on TV (okay, on my laptop). Why is the gangland drama of Prohibition in New Jersey so intriguing? It's some magical mix of characters, writing, authenticity, beauty and tragedy that just works, season after watch-us-kill-your-favorite-character season. Fingers crossed the guy with half a face makes it out alive in Season Four, because he is one of the best bad/good guys HBO has ever dreamed up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/ge7MGTo6XVE\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/21dd905b/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8115\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-8115 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/21dd905b.jpeg\" alt=\"21dd905b\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/21dd905b.jpeg 300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/21dd905b-32x32.jpeg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/21dd905b-64x64.jpeg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/21dd905b-96x96.jpeg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/21dd905b-128x128.jpeg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/21dd905b-75x75.jpeg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>Chvrches\u003cem>: The Bones of What You Believe\u003c/em> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Release date: September 24, 2013\u003cbr>\nI'm going to be honest, I have no idea what \"The Mother We Share\" is about. But I also FEEL like I actually do know what it's about. Lines like \"If I told the truth, I would always be free\" and \"When it all f***s up, you put your head in my hand/It's a souvenir for when you go\" are very true, in the poetic sense of the word. So I'm pretty excited for Chvrches full-length album, coming out right before I turn 31, at a time when I will need some weepy emo truth to keep me going.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/_mTRvJ9fugM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/homeland-season-2-poster-1_edited-1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8116\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-8116 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/homeland-season-2-poster-1_edited-1.jpg\" alt=\"homeland-season-2-poster-1_edited-1\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/homeland-season-2-poster-1_edited-1.jpg 300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/homeland-season-2-poster-1_edited-1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/homeland-season-2-poster-1_edited-1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/homeland-season-2-poster-1_edited-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/homeland-season-2-poster-1_edited-1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/homeland-season-2-poster-1_edited-1-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>Season Three of \u003c/strong>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Homeland\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New season premieres on September 29, 2013 at 9pm on Showtime\u003cbr>\nCarrie on \u003cem>Homeland\u003c/em> is, of all the characters on all the TV shows ever created, the character I feel most connected to, which is insane because the only real thing we share is our gender and our general age and race. However, Claire Danes has taken playing a emotionally unstable CIA agent to a transcendent level. My hopes for Season Three are so high, I almost don't want to watch it. But then again, I am so excited for it to start I can barely breathe. More crying! More Brody! More of his daughter, taking being the teenage daughter of a war hero/terrorist to the next level!\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/iXOUIsu-E0Q\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/her_edited-1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8117\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-8117 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/Her_edited-1.jpg\" alt=\"Her_edited-1\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/Her_edited-1.jpg 300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/Her_edited-1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/Her_edited-1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/Her_edited-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/Her_edited-1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/Her_edited-1-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>Her\u003c/em>, directed by Spike Jonze\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Expected release date: December 18, 2013\u003cbr>\nIn the future, we will all fall in love with our phones because they will be programmed to be our perfect soul mate. This seems totally possible to me because what is harder and more important and more elusive than true love? Wouldn't you pay for it? I would. Luckily for humanity, Spike Jonze, creator of two of the Best Movies of All Time (\u003cem>Being John Malkovich\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Adaptation\u003c/em>) is tackling the subject early. I cannot wait so much, I am thinking of camping out in front of the theater and dressing up like a cellphone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/rS8zOLOcPMQ\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/author/emmanuelhapsis/\" target=\"_blank\">Emmanuel Hapsis'\u003c/a>s picks:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/counselor-1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8119\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-8119 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/counselor-1.jpg\" alt=\"counselor-1\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/counselor-1.jpg 300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/counselor-1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/counselor-1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/counselor-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/counselor-1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/counselor-1-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>The Counselor\u003c/em>, directed by Ridley Scott\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Expected release date: October 25, 2013\u003cbr>\nThis movie should have just been called An Embarrassment of Riches, for its subject matter (luxury sponsored by drug trafficking!) and the talent behind the project. Penelope Cruz would have been enough, but, on top of that, there's Javier Bardem, Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, and Cameron Diaz. And it's written by Cormac McCarthy! And directed by the man responsible for \u003cem>Blade Runner\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Alien\u003c/em>, and \u003cem>Legend\u003c/em>, Ridley Scott! Not sold yet? There are explosions and a pet cheetah. See you at the theater on October 25, 2013.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/AxeIeDBomrU\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/barwick/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8120\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-8120 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/barwick.jpg\" alt=\"barwick\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/barwick.jpg 300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/barwick-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/barwick-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/barwick-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/barwick-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/barwick-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>Julianna Barwick: \u003cem>Nepenthe\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's already out! Lucky you!\u003cbr>\nSome songs take you back to places you know: your childhood bedroom or the roof where you shared your first kiss. And other songs take you somewhere you've never been. Julianna Barwick accomplishes the latter with minimalistic music composed almost entirely by layering her own voice. The songs usually lack actual words, but manage to evoke an emotional landscape. I listen to her music every time I'm on a plane to escape the claustrophobia and am taken from cramped middle seat arm wrest wars to anywhere else: wind-lashed tundras, fog-filled forests, haunted convents, and underwater havens. Her latest album \u003cem>Nepenthe\u003c/em> is named after a drug mentioned in \u003cem>The Odyssey\u003c/em> that served as a remedy for grief, a way to forget sorrow. That's not too surprising since that's exactly what her music can do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/cTuxswB_Rew\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/crazy/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8129\">\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8129\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/crazy.jpg\" alt=\"crazy\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/crazy.jpg 144w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/crazy-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/crazy-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/crazy-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/crazy-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/crazy-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>The Crazy Ones\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Premieres on September 26, 2013 at 9pm on CBS\u003cbr>\nFall TV is a battlefield. Tons of brand new shows asking you to love them. Sometimes things click and you do fall in love, only to have the network axe it (R.I.P. \u003cem>Bunheads\u003c/em>), so it's understandable to not want to put yourself out there again. But that's no way to live! Onward into the arms of Robin Williams (San Francisco native!) and Sarah Michelle Gellar. In \u003cem>The Crazy Ones\u003c/em>, they play a father-daughter duo who work at a struggling advertising agency. If your debt to Mrs. Doubtfire and Buffy isn't enough to check out the pilot trailer, then a guest spot by Kelly Clarkson certainly is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/Qz-8JoUQzE0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/lorde-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8121\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-8121 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/lorde-2.jpg\" alt=\"lorde-2\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/lorde-2.jpg 300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/lorde-2-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/lorde-2-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/lorde-2-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/lorde-2-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/lorde-2-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>Lorde: \u003cem>Pure Heroine\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>September 26, 2013\u003cbr>\nFeeling disillusioned by the recycled uninspired pop music you're hearing on the radio? Fear not; Ella Yelich-O’Connor a.k.a. Lorde is here to rescue your eardrums! The 16-year-old (yep, feel old) New Zealand native was discovered at the age of 13 and has been writing and making music ever since. With only an EP out there, she has already made an impact: she's the first woman to top the Billboard Alternative Songs chart since Tracy Bonham in 1996 (which happens to be the year she was born). Her full-length \u003cem>Pure Heroine\u003c/em> is out on Septmeber 26, 2013.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/D8Ymd-OCucs\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/whatever/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8130\">\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8130\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/whatever.jpg\" alt=\"whatever\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/whatever.jpg 144w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/whatever-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/whatever-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/whatever-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/whatever-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/whatever-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>Whatever this is.\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New episodes are on their way!\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/04/02/seven-web-series-you-should-get-into/\">We've written about web series before\u003c/a>, the art form that allows storytellers to do exactly what they want to do without the constraints of being under a big network's thumb. \u003cem>The Outs\u003c/em>, Adam Goldman's story of two 20-something gay men dealing with the aftermath of a messy breakup, accomplished the sort of impact most shows strive for over many years on air in just six episodes. Despite the selfish desire for the storyline to continue, the ending felt right, like going out on top. Thankfully, Goldman didn't make us wait too long before coming up with a new idea in the form of \u003cem>Whatever this is\u003c/em>. The show follows a team of production assistants as they try to pay the rent with their souls intact. The premise is reminiscent of \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/11/10-things-i-learned-at-the-party-down-reunion/\">Party Down\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, in that they tackle a new gig each episode. If you're gonna borrow, \u003cem>Party Down\u003c/em> is a great place to start. \u003ca href=\"https://vimeo.com/71362753\">Check out the first episode\u003c/a>!\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/AwA4szT2SyY\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/fall/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8122\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8122\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/fall.jpg\" alt=\"fall\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/fall.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/fall-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take a deep breath. Fall is finally here (technically...everyone knows summer is just starting in SF) and that means all the good cultural stuff is about to happen. No more staring slack-jawed at the worthless Hulu options. No more summer disaster movies to avoid. No, now is the time for the GOOD things. The things their creators hope will win awards. We here at KQED Pop couldn't be more excited. Here are our picks for what you should watch, read and listen to this fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/author/lizzyacker/\" target=\"_blank\">Lizzy Acker'\u003c/a>s picks:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/square_edited-1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8112\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-8112 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/square_edited-1.jpg\" alt=\"square_edited-1\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/square_edited-1.jpg 300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/square_edited-1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/square_edited-1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/square_edited-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/square_edited-1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/square_edited-1-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>MaddAddam\u003c/em>, written by Margaret Atwood\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"float:right;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:10px\">\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/arts/preview\">\u003cimg src=\"http://u.s.kqed.net/2013/08/29/artspreviewfall2013inset.png\" alt=\"Get all our critics' fall picks\">\u003c/a>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Release date: September 3, 2013\u003cbr>\nI've loved Margaret Atwood's version of the future since I first got my hands on \u003cem>Handmaid's Tale\u003c/em> sometime inappropriate like sixth grade. Since then, I've been down with everything she writes. Even the books that don't blow my mind and change my world (\u003cem>The Robber Bride,\u003c/em> for example), keep me engaged the whole way through, which seems like a tall order sometimes. Her most recent trilogy, consisting of \u003cem>Oryx and Crake \u003c/em>and \u003cem>The Year of the Flood\u003c/em> and the new and wonderful \u003cem>MaddAddam,\u003c/em> is some of her best work. The books have everything: pre- and post-apocalypse America, romance, strange hybrid animals, religious sects, sex. I was lucky enough to get an advanced copy of \u003cem>MaddAddam \u003c/em>and truly the only negative thing I can say about it is that it ended too soon and I read it too quickly and, as a result, I was really sad for about a day and a half. Dear Margaret Atwood: WRITE MORE BOOKS. Your humble servant, Lizzy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/28007224_be_edited-1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8114\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-8114 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/28007224_BE_edited-1.jpg\" alt=\"28007224_BE_edited-1\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/28007224_BE_edited-1.jpg 300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/28007224_BE_edited-1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/28007224_BE_edited-1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/28007224_BE_edited-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/28007224_BE_edited-1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/28007224_BE_edited-1-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>Season Four of \u003c/strong>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Boardwalk Empire\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New season premiers on September 8, 2013 at 9pm on HBO\u003cbr>\nI guess I've been slowly infected by \u003cem>Boardwalk Empire\u003c/em> until it has become one of my favorite shows on TV (okay, on my laptop). Why is the gangland drama of Prohibition in New Jersey so intriguing? It's some magical mix of characters, writing, authenticity, beauty and tragedy that just works, season after watch-us-kill-your-favorite-character season. Fingers crossed the guy with half a face makes it out alive in Season Four, because he is one of the best bad/good guys HBO has ever dreamed up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/ge7MGTo6XVE\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/21dd905b/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8115\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-8115 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/21dd905b.jpeg\" alt=\"21dd905b\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/21dd905b.jpeg 300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/21dd905b-32x32.jpeg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/21dd905b-64x64.jpeg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/21dd905b-96x96.jpeg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/21dd905b-128x128.jpeg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/21dd905b-75x75.jpeg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>Chvrches\u003cem>: The Bones of What You Believe\u003c/em> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Release date: September 24, 2013\u003cbr>\nI'm going to be honest, I have no idea what \"The Mother We Share\" is about. But I also FEEL like I actually do know what it's about. Lines like \"If I told the truth, I would always be free\" and \"When it all f***s up, you put your head in my hand/It's a souvenir for when you go\" are very true, in the poetic sense of the word. So I'm pretty excited for Chvrches full-length album, coming out right before I turn 31, at a time when I will need some weepy emo truth to keep me going.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/_mTRvJ9fugM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/homeland-season-2-poster-1_edited-1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8116\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-8116 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/homeland-season-2-poster-1_edited-1.jpg\" alt=\"homeland-season-2-poster-1_edited-1\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/homeland-season-2-poster-1_edited-1.jpg 300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/homeland-season-2-poster-1_edited-1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/homeland-season-2-poster-1_edited-1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/homeland-season-2-poster-1_edited-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/homeland-season-2-poster-1_edited-1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/homeland-season-2-poster-1_edited-1-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>Season Three of \u003c/strong>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Homeland\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New season premieres on September 29, 2013 at 9pm on Showtime\u003cbr>\nCarrie on \u003cem>Homeland\u003c/em> is, of all the characters on all the TV shows ever created, the character I feel most connected to, which is insane because the only real thing we share is our gender and our general age and race. However, Claire Danes has taken playing a emotionally unstable CIA agent to a transcendent level. My hopes for Season Three are so high, I almost don't want to watch it. But then again, I am so excited for it to start I can barely breathe. More crying! More Brody! More of his daughter, taking being the teenage daughter of a war hero/terrorist to the next level!\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/iXOUIsu-E0Q\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/her_edited-1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8117\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-8117 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/Her_edited-1.jpg\" alt=\"Her_edited-1\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/Her_edited-1.jpg 300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/Her_edited-1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/Her_edited-1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/Her_edited-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/Her_edited-1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/Her_edited-1-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>Her\u003c/em>, directed by Spike Jonze\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Expected release date: December 18, 2013\u003cbr>\nIn the future, we will all fall in love with our phones because they will be programmed to be our perfect soul mate. This seems totally possible to me because what is harder and more important and more elusive than true love? Wouldn't you pay for it? I would. Luckily for humanity, Spike Jonze, creator of two of the Best Movies of All Time (\u003cem>Being John Malkovich\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Adaptation\u003c/em>) is tackling the subject early. I cannot wait so much, I am thinking of camping out in front of the theater and dressing up like a cellphone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/rS8zOLOcPMQ\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/author/emmanuelhapsis/\" target=\"_blank\">Emmanuel Hapsis'\u003c/a>s picks:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/counselor-1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8119\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-8119 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/counselor-1.jpg\" alt=\"counselor-1\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/counselor-1.jpg 300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/counselor-1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/counselor-1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/counselor-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/counselor-1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/counselor-1-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>The Counselor\u003c/em>, directed by Ridley Scott\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Expected release date: October 25, 2013\u003cbr>\nThis movie should have just been called An Embarrassment of Riches, for its subject matter (luxury sponsored by drug trafficking!) and the talent behind the project. Penelope Cruz would have been enough, but, on top of that, there's Javier Bardem, Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, and Cameron Diaz. And it's written by Cormac McCarthy! And directed by the man responsible for \u003cem>Blade Runner\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Alien\u003c/em>, and \u003cem>Legend\u003c/em>, Ridley Scott! Not sold yet? There are explosions and a pet cheetah. See you at the theater on October 25, 2013.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/AxeIeDBomrU\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/barwick/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8120\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-8120 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/barwick.jpg\" alt=\"barwick\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/barwick.jpg 300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/barwick-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/barwick-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/barwick-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/barwick-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/barwick-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>Julianna Barwick: \u003cem>Nepenthe\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's already out! Lucky you!\u003cbr>\nSome songs take you back to places you know: your childhood bedroom or the roof where you shared your first kiss. And other songs take you somewhere you've never been. Julianna Barwick accomplishes the latter with minimalistic music composed almost entirely by layering her own voice. The songs usually lack actual words, but manage to evoke an emotional landscape. I listen to her music every time I'm on a plane to escape the claustrophobia and am taken from cramped middle seat arm wrest wars to anywhere else: wind-lashed tundras, fog-filled forests, haunted convents, and underwater havens. Her latest album \u003cem>Nepenthe\u003c/em> is named after a drug mentioned in \u003cem>The Odyssey\u003c/em> that served as a remedy for grief, a way to forget sorrow. That's not too surprising since that's exactly what her music can do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/cTuxswB_Rew\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/crazy/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8129\">\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8129\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/crazy.jpg\" alt=\"crazy\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/crazy.jpg 144w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/crazy-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/crazy-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/crazy-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/crazy-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/crazy-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>The Crazy Ones\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Premieres on September 26, 2013 at 9pm on CBS\u003cbr>\nFall TV is a battlefield. Tons of brand new shows asking you to love them. Sometimes things click and you do fall in love, only to have the network axe it (R.I.P. \u003cem>Bunheads\u003c/em>), so it's understandable to not want to put yourself out there again. But that's no way to live! Onward into the arms of Robin Williams (San Francisco native!) and Sarah Michelle Gellar. In \u003cem>The Crazy Ones\u003c/em>, they play a father-daughter duo who work at a struggling advertising agency. If your debt to Mrs. Doubtfire and Buffy isn't enough to check out the pilot trailer, then a guest spot by Kelly Clarkson certainly is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/Qz-8JoUQzE0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/09/05/a-fall-guide-to-everything-you-should-care-about/lorde-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8121\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-8121 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/lorde-2.jpg\" alt=\"lorde-2\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/lorde-2.jpg 300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/lorde-2-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/lorde-2-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/lorde-2-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/lorde-2-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/09/lorde-2-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\">\u003c/a>Lorde: \u003cem>Pure Heroine\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>September 26, 2013\u003cbr>\nFeeling disillusioned by the recycled uninspired pop music you're hearing on the radio? Fear not; Ella Yelich-O’Connor a.k.a. Lorde is here to rescue your eardrums! The 16-year-old (yep, feel old) New Zealand native was discovered at the age of 13 and has been writing and making music ever since. With only an EP out there, she has already made an impact: she's the first woman to top the Billboard Alternative Songs chart since Tracy Bonham in 1996 (which happens to be the year she was born). 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The Academy Award nominated director of \u003cem>Supersize Me\u003c/em> might seem like an unlikely contender to helm a boy band movie (in 3D! It's like they're singing right at you!) but in his own words, \"Why not?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Why not One Direction?\" Spurlock said at a press conversation following the screening. \"Are you saying a handsome 42-year-old man can't be a \u003cem>directioner\u003c/em>?\" Spurlock revealed that over the years he had been offered several concert film projects (including fellow 3D experiences starring Justin Bieber and Katy Perry) but the timing had never worked out. \"Then come June [2012]: Sony calls and says 'have you ever heard of this band One Direction?' I had just been filming a series in England (\u003cem>New Britannia\u003c/em> for Sky Atlantic) and watched as they exploded in the U.K. and across Europe. Of course I knew who they were. When they asked if I wanted to come meet with them about doing a movie about these guys I was immediately like 'Yes, I would love to meet with them. I'm not going to miss the chance to do another one of these movies.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"As a documentary filmmaker, the chance to get to make a film of this scope and this scale are few and far between: they happen once every 3-4 years if you're lucky.\" Spurlock continued: \"To get to make a film with a studio, with a budget beyond anything documentary filmmakers ever get to have, to use technology you never have access to, to make a film in 3D, about a band that is one of the biggest bands in the world at such a crossroad in their career as they continue to explode into such a global phenomena is an amazing story I'd love to tell. If all those reasons why aren't good enough, let me put it into an even simpler perspective: the day this movie comes out it's going to be seen by more people around the world than have seen all my movies on opening day combined. As a filmmaker and a storyteller, why would you not want to tell that story?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the topic of 1D fans was broached Spurlock revealed that it was his idea to forgo the usual critics screenings in favor of putting journalist in the middle of the 1Der fan experience. \"We can't have press screenings. When we talked about first showing it I said 'people have to see it with the fans for them to experience it as it should be seen.' You get a sense of the fervor, of the excitement. To absorb the film surrounded by the fans is the best way to experience the movie.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Spurlock, out of all his previous films the one that best prepared him for \u003cem>This is Us\u003c/em> was 2011's \u003cem>Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope\u003c/em>, his behind the scenes look at fandom at the annual San Diego convention. \"I think that film deals with fandom and dedication without turning fans into the butt of a joke,\" he said, comparing the Comic-Com film's fan emphasis with the 1Ders who share the screen with the band. \"That same type of DNA is part of this movie. I'm a fan of lots of things but I've never been so dedicated to something that I will camp out for days to buy a ticket or catch a glimpse of someone. I've never made a sign to take somewhere to hold up or chased someone down the street to see them. With some of the fans we followed, I want to be there in the theaters for the first time as they see themselves on screen screaming and jumping up and down in front of the boys. As excited as they were on camera, I want to see what they'll do when they see themselves on film.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The film goes beyond the band's life backstage and in concert. Several scenes of the boys exploring cities on tour show the other side of the fan experience: getting trapped in stores when mobs quickly form on the street, crushing throngs grabbing at the boys before they can safely shelter themselves in waiting cars, crowds waiting outside the band's hotel who cheer the minute a band member steps near the window (one of the more humorous scenes Spurlock captures is Liam going to his hotel window, Evita like, and bringing the crowd to a screaming frenzy by simply raising his hand and then quieting them by lowering it, as though conducting a choir numbering in the thousands). The concert scenes--the 3D segments of the film--radiate with the charm that initially catapulted the boys to stardom as they perform hits \"What Makes You Beautiful\" and \"Live While We're Young.\" And the backstage antics are a reminder that for all their superstardom, we're following five young men barely out of high school. While capturing the eye-popping choreography on the stage (eye-popping in its use of 3D: Spurlock exploits the stage show's visuals and the boys' movements to great effect in the technology), there's never a lack of cutaways to the ever-present 1Ders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/28/talking-one-direction-and-surviving-fan-land-with-director-morgan-spurlock/20130827-103741-jpg/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7889\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-7889 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/20130827-103741.jpg\" alt=\"20130827-103741.jpg\" width=\"214\" height=\"314\">\u003c/a>\"What I love about them is they're still excited: there's still this incredible innocence for them.\" Spurlock answered when asked how he saw the band change in the year he spent with them on tour in North America, Europe and Asia. \"I think they've gotten used to the incredible mass of people around. As much as these guys are world famous pop stars, they're still incredibly young and to get to experience these new things with them on tour was very special. Watching them play robot soccer in Japan or getting confused by what exactly to do with miso soup just reminded you that these really are 19, 20, 21-year-old guys.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After 90 minutes sharing the same air with the One Direction fans, I felt a giddy form of exhaustion/contact high from my time in their world. I just took in a movie with them: I couldn't imagine what it would be like to be surrounded by their intensity for a full year like Spurlock, or possibly much longer like the band themselves. I thought about the crowd scenes, the car chases, the masses waiting for autographs at almost every airport the band landed at and the screaming tweens I had seen that night. After the press conversation one question remained that I hadn't been able to ask Spurlock during our time together: how fortunate for me that afterwords, we found ourselves at adjoining sinks in the men's room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Thanks for coming.\" Spurlock said, looking up while he soaped his hands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Thank you.\" I responded. \"Can I ask you one final question?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Sure.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What made you more nervous: searching for the head of Al Qaida in \u003cem>Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?\u003c/em> or almost getting crushed to death by 12-year-olds in Amsterdam while on tour with One Direction?\" Spurlock took a moment and dried his hands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was probably an equal level of self-concern in both situations\" the filmmaker answered. \"But the One Direction fans were a lot better organized.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>One Direction: This Is Us\u003c/em>\u003c/strong> Opens in theaters everywhere Friday\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The anticipation in the air was intense: it was like the moments just before a riot breaks out or the seconds before they open the doors for the Black Friday sale at Jeremy's. As one of the few adults without an accompanying child I was self-conscious and as one of the only theatergoers not decked out in fan merch, I was clearly a novice in the presence of diehards. When the lights went down, screaming adolescent girls (and some boys, good for their parents) rose in a collective frenzy and chanted their names: Zayn, Niall, Liam, Louis (and of course) Harry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/C0I9ikjQtuI\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>I had entered the land of One Direction: reality superstars, international boyband phenomenon and now, stars of their own 3-D concert film: \u003cem>One Direction: This Is Us.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Toto, we were most definitely not in Kansas any more. Kansas, in this case being press screenings. As part of the film's preview campaign traditionally staid press screenings were nixed in favor of having journalists sit amongst fans in packed houses for the authentic One Direction experience. Eventually, my ears stopped ringing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have or regularly are in contact with preteens, you probably already know about the Anglo-Irish boyband that rocketed to fame on the U.K. \u003cem>X-Factor\u003c/em> in 2010 and has since formed a nouveau British Invasion selling over 19 million singles, 10 million albums and winning every pop prize know to man including three MTV Video Music Awards (including the one they picked up Sunday for \"Best Song Ever\" as \"Song of the Summer.\") As a \"1D\" (as the kids call them) newbie, I was about to get a crash course on what makes the boys the toast of the tween set. \u003cem>This is Us\u003c/em> isn't just a film about a band: it's a film about the fans that made them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/20130827-103607.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/20130827-103607.jpg\" alt=\"20130827-103607.jpg\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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I had just been filming a series in England (\u003cem>New Britannia\u003c/em> for Sky Atlantic) and watched as they exploded in the U.K. and across Europe. Of course I knew who they were. When they asked if I wanted to come meet with them about doing a movie about these guys I was immediately like 'Yes, I would love to meet with them. I'm not going to miss the chance to do another one of these movies.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"As a documentary filmmaker, the chance to get to make a film of this scope and this scale are few and far between: they happen once every 3-4 years if you're lucky.\" Spurlock continued: \"To get to make a film with a studio, with a budget beyond anything documentary filmmakers ever get to have, to use technology you never have access to, to make a film in 3D, about a band that is one of the biggest bands in the world at such a crossroad in their career as they continue to explode into such a global phenomena is an amazing story I'd love to tell. If all those reasons why aren't good enough, let me put it into an even simpler perspective: the day this movie comes out it's going to be seen by more people around the world than have seen all my movies on opening day combined. As a filmmaker and a storyteller, why would you not want to tell that story?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the topic of 1D fans was broached Spurlock revealed that it was his idea to forgo the usual critics screenings in favor of putting journalist in the middle of the 1Der fan experience. \"We can't have press screenings. When we talked about first showing it I said 'people have to see it with the fans for them to experience it as it should be seen.' You get a sense of the fervor, of the excitement. To absorb the film surrounded by the fans is the best way to experience the movie.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Spurlock, out of all his previous films the one that best prepared him for \u003cem>This is Us\u003c/em> was 2011's \u003cem>Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope\u003c/em>, his behind the scenes look at fandom at the annual San Diego convention. \"I think that film deals with fandom and dedication without turning fans into the butt of a joke,\" he said, comparing the Comic-Com film's fan emphasis with the 1Ders who share the screen with the band. \"That same type of DNA is part of this movie. I'm a fan of lots of things but I've never been so dedicated to something that I will camp out for days to buy a ticket or catch a glimpse of someone. I've never made a sign to take somewhere to hold up or chased someone down the street to see them. With some of the fans we followed, I want to be there in the theaters for the first time as they see themselves on screen screaming and jumping up and down in front of the boys. As excited as they were on camera, I want to see what they'll do when they see themselves on film.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The film goes beyond the band's life backstage and in concert. Several scenes of the boys exploring cities on tour show the other side of the fan experience: getting trapped in stores when mobs quickly form on the street, crushing throngs grabbing at the boys before they can safely shelter themselves in waiting cars, crowds waiting outside the band's hotel who cheer the minute a band member steps near the window (one of the more humorous scenes Spurlock captures is Liam going to his hotel window, Evita like, and bringing the crowd to a screaming frenzy by simply raising his hand and then quieting them by lowering it, as though conducting a choir numbering in the thousands). The concert scenes--the 3D segments of the film--radiate with the charm that initially catapulted the boys to stardom as they perform hits \"What Makes You Beautiful\" and \"Live While We're Young.\" And the backstage antics are a reminder that for all their superstardom, we're following five young men barely out of high school. While capturing the eye-popping choreography on the stage (eye-popping in its use of 3D: Spurlock exploits the stage show's visuals and the boys' movements to great effect in the technology), there's never a lack of cutaways to the ever-present 1Ders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/28/talking-one-direction-and-surviving-fan-land-with-director-morgan-spurlock/20130827-103741-jpg/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7889\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-7889 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/20130827-103741.jpg\" alt=\"20130827-103741.jpg\" width=\"214\" height=\"314\">\u003c/a>\"What I love about them is they're still excited: there's still this incredible innocence for them.\" Spurlock answered when asked how he saw the band change in the year he spent with them on tour in North America, Europe and Asia. \"I think they've gotten used to the incredible mass of people around. As much as these guys are world famous pop stars, they're still incredibly young and to get to experience these new things with them on tour was very special. Watching them play robot soccer in Japan or getting confused by what exactly to do with miso soup just reminded you that these really are 19, 20, 21-year-old guys.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After 90 minutes sharing the same air with the One Direction fans, I felt a giddy form of exhaustion/contact high from my time in their world. I just took in a movie with them: I couldn't imagine what it would be like to be surrounded by their intensity for a full year like Spurlock, or possibly much longer like the band themselves. I thought about the crowd scenes, the car chases, the masses waiting for autographs at almost every airport the band landed at and the screaming tweens I had seen that night. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7861\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/26/miley-cyrus-does-her-best-miley-cyrus-impression-everyone-freaks-out/miley-lg2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7861\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-7861\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/miley-lg2.jpg\" alt=\"miley-lg2\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/miley-lg2.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/miley-lg2-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miley Cyrus at the VMAs/Jeff Kravitz for Getty Images\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Last night there was an awards show in Brooklyn. Depending on who you talk to, there were some shocking aspects to this show. If you ask my uncle, it was probably the very existence of Barclays Center destroying the romance/character/life/parking of Brooklyn. If you ask anyone else, \u003ca href=\"http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1713017/miley-cyrus-robin-thicke-vma-twerk.jhtml\" target=\"_blank\">it was Miley Cyrus, being as Miley as she could be\u003c/a>, dancing around in a teddy bear swimsuit, sticking her tongue out and humping stuff, on live-ish television, for us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reaction to her hypersexualized dance/sing-a-long to her own song was not exactly mixed. People either hated it because \u003ca href=\"http://www.vulture.com/2013/08/jody-rosen-miley-cyrus-vmas-minstrel.html\" target=\"_blank\">it was \"racist,\"\u003c/a> hated it because it was \u003ca href=\"http://www.nbcnews.com/entertainment/miley-cyrus-gets-embarrassingly-raunchy-vmas-8C10996038\" target=\"_blank\">\"embarrassingly raunchy\"\u003c/a> or hated it just because it was \u003ca href=\"http://www.buzzfeed.com/dorsey/mika-brzezinski-pathetic-disgusting-miley-cyrus-has-an-eatin\" target=\"_blank\">\"disgusting.\"\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dear internet: get over it and accept that Miley Cyrus just won the VMAs. Sure her singing was a little terrible but I mean, so was Robin Thicke's, the man who is technically old enough to be Miley's dad and didn't seem to have a problem with her doing her whole imitation-of-sexy-by-a-little-girl-who-watches-too-much-TV thing all over him. And just as no one was too bothered by Robin Thicke and his group of sexy girl back-up dancers and the fact that he was clearly down with Miley touching his swimsuit area with a large We're #1 hand, no one is freaking out about 2 Chainz, later in the same number, also having anonymous lady back dancers doing sexy moves. So it appears that the only person at the MTV Music Video Awards who isn't allowed to objectify women is Miley Cyrus. Does this seem unfair to you? It seems unfair to me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First: everything she sees in pop culture tells her that to be successful, and by successful I mean REALLY successful, \u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/07FYdnEawAQ\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Timberlake\u003c/a>/\u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/URO2VlLpZ5c\" target=\"_blank\">Lil Wayne\u003c/a>/\u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/Oz_-VaTHpc8\" target=\"_blank\">Jay Z\u003c/a> successful, she needs to make women sex objects in her videos. That's \u003ca href=\"http://www.ehow.com/how_5497512_become-music-video-girl.html\" target=\"_blank\">pretty much what music videos are about\u003c/a> (and this was the Music Video Awards, right?). And she wants to be that kind of successful because \u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/QYjl7e0qnhQ\" target=\"_blank\">she grew up on the Disney Channel\u003c/a> with a dad who sang \u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/byQIPdHMpjc\" target=\"_blank\">\"Achy Breaky Heart\"\u003c/a> (lots o' nice-looking country ladies in that video by the way) and it's pretty likely that the only way she measures her self-worth is by retweets, YouTube views and record sales. So if the boys are allowed to take this path to super-fame, why isn't she?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Answer: because she's a girl.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Miley doesn't care about all that. 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"content": "\u003cp>So you woke up this morning like you do every Tuesday with the thought: \"\u003cem>Well, at least it isn't Monday\u003c/em>!\" Maybe you checked in with Instagram and felt jealous of your friend who's in Ibiza or Cambodia or somewhere you've never been. Then, perhaps your friend texted you a super serious missive: \"\u003cstrong>NSYNC IS REUNITING\u003c/strong>!\" You guarded your heart because getting pumped about rumors like this can ruin your entire week, but there is the news all over the internet. It's true! You allowed yourself to lose your mind:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/20/n-sync-reunited-a-historical-moment-expressed-through-gifs/tumblr_inline_mrual4lq0p1qz4rgp/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7660\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7660\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_inline_mrual4lQ0P1qz4rgp.gif\" alt=\"excited\" width=\"195\" height=\"130\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/20/n-sync-reunited-a-historical-moment-expressed-through-gifs/tumblr_inline_mrtj4ek86f1qz4rgp/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7669\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7669\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_inline_mrtj4ek86f1qz4rgp.gif\" alt=\"colbert cry\" width=\"245\" height=\"184\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/20/n-sync-reunited-a-historical-moment-expressed-through-gifs/tumblr_ml252mhgrm1qedlsro1_250/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7698\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7698\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_ml252mhGRm1qedlsro1_250.gif\" alt=\"beyonce god is real\" width=\"245\" height=\"193\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/20/n-sync-reunited-a-historical-moment-expressed-through-gifs/tumblr_inline_mru72g6jig1qz4rgp/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7661\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7661\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_inline_mru72g6jiG1qz4rgp.gif\" alt=\"golden girls\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/20/n-sync-reunited-a-historical-moment-expressed-through-gifs/tumblr_inline_mrub0mqpar1qz4rgp/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7671\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7671\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_inline_mrub0mQpAr1qz4rgp.gif\" alt=\"stewie family guy\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is it Christmas already? What is happening?!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/20/n-sync-reunited-a-historical-moment-expressed-through-gifs/tumblr_meffe9birx1rhwqzeo1_500/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7666\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7666\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_meffe9Birx1rhwqzeo1_500.gif\" alt=\"nsync christmas\" width=\"500\" height=\"286\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's almost as good as a Spice Girls reunion!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/20/n-sync-reunited-a-historical-moment-expressed-through-gifs/tumblr_mrlt33oxak1qcela8o1_500/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7670\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7670\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mrlt33OXak1qcela8o1_500.jpg\" alt=\"nsync spice girls\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mrlt33OXak1qcela8o1_500.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mrlt33OXak1qcela8o1_500-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When all that wishing for Justin Timberlake to fail didn't work out,\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/20/n-sync-reunited-a-historical-moment-expressed-through-gifs/tumblr_mru7i54tim1sf20nyo1_500/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7662\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7662\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mru7i54tiM1sf20nyo1_500.jpg\" alt=\"justin timberlake\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mru7i54tiM1sf20nyo1_500.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mru7i54tiM1sf20nyo1_500-400x400.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mru7i54tiM1sf20nyo1_500-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mru7i54tiM1sf20nyo1_500-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mru7i54tiM1sf20nyo1_500-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mru7i54tiM1sf20nyo1_500-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mru7i54tiM1sf20nyo1_500-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>...you started to regretfully believe that you would die before a reunion would ever happen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/20/n-sync-reunited-a-historical-moment-expressed-through-gifs/tumblr_inline_mru6pebj0e1qz4rgp/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7667\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7667\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_inline_mru6pebj0e1qz4rgp.gif\" alt=\"titanic old lady\" width=\"245\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_inline_mru6pebj0e1qz4rgp.gif 245w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_inline_mru6pebj0e1qz4rgp-32x32.gif 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_inline_mru6pebj0e1qz4rgp-64x64.gif 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_inline_mru6pebj0e1qz4rgp-96x96.gif 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_inline_mru6pebj0e1qz4rgp-128x128.gif 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_inline_mru6pebj0e1qz4rgp-75x75.gif 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was tearin' up your heart so bad. It felt like Justin Timberlake, who is often thought of as the hold-out, was bathing in the tears waterfalling out of our eyes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/20/n-sync-reunited-a-historical-moment-expressed-through-gifs/tumblr_lizh9lp1if1qfnivdo1_500/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7668\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7668\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_lizh9lP1if1qfnivdo1_500.gif\" alt=\"justin timberlake cry\" width=\"500\" height=\"309\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps you were institutionalized for a little while.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/20/n-sync-reunited-a-historical-moment-expressed-through-gifs/vxd91/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7672\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7672\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/vxd91.gif\" alt=\"nsync cry\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that's behind you now! This is really happening! Will JT bring back his Ramen noodle hairdo?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/20/n-sync-reunited-a-historical-moment-expressed-through-gifs/tumblr_mru5h67mgt1qzalq2o1_400/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7674\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7674\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mru5h67MgT1qzalq2o1_400.jpg\" alt=\"justin timberlake ramen\" width=\"400\" height=\"244\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Will Topanga a.k.a. Lance Bass' former beard be there?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/20/n-sync-reunited-a-historical-moment-expressed-through-gifs/tumblr_mrpocsiw2g1sxi14lo1_500/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7675\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7675\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mrpocsIW2G1sxi14lo1_500.jpg\" alt=\"lance bass topanga\" width=\"467\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mrpocsIW2G1sxi14lo1_500.jpg 467w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mrpocsIW2G1sxi14lo1_500-400x490.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If we pray hard enough, will it be enough to manifest a special guest appearance by Britney Lynn Spears??\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HLuR8pvGXY\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/20/n-sync-reunited-a-historical-moment-expressed-through-gifs/tumblr_inline_mj8mpjy3dy1qz4rgp/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7663\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7663\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_inline_mj8mpjy3DY1qz4rgp.gif\" alt=\"britney spears\" width=\"320\" height=\"228\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The possibilities are endless! But one thing is for sure: we will all be partying like it's 1999!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/20/n-sync-reunited-a-historical-moment-expressed-through-gifs/tumblr_mpwmk3o8ap1s7mdj8o3_250/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7678\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7678\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mpwmk3o8Ap1s7mdj8o3_250.gif\" alt=\"fresh prince dance\" width=\"245\" height=\"188\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>See y'all there when MTV's Video Music Awards happen this Sunday, August 25th at 9pm! I'll be the one in the front.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/20/n-sync-reunited-a-historical-moment-expressed-through-gifs/i1ej9v/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7679\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7679\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/i1ej9v.gif\" alt=\"fan cry\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>So you woke up this morning like you do every Tuesday with the thought: \"\u003cem>Well, at least it isn't Monday\u003c/em>!\" Maybe you checked in with Instagram and felt jealous of your friend who's in Ibiza or Cambodia or somewhere you've never been. Then, perhaps your friend texted you a super serious missive: \"\u003cstrong>NSYNC IS REUNITING\u003c/strong>!\" You guarded your heart because getting pumped about rumors like this can ruin your entire week, but there is the news all over the internet. It's true! You allowed yourself to lose your mind:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/20/n-sync-reunited-a-historical-moment-expressed-through-gifs/tumblr_inline_mrual4lq0p1qz4rgp/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7660\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7660\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_inline_mrual4lQ0P1qz4rgp.gif\" alt=\"excited\" width=\"195\" height=\"130\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/20/n-sync-reunited-a-historical-moment-expressed-through-gifs/tumblr_inline_mrtj4ek86f1qz4rgp/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7669\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7669\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_inline_mrtj4ek86f1qz4rgp.gif\" alt=\"colbert cry\" width=\"245\" height=\"184\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/20/n-sync-reunited-a-historical-moment-expressed-through-gifs/tumblr_ml252mhgrm1qedlsro1_250/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7698\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7698\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_ml252mhGRm1qedlsro1_250.gif\" alt=\"beyonce god is real\" width=\"245\" height=\"193\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/20/n-sync-reunited-a-historical-moment-expressed-through-gifs/tumblr_inline_mru72g6jig1qz4rgp/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7661\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7661\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_inline_mru72g6jiG1qz4rgp.gif\" alt=\"golden girls\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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What is happening?!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/20/n-sync-reunited-a-historical-moment-expressed-through-gifs/tumblr_meffe9birx1rhwqzeo1_500/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7666\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7666\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_meffe9Birx1rhwqzeo1_500.gif\" alt=\"nsync christmas\" width=\"500\" height=\"286\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's almost as good as a Spice Girls reunion!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/20/n-sync-reunited-a-historical-moment-expressed-through-gifs/tumblr_mrlt33oxak1qcela8o1_500/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7670\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7670\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mrlt33OXak1qcela8o1_500.jpg\" alt=\"nsync spice girls\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mrlt33OXak1qcela8o1_500.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mrlt33OXak1qcela8o1_500-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When all that wishing for Justin Timberlake to fail didn't work out,\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/20/n-sync-reunited-a-historical-moment-expressed-through-gifs/tumblr_mru7i54tim1sf20nyo1_500/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7662\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7662\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mru7i54tiM1sf20nyo1_500.jpg\" alt=\"justin timberlake\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mru7i54tiM1sf20nyo1_500.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mru7i54tiM1sf20nyo1_500-400x400.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mru7i54tiM1sf20nyo1_500-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mru7i54tiM1sf20nyo1_500-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mru7i54tiM1sf20nyo1_500-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mru7i54tiM1sf20nyo1_500-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mru7i54tiM1sf20nyo1_500-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>...you started to regretfully believe that you would die before a reunion would ever happen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/20/n-sync-reunited-a-historical-moment-expressed-through-gifs/tumblr_inline_mru6pebj0e1qz4rgp/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7667\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7667\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_inline_mru6pebj0e1qz4rgp.gif\" alt=\"titanic old lady\" width=\"245\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_inline_mru6pebj0e1qz4rgp.gif 245w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_inline_mru6pebj0e1qz4rgp-32x32.gif 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_inline_mru6pebj0e1qz4rgp-64x64.gif 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_inline_mru6pebj0e1qz4rgp-96x96.gif 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_inline_mru6pebj0e1qz4rgp-128x128.gif 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_inline_mru6pebj0e1qz4rgp-75x75.gif 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was tearin' up your heart so bad. It felt like Justin Timberlake, who is often thought of as the hold-out, was bathing in the tears waterfalling out of our eyes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/20/n-sync-reunited-a-historical-moment-expressed-through-gifs/tumblr_lizh9lp1if1qfnivdo1_500/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7668\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7668\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_lizh9lP1if1qfnivdo1_500.gif\" alt=\"justin timberlake cry\" width=\"500\" height=\"309\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps you were institutionalized for a little while.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/20/n-sync-reunited-a-historical-moment-expressed-through-gifs/vxd91/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7672\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7672\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/vxd91.gif\" alt=\"nsync cry\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that's behind you now! This is really happening! Will JT bring back his Ramen noodle hairdo?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/20/n-sync-reunited-a-historical-moment-expressed-through-gifs/tumblr_mru5h67mgt1qzalq2o1_400/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7674\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7674\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mru5h67MgT1qzalq2o1_400.jpg\" alt=\"justin timberlake ramen\" width=\"400\" height=\"244\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Will Topanga a.k.a. Lance Bass' former beard be there?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/20/n-sync-reunited-a-historical-moment-expressed-through-gifs/tumblr_mrpocsiw2g1sxi14lo1_500/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7675\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7675\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mrpocsIW2G1sxi14lo1_500.jpg\" alt=\"lance bass topanga\" width=\"467\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mrpocsIW2G1sxi14lo1_500.jpg 467w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mrpocsIW2G1sxi14lo1_500-400x490.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If we pray hard enough, will it be enough to manifest a special guest appearance by Britney Lynn Spears??\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/3HLuR8pvGXY'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/3HLuR8pvGXY'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/20/n-sync-reunited-a-historical-moment-expressed-through-gifs/tumblr_inline_mj8mpjy3dy1qz4rgp/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7663\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7663\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_inline_mj8mpjy3DY1qz4rgp.gif\" alt=\"britney spears\" width=\"320\" height=\"228\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The possibilities are endless! But one thing is for sure: we will all be partying like it's 1999!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/08/20/n-sync-reunited-a-historical-moment-expressed-through-gifs/tumblr_mpwmk3o8ap1s7mdj8o3_250/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7678\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7678\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/tumblr_mpwmk3o8Ap1s7mdj8o3_250.gif\" alt=\"fresh prince dance\" width=\"245\" height=\"188\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>See y'all there when MTV's Video Music Awards happen this Sunday, August 25th at 9pm! 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/KOcqFleegYU\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>On April 2, 2002 I had tears in my eyes. I attended the Dashboard Confessional show at the Funhouse Night Club in Lackawanna, New York and by the finale, I was one among everyone screaming out the last refrain to “The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most” and feeling as though finally—as a 19-year-old young man about to graduate from his adolescence—somebody understood me. That somebody was Chris Carrabba, also known as Dashboard Confessional, a band that helped to lead one of the most hot-blooded movements in music: emo. While at many live shows, you might roll your eyes at that drunken girl beside you singing louder than the band, at any show considered emo (especially DC), your exploding vocal cords and welling eyes were not only welcomed, but warranted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those of you out there who consider yourself hardcore or punk fans (\u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_edge\">XXX\u003c/a> and all) cringe at the word emo and what it has become. The word stems from the longer term “emotional hardcore” or “emo-core,\" a subgenre of both the aforementioned scenes. Emerging in the early '80s and then “disappearing” for years, emo had what I consider its heyday (or perhaps its break into the mainstream) in the late 20\u003csup>th \u003c/sup>/ early 21\u003csup>st\u003c/sup> century, heavily influenced by '90s bands Sunny Day Real Estate and Jawbreaker. See the likes of Saves the Day, \u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/BwaY-wqeKGQ\">The Get Up Kids\u003c/a>, Jimmy Eat World, The Juliana Theory, The Promise Ring. Even bands like Death Cab for Cutie, Weezer, and \u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/wVkAsEeLd0k\">Bright Eyes\u003c/a> could be considered emo depending on both who you’re talking to and what album you’re talking about. While the genre does have its defining characteristics, who and what are emo are as debated as who and what are \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/02/fashion/williamsburg.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0\">hipsters\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then there was fashion. Stores like Hot Topic took this trend and capitalized. Why go to a Starting Line show and buy a tee shirt when you can just buy one at a store, wear it, and pretend you went to the show? Why go through all the trouble of having your artist friend design you a hollowed-out star tattoo when you can just buy a temporary one and then wash it off when it’s time to go to Olive Garden with your grandparents? Like any movement mass marketed, things start to become stale and \u003ca href=\"http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-08-19/the-real-world-returns-to-san-francisco\">lame\u003c/a>, or at least, popular opinion would have you think so. It’s surprising something as unappreciated as sensitivity became such a thing, but not surprising that it quickly died out, thick-framed glasses broken in two.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Andy Greenwald’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Nothing-Feels-Good-Punk-Teenagers/dp/0312308639/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top\">book\u003c/a> \u003cem>Nothing Feels Good: Punk Rock, Teenagers, and Emo \u003c/em>described \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emo#cite_ref-13\">emo\u003c/a> as “over the top lyrics about feelings wedded to dramatic but decidedly punk music.” And I agree. Lyrically, I believe so much of what these bands have written was inspired by not only The Smiths, and by not only one Smiths’ \u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/n-cD4oLk_D0\">song\u003c/a> but one specific line in “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out”: \u003cem>and\u003c/em> \u003cem>if a double-decker bus / crashes into us / to die by your side / is such a heavenly way to die. \u003c/em>Simultaneously blending macabre imagery and corporeal emotion with devotion and pure melodrama, Morrissey strikes emo gold. From these words came some lines that came to define new emo. Here are five of my favorites:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL06c_mCG0I\">Brand New\u003c/a>: \u003cem>I\u003c/em>\u003cem>f looks could really kill, then my profession would be staring.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/39R0vIwdKyM\">Taking Back Sunday\u003c/a>: \u003cem>The truth is you can slit my throat / and with my one last gasping breath / I’d apologize for bleeding on your shirt\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/r2qerZ8KOrU\">Alkaline Trio\u003c/a>: \u003cem>If Columbus was wrong / I’d drive straight off the edge\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/JseklLoJJYA\">Saves the Day\u003c/a>: \u003cem>My gut is burning / Won’t you find me some water? / Hey just forget it / Can you bring me gasoline?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/8-cepZ6K7mY\">Thursday\u003c/a>: \u003cem>The broken watch you gave me / turns into a compass / Its two hands still point to the same time / 12:03 / our last goodbye\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a teenager (or for some slow-growing 20-somethings), the world just does not get you. When I discovered Dashboard Confessional and this whole emo movement freshman year of college, I could not believe there was music out there that sung about exploding hearts verbatim, because that’s what I thought my heart was doing, literally. The requisite sing-alongs at shows, the tears, the depression, the lonerism of it all, was a way for kids to connect with the changing world around them as well as an attempt to unknot the tangles within. And this was especially true when dealing with matters of unrequited love...\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7630\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 350px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.deviantart.com/art/jesse-92434658\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-7630 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/jesse-2.jpeg\" alt=\"deviantart.com\" width=\"350\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/jesse-2.jpeg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/jesse-2-400x533.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jesse Lacey/Brand New\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The frontman of a band is like a bartender: they are there to serve you but are pretty much untouchable. And, as your friends might tell you of both drink slingers and lead singers, don’t even try or you’ll only end up hurt. This was not the case for me and Jesse Lacey, head honcho of Long Island emo gods Brand New. The band pushed emo into a slightly different territory. While the lyrics remained heavy-handed, the musical arrangements were tighter, more mature than many of Brand New’s contemporaries. And of course, there was Jesse, the dreamboat frontman who could kill a girl (and me!) with a half-smile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jesse’s voice throughout their 2001 debut record, \u003cem>Your Favorite Weapon\u003c/em>, was both sultry and fueled. Coming off a huge Smiths kick at that time, I recognized some phrases that Jesse used on that record that were references to Morrissey. For instance, in Brand New’s “\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCrgIDXVL-w\">Seventy Times Seven\u003c/a>,” Jesse sings \u003cem>you’re as a subtle as a brick / in the small of my back \u003c/em>while in the dirge “\u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/ZXmAjQmkkEs\">I Am Hated for Loving\u003c/a>” released almost seven years earlier, Morrissey simply sings: \u003cem>a brick in the small of the back again. \u003c/em>Obviously a simple allusion but an allusion nonetheless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now for the fun part. After a small show in Buffalo, Jesse and his band were drinking at the bar which was another fun part of emo shows: many times the walls between the audience and the music-makers were razed. I approached him with a racing heart and a dry mouth. We exchanged hellos and I told him how much I appreciated his Smiths references. And (surprise #1) he told me I was the first person to discover this and tell him. Major points. After some chitchat, we parted and I ran to my car to get Morrissey’s \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vauxhall_and_I\">\u003cem>Vauxhall and I\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, the album to which Jesse made reference and I asked him to sign it for me. When I gave him the CD he said (surprise #2), this was one of the most amazing moments of his life. I kid you not. After some thought, he went on to sign the CD with a Morrissey quote, asked me what I was up to and I said going home because I was 17 and lame. I drove home the happiest girl in the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the following summer’s Warped Tour, Brand New played to an enormous audience. Their popularity had grown three-fold and the band was unreachable. I needed to communicate with Jesse just to see if he remembered me. The tiny punk girl at the Brand New merch table said they “might” stop by the table “later” but they are busy with press and interviews. And so I did what anyone with a crush might do: I found a large rock on the ground and with logistical difficulty, wrote a Morrissey \u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/2ownZDWNIRs\">lyric\u003c/a> on it and handed it to the girl and said she MUST give this to Jesse, tell him who I am and that this is for him. With a severely disturbed look on her face, the girl said she’d do her best and I was on my way. The rock read: \u003cem>I’d rather be famous than righteous or holy / anyday, anyday, anyday. \u003c/em>I left the show feeling distraught and incomplete. This particular drive home I knew I would never see him again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7637\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 456px\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-7637 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/IMG_7404-e1376942022462.jpg\" alt=\"Vauxhall and I, as signed by Jesse Lacey\" width=\"456\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/IMG_7404-e1376942022462.jpg 1086w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/IMG_7404-e1376942022462-400x533.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/08/IMG_7404-e1376942022462-800x1066.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vauxhall and I, as signed by Jesse Lacey\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Need a little more emo magic today? 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