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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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"The Cool Stuff" with Paul Tatara @thecoolstuff.bsky.social · 1d
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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"The Cool Stuff" with Paul Tatara @thecoolstuff.bsky.social · Sep 22
"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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"The Cool Stuff" with Paul Tatara @thecoolstuff.bsky.social · Sep 7
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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"The Cool Stuff" with Paul Tatara @thecoolstuff.bsky.social · Aug 25
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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"The Cool Stuff" with Paul Tatara @thecoolstuff.bsky.social · Aug 24
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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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"The Cool Stuff" with Paul Tatara @thecoolstuff.bsky.social · Aug 11
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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"The Cool Stuff" with Paul Tatara @thecoolstuff.bsky.social · Aug 4
Watch It: "Network"
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Watch It: "Network"
Dir: Sidney Lumet (1976)
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"The Cool Stuff" with Paul Tatara @thecoolstuff.bsky.social · Jul 21
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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"The Cool Stuff" with Paul Tatara @thecoolstuff.bsky.social · Jul 16
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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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"The Cool Stuff" with Paul Tatara @thecoolstuff.bsky.social · Jul 16
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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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"The Cool Stuff" with Paul Tatara @thecoolstuff.bsky.social · Jul 16
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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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"The Cool Stuff" with Paul Tatara @thecoolstuff.bsky.social · Jul 16
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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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"The Cool Stuff" with Paul Tatara @thecoolstuff.bsky.social · Jul 16
I write about it in this article, Steve. It's great.

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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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"The Cool Stuff" with Paul Tatara @thecoolstuff.bsky.social · Jul 16
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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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"The Cool Stuff" with Paul Tatara @thecoolstuff.bsky.social · Jul 16
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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"The Cool Stuff" with Paul Tatara @thecoolstuff.bsky.social · Jul 9
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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"The Cool Stuff" with Paul Tatara @thecoolstuff.bsky.social · Jul 3
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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"The Cool Stuff" with Paul Tatara @thecoolstuff.bsky.social · Jun 23
Watch It: "Straight Time"
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Watch It: "Straight Time"
dir: Ulu Grosbard (1978)
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"The Cool Stuff" with Paul Tatara @thecoolstuff.bsky.social · Jun 12
A taco by any other name is still a taco.
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"The Cool Stuff" with Paul Tatara @thecoolstuff.bsky.social · Jun 9
Little Paulie Gets Into Movies
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Little Paulie Gets Into Movies
And he never gets out.
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"The Cool Stuff" with Paul Tatara @thecoolstuff.bsky.social · Jun 2
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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"The Cool Stuff" with Paul Tatara @thecoolstuff.bsky.social · May 26
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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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"The Cool Stuff" with Paul Tatara @thecoolstuff.bsky.social · May 12
Candy Bars I Have Known
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Candy Bars I Have Known
And I've known a few.
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"The Cool Stuff" with Paul Tatara @thecoolstuff.bsky.social · May 5
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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"The Cool Stuff" with Paul Tatara @thecoolstuff.bsky.social · Apr 28
Many people THINK they have a book in them. That's not the same as it actually being there.
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