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How could we have missed out on Muppets Tonight, Brian Henson’s short-lived attempt (1996-97) to revive his dad’s Muppet Show magic on American prime time? The fragments (fraggles?) left behind on YouTube reveal an adventurous program of Rock Snobbish bent, with Kermit “doing” David Byrne, and “Nine Inch Snails” performing some woozily convincing industrial rock. October 15, 2007 More Rock Snobbery »
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Micro-oxygenation. Catch-all, cure-all winemaking technique hustled by highly paid consultants of the MICHEL ROLLAND ilk. The process involves introducing small, measured amounts of oxygen into a wine while it is still in a fermentation tank, a manipulation that results in softer tannins, deeper color, and a more NEW WORLD style. Hailed as a brilliant advance in winemaking at the time of its introduction in the early 1990s, the process is now decried by TERROIR-ists, who regard it with horror and cringe at a certain sequence in the documentary film Mondovino—in which Rolland emerges from his chauffered sedan and advises several different clients to use the process—as if watching the horse’s-head scene in The Godfather. Read more from the Wine Snob's Dictionary » 
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