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Craig Bullimore (1 KP) rated Ready Player One in Books

Jan 5, 2018

Ready Player One

Ernest Cline | 2011 | Fiction & Poetry

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80s pop culture references (2 more)

Intriging view of the future of technology

A bit geeky

Awesome Read

One of the best books ive read in a long time. I could barely put it down.
The continuous 80s pop culture references blend in effortlessly with the future in this book. The story was truely engaging and the take on yechnology and human interaction is not unbelievable.

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Kelsey (4 KP) rated Ready Player One in Books

Jan 4, 2019

Ready Player One

Ernest Cline | 2011 | Fiction & Poetry

9

8.9

(161 Ratings)

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Wow! This novel deserves all the hype it gets. It's manages to be incredibly magical in such a sci-fi world, yet still remaining relatable. The characters are beautifully rounded and strong. The one downside is, if you have very little knowledge of 80's pop culture references, you may find yourself lost in this one.

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Micah Ulibarri (79 KP) rated Primal Heart by Kimbra in Music

Apr 24, 2018

Primal Heart by Kimbra

2018 | Alternative, Pop, Singer-Songwriter

7

8.5

(2 Ratings)

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This is a good album. It snuckup on me one day during a long drive, and I ended up listening to all of it.
While it does miss a certain WOW factor most of the songs are very good. The sound mostly blends current dance and pop music with a pop sound that reminds me a little more of 90s pop.
Some stand out tracks would be Recovery (which I can't stop listening to) and Top of the World, which is actually a bit off the beaten path when compared to the other songs on the album.
All in all it kept me listening.

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David Koechner recommended Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) in Movies (curated)

"I saw it when I was 13 and it had an amazing impact on me, I couldn’t believe something was so funny and so smart. The level of writing is so crazy; it’s a continual inspiration. It blew my mind. I was at home babysitting my younger siblings. My parents were out dancing, and it came on at 1:30 AM. I would watch Saturday Night Live, and it was on after. I thought it was a horror film to start because it’s dark and there’s the pop-pop-pop and there’s smog. In the movie, that’s their preamble thing that I missed, so I didn’t know it was a comedy."

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Entertainment Editor (1988 KP) shared own list

Oct 16, 2017

In September there was everything from psychedelic dance-rock by the Horrors, to Latin pop from J Balvin, to glacial dub techno by Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe.

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The Guardian's Best Tracks of September

The Guardian has rounded up the best 10 songs from the previous month and stuck them in a beautifully sequenced playlist:

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Permanating by Steven Wilson

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Unforgettable (featuring Swae Lee & J Balvin) by French Montana

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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) shared Entertainment Editor 's list

Oct 25, 2017

Iggy Pop is totally on a Tom Waits wavelength in his new collaboration album Loneliness Road. Some classics and new faces here in the world of jazz:

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Observer: Best Jazz Albums of 2017

From the coolest member of the Rolling Stones to a punk icon trying on his Sinatra fedora to a former bartender who mixes sounds through her trumpet, jazz music is anything if not diverse.