Win Tickets to ‘Star Wars: Return of the Jedi’ in Concert
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away (ok, actually just Earth 40 years ago in May 1983),
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Music
Hard NOC Life 322: Mega Ran Opens Up ‘Buddy’s Magic Toy Box’
Keith welcomes official Friend of the NOC, Mega Ran back to the podcast to celebrate the release of his forthcoming
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‘Barbie’ Star Ryan Gosling Offers BTS’ Jimin a Gift
It’s no surprise that BTS ARMY, the fandom name for the global superstars BTS, noticed Ryan Gosling, as Ken from
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‘Rogers: The Musical’ Creatives Wanted to Focus on Steve and Peggy’s Love Story
Disney California Adventure has a new show at the Hyperion Theatre and it’s one that was born from a silly
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Do Not Throw Away Your Shot to Sing-Along with ‘Hamilton’
Nearly three years to the day of its streaming debut, Disney+ will be releasing a special “Sing-Along” version of the
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Happy World Tetris Day with Apple TV+ and aespa!
It’s World Tetris Day! In honor of the day that inventor created the game in 1984, Apple TV+ wanted to
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Southern Fried Asian: Nat Myers
Southern Fried Asian returns for a special AAPI Heritage Month episode featuring Kentucky-based blues musician, Nat Myers! He and Keith
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Super Smack is Shamelessly Asian American in “Orange Chicken!”
It was a pleasant surprise to see an email invite from Super Smack inviting me to the listening party for
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Hard NOC Life 306: De La Soul is Not Dead
On this special episode of Hard NOC Life, Shawn Taylor returns to join Keith as they look back at the
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De La Forever
I miss cassettes and CDs. I used my thumbnail to slice open the plastic. It took a couple of tries, but I finally got it. I still remember what it smelled like. I took out the J-card and it was as long as a CVS receipt, and there was a comic printed on it. This was some Grade A nerdiness, and I was intrigued.
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‘I Wanna Dance with Somebody’ Blu-ray Giveaway
Here at the NOC, we believe the children are our future. Teach them well, and let them win an I
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Super Smack’s Journey to Reclaim Cuteness
It’s been well over a year since I met Super Smack in our last interview for his song “Black and
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FDI Cast 155: All Drinks Must Be Delivered with a Rocket Pop
Brandon checks in and recounts his adventures in the OC.
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Listen to B2EMO’S Extra Emo Playlist After Watching ‘Andor’
As both an emo girl and a Star Wars fan for life, it felt only fitting that I come up
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FDI Cast 154: SPX Mofongo Your Own Way
We report in with our homework for our Yacht Rock project, and Jamie recounts his Small Press Expo food adventures!
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FDI Cast 153: It’s Tuesday, Lemon
Technically, it’s Wednesday, but we record Tuesday. We continue our plans for our yacht rock band and Brando has things
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FDI Cast 151: It’s Meatball Burger Time
We share our easy to remember, go-to recipes. And possibly start a new project.
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FDI Cast 148: The Metallicast!
It’s all Metallica, all the time! We talk about how we first got into Metallica, our “Desert Island Disks,” and
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Camp McDonald’s Celebrates Summer with Deals, Collabs, and Concerts
McDonald’s decided to celebrate the summer with its first-of-its-kind virtual experience, Camp McDonald’s via their app. For 27 days, starting
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KCON Announces Full Artist Line-Up for KCON 2022 Los Angeles in August
CJ ENM revealed their headline artists for the World’s No. 1 K-Culture Festival, KCON 2022 in Los Angeles! Celebrating its
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Shakira Discusses Her New Series, ‘Dancing with Myself’
Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to cover the 2022 NBCUniversal Upfront Red Carpet and speak with Shakira! The
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FDI Cast 143: Claptons of Fun
Let it be known that on this podcast, Bradon predicts that when old Slow Ass, Eric Clapton, recovers from COVID,
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FDI Cast 138: Keep on Truckin’
As we big good riddance to the People’s Convoy, we take on Fender’s newest guitar body shape which is actually
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