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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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Betts, Richard. Dreamy, swishy-haired, new-paradigm Master Sommelier who serves as the wine director at the Little Nell, a swank Aspen inn and resort. The antithesis of the imperious, tastevin-wearing sommerlier of yore, Betts, a mountain biker and trained geologist, exudes a hempy, Perry Farrell-ish looseness and cultivates envy among year-round restaurant floor-patrollers by not only overseeing a Grand Award-winning list but also enjoying a six-months-long off-season during which he makes private-label wines in France, Australia, and elsewhere. Read more from the Wine Snob's Dictionary » 
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