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"Our band is not really good at anything but writing songs."

"I have been searching to feel comfortable with who I am my whole life."

A group of legendary musicians salute an all-time great

"I told the audience they had given me an erection."

"There’s no place that fucks like New York City"

"I was playing a character in a teen band that had no connection to me"

"You might try skipping the Bedford Avenue stop"

"Maturity has to be one of the most boring words in the English language."

Recycled tropes of blockbuster season

Don't let the fact Will Smith isn't fending off aliens while cracking one-liners this Fourth of July fool you: Hollywood continues its rich tradition when it kicks off summer movie season this week, unleashing a barrage of big movies over the hot months to excite your senses and insult your intellect. The only question left is who will emerge triumphant at the box office? As anybody who's ever read a summer movie guide knows, forecasting the summer's biggest hits is a science akin to predicting asteroid strikes on earth. What the heck -- let me take a stab at this. I'm going to put Iron Man 2 in the box-office "winner" category. I also get a good feeling about this teen vampire movie I've heard about. And we're guessing that awesomely cool looking sci-fi thriller from the guy who directed The Dark Knight and starring Leonardo DiCaprio will pan out. Hey, that wasn't that hard after all. The real challenge: deciding which summer release in a crowded field of competitors will bomb the hardest.