{"id":1431,"date":"2007-04-06T06:00:54","date_gmt":"2007-04-06T11:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-apr-6-2007\/"},"modified":"2007-04-06T06:06:36","modified_gmt":"2007-04-06T11:06:36","slug":"unrequired-reading-apr-6-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-apr-6-2007","title":{"rendered":"Unrequired Reading: Apr. 6, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the jump, a bunch of links I didn’t have time to expound upon this week!<\/p>\n

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Sammy Hagar is much more successful as a tequila marketer<\/a> than as a rock star. (Funnily enough, the Van Halen reunion tour collapsed because Eddie has a drinking problem.)<\/p>\n

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The Sopranos<\/em> returns this weekend; Steven Malanga writes about the banality of their real-life inspiration<\/a>. And he’s not talking about the Arendt-sense<\/a> of banality here.<\/p>\n

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Jacob Weisberg at Slate bashes the green tea phenomenon<\/a>. I drink the stuff mid-morning as a lesser-caffeinated change-of-pace from the big black coffee I usually quaff, but hey.<\/p>\n

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I once wrote an unfair review of Richard Sala’s comics<\/a> that he actually cited in an interview as something he took sorta personally. Fortunately, in this new interview<\/a>, he doesn’t call me out like a bitch or anything for misremembering his amazing body of work.<\/p>\n

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Wrestling moves gone wrong<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I bought this desk<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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