In Taipei, I discovered a Taiwanese band named 1976, which formed eight years before the band The 1975. This discovery led me to Google. Is 1970 a band? Is 1971 a band? Yes, 1971 is a Bangladeshi band, seemingly named after the year of the…

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"Demo" Okay, 1. It's 2014. Why are you still handing out CDs? Just share your music on the Internet!, and 2. How can you expect me to give you money for a CD that I didn't ask for? After declining to give him money, what…

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Has it been three weeks? I'm ready to go home, and yet not.

So… You have to pay to read The Onion in Taiwan. "Only $0.99 for the first month" – how Comcastic. Exploring Taipei gastronomically has been somewhat challenging, as Eater doesn't have a "Top 38 Restaurants" list or "Where to Eat Now" heat map for the…

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So… Taipei's government blocks adamriff.com on the city's free public wi-fi. I wonder if you can access adamriff.com at all in China. Public urinals in Taipei flush automatically when you "approach" them, but you have to approach them to pee, so they flush before you…

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This billboard has EVERYTHING: Adam Sandler on an ostrich, Drew Barrymore in a parachute, an African savanna, four brunettes with the same hairstyle, Terry Crews holding a gold microphone… Related: RE: Godzilla More like MUTOs (feat. Godzilla), amirite? Juliette Binoche has a larger role. Standing…

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This past weekend, my cousin Wayne, cousin 16 of 18, B's brother, who was once literally in his father's doghouse, locked inside overnight as punishment, who rented every single horror film at our local Blockbuster, who was caught stealing copy machines from the Staples he…

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