The Culture Gabfest: First, We Kill All the Cats Edition

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On this week?s Culturefest, Slate music critic Jody Rosen sits in to discuss the indie rap sensation Macklemore, the popularity of his hit single ?Thrift Shop,? and the mainstreaming of hipster culture. Then, the Gabfesters talk about the movie John Dies at the End, the popularity of low-budget, craft-conscious ?artisanal horror? films and their favorite horror movies of all time. Finally, our critics discuss an economist?s proposal to do away with the feline population of New Zealand, leading the Culturefest to confront the ultimate preference binary: dogs vs. cats.

Here are some links to the things we discussed this week:

Dana?s pick: The feature movie Girl Walk//All Day about dancer Anne Marsen?s one-woman flash-mob style public dance performances.

Julia?s pick: The action classic Die Hard With a Vengeance.

Stephen?s pick: Edgar Allan Poe?s masterful maritime thriller The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket.

Outro: ?Thrift Shop? by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz

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