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In case you haven’t seen this, the shadow prime minister of California has re-teamed with the Guest-McKean-Shearer core of Spinal Tap for the first time since 1984–in the cause of July 7’s Live Earth concert. The 15-minute short gets progressively funnier as it goes along, especially once Derek Smalls enters the picture. But what’s remarkable is how unremarkable the fly-on-the-wall freakshow format seems now. As inventive and absurdist as Rob Reiner and co. are, their characters are actually less outré than the real-life inhabitants of VH1’s “Celebreality” programming. For proof, look no further than the Vixen episode of Bands Reunited. May 10, 2007 More Rock Snobbery »
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Route 29. California state highway that contracts into a relatively bucolic two-lane road as it runs through Napa Valley, with vineyards visible to the east and west. Usually spoken of dismissively by Snobs, who consider it a vulgar thoroughfare for tour buses and packs of drunken junior litigators in hired stretch limos. Veered off onto the Silverado Trail to get away from the hellish masses on Route 29. Read more from the Wine Snob's Dictionary » 
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