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Rob Sheffield (born February 2, 1966) is an American music journalist and author.

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It's always that one song that gets to you. You can hide, but the song comes to find you.

Gets, Hide, Sheffield, Song

God bless America - what other civilization would give Patrick Dempsey another shot to rule as a sex symbol, twenty years after 'Meatballs III: Summer Job?' His reign as Dr. McDreamy on 'Grey's Anatomy' is proof that there's nothing we love more than giving Eighties celebs a heartwarming second stab at life.

Give, Jobs, Mcdreamy, Sex, Shot, Summer

'I'll Tumble 4 Ya' has to be one of the most ridiculous hit singles that any international superstars have given the world.

Ridiculous, Singles, Superstar, World

I will always love the Clash, because I loved them so much when I was fourteen, and I love how you can start a conversation with almost literally any dude about the Clash.

Clash, Conversation, Dude, Fourteen, Start

Like many other touchstones of twenty-first-century pop culture, 'The Sopranos' was hatched in the late Nineties, predicting a future that never arrived. It was designed for a decade that would be just like the Nineties, except more so, in an America that enjoyed seeing itself as smarter and braver and freer than ever before.

America, Pop, Smarter, Touchstones, Twenties, Would Be

It goes without saying that 'Buncha Losers' comedies speak to tough times. The massive unemployment of the Reagan years gave us 'Taxi,' 'Cheers' and the genre-defining 'Night Court,' a show you could never admit to watching without making people feel sorry for you.

Cheer, Making, Night, People, Sorry, Times

Rock stars did not invent burning out. They just do it louder.

Burning, Louder, Rock, Rocks, Stars

Baseball's Opening Day is full of time-honored traditions: the President throws out the first ball, the Cubs' starting pitcher walks away with a 54. 00 ERA, the Royals get mathematically eliminated from the pennant race.

Baseball, Day, Opening, President, Race, Starting

I've built my whole life around loving music. I'm a writer for 'Rolling Stone,' so I am constantly searching for new bands and soaking up new sounds.

Band, Bands, Life, Rolling, Sound, Stone

The Word 'Repulse': I hate this word. I believe 'repel' is a perfectly good word, and 'repulsion' is the noun, as well as the title of an excellent Dinosaur Jr. song. A compulsion compels you; an impulse impels you. Nobody ever says 'compulse' or 'impulse' as a verb. So why would you ever say 'repulse'? This word haunts me in my sleep, like a silver dagger dancing before my eyes. Renee looked it up and I was wrong. But I still kind of think I'm right.

Believe, Hate, Says, Silver, Song, Title

'American Horror' is the debasement of the suburban family, the way a lonely kid would have imagined it in the Seventies.

Horror, Imagined, Kid, Kids, Lonely, Way

Ron Swanson is more than the MVP of the 'Parks and Recreation' squad, more than just the funniest character on TV - he's the perfect depiction of aggrieved American manhood at the twilight of the empire.

Character, Empire, Funniest, Mvp, Twilight

One of Renee's friends asked her, "Does your boyfriend wear glasses?" She said, "No, he wears a Walkman.

Doe, Friends, Glasses, Said, Wear, Your Boyfriend

On 'Idol,' Steven Tyler will be sitting at a table with two other judges, and part of his job will be keeping his yap zipped while they talk. This makes no sense at all, since Tyler has zero yap-zipping skills.

Idols, Jobs, Judges, Keeping, Sitting, Zero

I was totally clueless about social interaction, and completely scared of girls. All I knew was that music was going to make girls fall in love with me.

Clueless, Completely, Falling In Love, Girl, Interaction, Social

The Stones suggested that if you dabble in decadence, you could turn into a devil-worshipping junkie. Paul McCartney suggested that if you mess around with girl worship, you could turn into a husband. So Paul was a lot scarier.

Girl, Husband, Mccartney, Paul, Worship You

The way I pictured it, all this grief would be like a winter night when you're standing outside. You'll warm up once you get used to the cold. Except after you've been out there for awhile, you feel the warmth draining out of you and you realize the opposite is happening; you're getting colder and colder, as the body heat you brought outside with you seeps out of your skin. Instead of getting used to it, you get weaker the longer you endure it.

Brought, Grief, Night, Warm, Weaker, Winter

Big Star invented a vision of bohemian rock & roll cool that had nothing to do with New York, Los Angeles or London, which made them completely out of style in the 1970s, but also made them an inspiration to generations of weird Southern kids.

Angeles, Bohemian, Inspiration, Invented, New York, Stars

But MTV relishes its vestigial role as a star maker, so every year it puts all its clout into making the VMAs the biggest, splashiest, loudest show-biz extravaganza of the year, honoring all this music for existing, after a year of paying barely any attention to it.

Making, Mtv, Stars, Vestigial, Vmas, Years

Celebrity despicability is a precious thing.

Celebrity, Despicability, Precious, Precious Things, Thing

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