Author Archives: Shawn Crawford

The Rant is Out There

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The Wednesday Pop Culture Rant has yet to calibrate our level of enthusiasm for the return of The X-Files. Seeing Mulder and Scully again will warm our hearts, but we assume The Smoking Man has died of COPD, and we … Continued

Documentation

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Every film festival has its own niche, its special vibe, its thing. Toronto overwhelms you with volume, volume, volume. Sundance operates as a hype machine. Telluride prides itself on offering the North American premiere for most of its screenings, and … Continued

Rant Me Like a Hurricane

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The Wednesday Pop Culture Rant would like to congratulate Tyler Armstrong of Indiana for running a meth lab out of a Wal-Mart bathroom. And really, when you see Wal-Mart’s prices on cold medicine and drain opener, you can’t afford not … Continued

Stomp and Slide

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Molly Gene, aka One Whoaman Band, rocked the True/False Film Festival last year, so I was glad to see her in the lineup again. The Festival has always offered live music before each film, and the tradition has grown into … Continued

A Rant is Still a Rant

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The Wednesday Pop Culture Rant has been getting acclimated to our new digs here at Calliope Crashes. The boss needs to get over himself, but what are you going to do? We can’t help it if we’re the cash cow … Continued

Welcome to the Show

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Calliope Crashes has finally arrived. Sure, maybe you haven’t been pining for yet another internet entrant, but we have been thinking about a place like this for a very long time. A place to write and think about the many … Continued

Surviving BRS

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From roughly 1977-1982 Burt Reynolds owned the American box office. The period marked the culmination of a steady climb to prominence beginning with Deliverance, continuing with The Longest Yard, and exploding with Smokey and the Bandit. Grossing an incredible $126 million, Bandit would be a … Continued

No. 1 with a Bullet

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Calliope Crashes understands you can’t have the internet without the listicle, as the entire web tubes would collapse without it. The world of the listicle breaks down into some basic categories. Food dominates listmania, with prep (5 Easy Lunches to … Continued

This Rant is Your Rant

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The Wednesday Pop Culture Rant would like to wish Woody Guthrie’s “This Land is Your Land” a happy 75th birthday. Apparently Woody had heard quite enough of Kate Smith belting out “God Bless America” on the radio and decided to … Continued

Keep Your Distance

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I’m the dude playin’ the dude, disguised as another dude!–Tropic Thunder I created the side project before I formed the band. Released the remixes before the tracks. Inked the deal for the sequel moments before the origin story. Generated clamor … Continued