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"The Cool Stuff" with Paul Tatara
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Screenwriter, essayist, rock & roll lover, jazz lover, movie obsessive. I can talk passionately about all of these subjects and can at least fake knowing about others. I laugh a lot, but do not consider laughter the best medicine. That would be NyQuil.
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Listen Up: Frank Sinatra Does Christmas
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Listen Up: Frank Sinatra Does Christmas
Every bit as well as you expect him to, too.
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December 1, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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They Loved When I Didn't Like Them
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They Loved When I Didn't Like Them
Movies I reviewed for CNN, that is.
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November 3, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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"Hello, Everyone, This is Howard Cosell."
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"Hello, Everyone, This is Howard Cosell."
Speaking of sports, speaking his mind, and being quite a giant asshole when he wanted to be.
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September 22, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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NFL Week 1- Start Eating!
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NFL Week 1- Start Eating!
My interest in pro football is probably more of an interest in stuffing my face at this point.
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September 7, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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Listen Up: Serge Gainsbourg, French Pop's Legendary Provocateur
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Listen Up: Serge Gainsbourg, French Pop's Legendary Provocateur
You may not know who he is, but he was a button-pushing genius.
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August 25, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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Listen Up: Dr. John, The Night Tripper (and Dr. John)
Groove to the funky transmogrifications of one Mac Rebennack.
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August 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Watch It: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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Watch It: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Dir: Steven Spielberg (1977)
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August 11, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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Watch It: "Network"
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Watch It: "Network"
Dir: Sidney Lumet (1976)
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August 4, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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Why Louis Armstrong and Charlie Chaplin Will Always Matter
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Why Louis Armstrong and Charlie Chaplin Will Always Matter
They're spokesmen for the human spirit, that's why.
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July 21, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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Listen Up: The Legend of Ronnie Lane
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Listen Up: The Legend of Ronnie Lane
Raise a pint to a musician whose record sales never approached the size of his footloose spirit. Ronnie Lane was quite a person.
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July 16, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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The Uncool Stuff
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The Uncool Stuff
I've had something to say, and I'm going to say it.
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July 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Cool Groove #7: "Ain't It Funky Now"
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Cool Groove #7: "Ain't It Funky Now"
"Ain't It Funky Now" by James Brown. Album: Love Power Peace (Live at the Olympia, Paris) (1971)
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July 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Watch It: "Straight Time"
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Watch It: "Straight Time"
dir: Ulu Grosbard (1978)
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June 23, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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A taco by any other name is still a taco.
June 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Little Paulie Gets Into Movies
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Little Paulie Gets Into Movies
And he never gets out.
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June 9, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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Watch It: The Fatal Glass of Beer
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Watch It: The Fatal Glass of Beer
dir: Clyde Bruckman (with W.C. Fields)
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June 2, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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The Wreck of the Ol' Nine-Aught
The wheels once fell off my school bus. And not metaphorically speaking.
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May 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Candy Bars I Have Known
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Candy Bars I Have Known
And I've known a few.
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May 12, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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Cool Groove #6: Come and Get It
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Cool Groove #6: Come and Get It
Badfinger...if not Paul McCartney (1970)
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May 5, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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Lying Your Way to Victory
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Lying Your Way to Victory
Rosie Ruiz was ahead of her time, America-wise.
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April 28, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Better Pitching Through Lysergic Acid Diethylamide
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Better Pitching Through Lysergic Acid Diethylamide
Dock Ellis did it his way.
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April 21, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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Crash Course
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Crash Course
Evel Knievel only succeeded when he failed.
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April 14, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Watch It: Gonzo: The Life and Work of Hunter S. Thompson
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Watch It: Gonzo: The Life and Work of Hunter S. Thompson
dir: Alex Gibney (2008)
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April 7, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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Listen Up: Marshall Crenshaw
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Listen Up: Marshall Crenshaw
Marshall Crenshaw (1982)
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March 31, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Sometimes You Forget the Words
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Sometimes You Forget the Words
But it's the recovery that counts.
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March 21, 2025 at 4:11 AM