List: Music. Movies. Pop Culture. | Curated by Arpad Nagy

Feb 28, 2025
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Music. Movies. Pop Culture.Musical and Movie Story Prompts/Challenges and Song Stories
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Rock On
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Let’s Run! A Rate-a-Record Mini Marathon on “Running” SongsA prompted musical writing challenge where you decide who crosses the finish line
4d ago
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4d ago
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New Voices, Different Beats — A Rate-a-Record RefresherHooky-Pop from NYC vs. Hip-Country from Decatur match up in this new music showdown
Nov 18, 2024
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Nov 18, 2024
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Infinite Pop
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Rate-a-Record: American Queens Vol. 3Bringing the beat back to a new home
Sep 16, 2024
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Sep 16, 2024
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Playlists for the Creative ActSoundtracks for my Muse and the characters in her head
Jun 1, 2024
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Jun 1, 2024
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Twelve Movies for My Exile on Isla NublarA pop culture prompt shortlisting my choices for repeat viewing pleasure after dodging dinosaurs on a dangerous island
Jul 29, 2024
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Jul 29, 2024
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Infinite Pop
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My 12 Pack of TV Shows for My Exile on Isla NublarAnother addition to my survivalist entertainment while living out my days on what is turning into a pretty decent island of solitude and…
Aug 30, 2024
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Aug 30, 2024
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Rate-a-Record — American Queens, Head-to-Head, Vol. 2Native New York vocal superpowers, Lana Del Rey vs. Lady Gaga
Jul 22, 2024
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Jul 22, 2024
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Rate-a-Record — American Queens Head-to-Head. Vol. 1.America’s Sweetheart, Taylor Swift vs US Renegade, Miley Cyrus
Jul 8, 2024
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Jul 8, 2024
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F This — The ‘Pick a Letter’ Musical Writing ChallengeThe 6th letter in the alphabet sets loose a list of 10 good musical memories.
Apr 24, 2024
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Apr 24, 2024
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Fanfare
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We Binged, “We Crashed” and We Wondered — WTH Happened?Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto give fantastic renditions of modern-day narcissism as a life plan
Mar 25, 2024
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Mar 25, 2024
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Shed a Little Light — Rate-a-Record Combo ChallengeStitching together two Plethora of Pop writing prompts examining lost albums and songs that stuck.
Feb 20, 2024
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Feb 20, 2024
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Kid Car Karaoke -Rate a Record Vol. 21Having the teen teach me about the music that delivers the vibe
Dec 7, 2023
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Dec 7, 2023
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Fanfare
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Lessons in Chemistry — A Review After Binge-Watching the Apple TV MiniseriesBrie Larson and the cast of this excellent drama deliver a thoroughly entertaining story about a woman standing up against the cultural ster
Feb 8, 2024
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Feb 8, 2024
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Fictions
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Blessing in DisguiseA song story answer to a musical writing challenge
Nov 7, 2023
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Nov 7, 2023
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Fanfare
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The Film That Scared Me Most as an Adult: The Blair Witch ProjectFrom the hype to the viewing, nightmares weren’t the problem — the waking hours haunted my mind.
Oct 9, 2023
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Oct 9, 2023
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Rate-a-Record-Vol. 20 — Twisted Hearts and Suffering Souls“…nobody worries about kids listening to thousands — literally thousands — of songs about broken hearts and rejection and pain and misery…
Aug 26, 2023
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Aug 26, 2023
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Fanfare
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A Three-Show Review of Louisa May Alcott’s Little WomenViewing and reviewing the 1949, 1994, and 2019 cinematic adaptations of the literary classic.
Aug 5, 2023
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Aug 5, 2023
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The 10 Mostly Impossible Musical Questions Writing ChallengeA response to an annoying but entertaining prompt.
Aug 2, 2023
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Aug 2, 2023
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Rate-a-Record Vol. 19 — Sounds of the OceanTracks for Beach Days and Summer Love
Jul 15, 2023
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Jul 15, 2023
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Rate-a-Record-Vol. 18 — Forgotten Rockers.The memory of Scottish rock n roll discovered in the Canadian mountains.
Jun 21, 2023
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Jun 21, 2023
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