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  • January 20th, with Dog.

    My dog doesn’t know who the president is. He wouldn’t recognize that kind of authority, even if he did understand it. He barely recognizes mine. Corgis are herding dogs, and they are always looking for purpose. He grabs at our sneakers when we try to leave the house without him, he places his toys in…

  • Winamp Wednesday: And Mark Our Page…

    Winamp Wednesday is our continuing feature spotlighting Napster favorites from the wild-west days of the early internet. This summer we’re covering the best of 1999: the B-Sides, live shows, off-air recordings, classics, and today’s track… Wilco, “In a Future Age” I think it should be said at the top that I really didn’t expect to live…

  • Every Day, Every Night: Santana’s Supernatural at 25

    There’s probably some seldom-used word that captures the exact teenage sensation of the first time you realize a band you’ve loved all your life has a new record in stores. After a long break or maybe a bunch of strange side projects and winding paths suddenly there was something big and complete on the horizon,…

  • Ranking the Movie Posters of May 1999

    For being the month new Star Wars finally rampaged into our lives, May was surprisingly busy at American theaters. Perhaps the studios had learned something from avoiding Godzilla the year before and figured, hey, if it’s bad we can soak up some of the business. We got the wide break of Election to start the…

  • Triple Play for Opening Day

    MLB Opening Day appeared on the calendar seemingly out of nowhere this year. Was spring training all of a week long? Did the Seoul Series throw all sense of time into chaos? No matter; here comes the full season whether we’re ready or not. I grew up a gigantic baseball fan, my childhood bookended by…

  • The Greatest Characters from the Greatest Movie Ever Made, i.e. Rumble in the Bronx: Part One

    What can I say that hasn’t already been said about Rumble in the Bronx? It was the film that finally broke Jackie Chan into western theaters after years of Americans deciding Police Story isn’t the raddest thing ever made. Instead of having Jackie do what Jackie does—be Bruce Lee if Bruce Lee was also Buster…

  • Welcome Inside The Wooden Block Labyrinth

    What is it? It could be anything. Like Zombo.Com, we welcome you to Zombo Com The Wooden Block Labyrinth. Hello! You’re here! Where is here? This is The Wooden Block Labyrinth, and it’s a website like the ones you used to know. It’s written and run by a pop-culture enthusiast who is enthusiastic about things…

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    The Wooden Block Labyrinth will be open soon…

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