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...serving sites," and they range from marginally useful (IsItChristmas.com answers "No" 364 days a year) to handy (HowMuchIsAStamp.com) to the surprisingly interesting (HowManyPeopleAreInSpaceRightNow.com). Not all the sites answer questions; some just state facts. The legume featured in ThisPeanutLooksLikeADuck.com is, indeed, uncannily ducklike. Eighty-eight-year-old Godfather actor Abe Vigoda is still alive, according to the one fact available at AbeVigoda.com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where's Balloon Boy? Ask the Web | 10/19/2009 | See Source »

...removed the essential infectious melodies and beats. In the best of the genre, music emerges from the noise and occasional harmonies clarify overwhelming dissonances. Carefree chaos and defiant strength become nonsensical, not mysterious or intriguing, when nothing stands in contrast. Similar no-fi bands like No Age and Abe Vigoda express in their work an implicit understanding that powerful beats and electronic tones work best in the support of catchy tunes. “Wavvves” only demonstrates Williams’ failure to realize his impressive artistic potential...

Author: By Antonia M.R. Peacocke, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Wavves | 3/20/2009 | See Source »

...Velvet Underground’s “Sister Ray” floating just below the surface on “Fuckbook.” At the same time, Condo Fucks invoke a sonic mantle more recently taken up by lo-fi revivalists like No Age, Abe Vigoda and Times New Viking—the latter even features a track called “Times New Viking Vs. Yo La Tengo” on their latest album. This last point is more coincidence than self-conscious imitation, though; “Fuckbook” is the sound of a band...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Condo Fucks | 3/11/2009 | See Source »

...hamantash!" Ward elbowed me to shut up as Tony Martin, her husband, walked by. Not only is Martin alive, but so, Ward explained, is Charisse. For a minute I was pretty sure I was going to get beat up by a guy who gets his steak cut by Abe Vigoda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Take My Membership. Please | 5/15/2000 | See Source »

...RENO'S REDEMPTION When tragedy strikes the destitute and downtrodden, Reno and her sidekick, Gramps (Abe Vigoda), dole out free legal advice and a hefty shoulder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 19, 1998 | 1/19/1998 | See Source »

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