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Israel Daramola

Death To The NCAA

Let’s See How Dumb We Can Make The College Football Playoff

2 small boys playing Street Smart video game

Mods Asleep

A Playlist Of Pop That Sounds Like My Gamer Youth

Listening Habits

In Pursuit Of Personal Taste

NFLPA Executive Director Lloyd Howell discusses the state of the union and its direction for the upcoming year before fielding questions from the media on February 05, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Bills Week

Bills Players Among Many In Need Of New Union Head

How ‘Kill Bill’ Changed The Action Blockbuster

Kelsey McKinney

Rachelle Hampton

Arts And Culture

Can We Pull You For A Chat?

Music

How Leaks Became The Last Vestige Of Communal Music Discovery

Houston Wins The Latest Kevin Durant Sweepstakes

Photo from the No Kings protest in Los Angeles.

Politics

So What Is It Gonna Take?

Is This An Era Of Cultural Stagnation?

The Cool Athlete Is No Longer In Production

Defector At The Movies

Spike Lee’s Malcolm X Still Lives

A bunch of Danny McBride characters from Righteous Gemstones, Vice Principals and Eastbound & Down

Every Episode Of The Danny McBride HBO Universe, Ranked

The Draft Tunnel Is Too Long

‘Sinners’ Is A Worthy Blockbuster

The Case For A New MTV

College Football

Nico Iamaleava Leaves Tennessee To Seek More Money In The Transfer Portal

Welcome To The Scam Century

Gangsta Grillz Is Forever

Photo of Val Kilmer signing a movie poster.

Remembering Val Kilmer In Five Movies

Seth Rogen’s ‘The Studio’ Is The Latest Example Of TV’s Silver Age

What Is An Industry Plant Anyway?

Dave McKenna

Ray Ratto

David Roth

Lauren Theisen

John Paul Jones, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page from rock group Led Zeppelin perform live on stage at Earls Court in London on 24th May 1975. The image is in black and white; the Defector Music Club badge, at upper right, is not.

Defector Music Club Is Getting The Led Out

Playboi Carti Goes Big Game Hunting

To Live And Age In Rap Music