Other very, very good sounds coming out of R&B:

The issue is not that the illustrious slow jam is in crisis... it's that the American mainstream music industry likes to peddle sub-par BS like Robin Thicke in favor of the really, super good stuff (those kids over in the UK are kicking ass right now though, Sam Smith is craze amaze). Nowadays you need to dig a…

They are unconventional because they are not seen as cute by the typical Korean Pop standard. At least that's the way my friend who grew up in Korea explained it to me. Just trust that it's a cultural thing that you don't understand because you are outside of that culture. I look at 2ne1 and all I see is 4 really…

Yes so much to everything you've said! I've dated a number of nice guys (really nice guys, not just guys who claim to be nice) from OKC and it's always tough to admit that being "nice" doesn't mean things will work out. If you can't be happy with that person you just can't.

This is fascinating! I've always wondered if a dudes experience with OKC was as weird/hilarious as the experiences my friends and I go through and it sounds like it is (just in a different way). You should create a Tumblr. I'd read it.

I understand the notion of feeling "replaced" as a best friend because almost every single one of my best friendships from elementary school through college ended in pretty dramatic/bad ways where one of us felt like "We're just not best friends anymore... she's your best friend now." It created a lot of drama in my…