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‘Fresh Off The Boat’ a refreshing addition to TV

Kevin Salat | Monday, February 9, 2015

There is a promising amount of comedy television programming that displays newfound racial diversity this season. ABC currently airs Anthony Anderson’s “Black-ish,” in which an African-American family lives in a white upper-class neighborhood and rediscovers their heritage, and “Cristela,” in which comedian Cristela Alonzo attends law school part-time and lives with her Mexican-American family. Rounding out

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Top 20(albums)14

Erin McAuliffe, Kevin Salat, Allie Tollaksen, Matt McMahon, Matthew Munhall and Jimmy Kemper | Wednesday, December 10, 2014

1) St. Vincent – “St. Vincent” St. Vincent, 32 year-old lavender-haired Annie Clark, released her self-titled fourth album this year as her cult leader, new-age rockstar persona — referenced by everyone from The New Yorker to my dad. Her robotic-performance tendencies and brassy, electronic interludes contribute to the otherworldly and dominating effect of this

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Don’t Stop Believin’ Your “Sopranos” Theory

Kevin Salat | Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Ever since HBO’s game-changing drama, “The Sopranos,” ended with a famous cut to black in 2007, the Internet has debated ceaselessly the fate of Tony and the rest of the Soprano family. Many believe that, on a show so riddled with death imagery and foreshadowing, it was fairly obvious that the Italian gangster antihero was shot

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Interpol’s “El Pintor” falls short

Kevin Salat | Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Because of Interpol’s creativity and talent, it is fitting that the title of their new album, “El Pintor,” which means “the painter” in Spanish, is an anagram of the band’s name. From the very beginning, coming into the New York music scene with their 2002 debut “Turn on the Bright Lights,” Interpol’s sleek, post-punk sound

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‘Silicon Valley’: Smashed Start-Up Stereotypes

Kevin Salat | Monday, April 7, 2014

From cable network shows like “Adventure Time” and “Workaholics” to the brilliant web series “High Maintenance,” it’s been boom time for stoner TV. Looking at the promos for HBO’s new Sunday night comedy “Silicon Valley,” I got the sense that HBO was going to hop on the same bandwagon, using drug culture and humor as

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HIMYM ends, but its legacy lives on

Kevin Salat | Sunday, March 30, 2014

On Monday at 8 p.m., the CBS sitcom “How I Met Your Mother” (HIMYM) ends its momentous nine-season run with an hour-long series finale, culminating in the titular encounter between Ted (Josh Radnor) and his unnamed future wife (Cristin Milioti) and a look into the characters’ lives in present-day 2030. For diehard fans of the

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‘The Americans’ Bids for Best TV Drama

Kevin Salat | Tuesday, March 18, 2014

“True Detective” quickly came and went, a new season of “Mad Men” is still a month away, and now there are shoes to fill for TV’s best drama. Thankfully, creators Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields have come to the rescue with their excellent FX series “The Americans.” This Cold War drama about KGB spies posing