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Robert Dean is an award-winning journalist and cultural editorialist whose work has appeared in VICE, Eater, MIC, Fatherly, USA Today, The Chicago Sun-Times, Consequence of Sound, the Austin American-Statesman, and the Houston Chronicle. He is the Senior Features Writer for The Cosmic Clash and a weekly columnist for The Carter County Times. Dean is the author of three books, with two more forthcoming in 2026. He lives in Austin, Texas, spending too much time thinking about the strange corners …

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Many children will lose out without public media access

Many children will lose out without public media access

For a lot of kids who don't have access to cable or cellphones, public is a godsend, especially as an educati…

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'It Smells But I Feel Free': Why This Guy Left His Tech Job to Scoop Dog Shit

'It Smells But I Feel Free': Why This Guy Left His Tech Job to Scoop Dog Shit

Ryan Lund quit his $200,000 a year corporate sales gig to pick up pet poop-and he would recommend it to anyon…

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Angela White's Nostalgic New Porno Is Inspired by 2000s Skate Culture

Angela White's Nostalgic New Porno Is Inspired by 2000s Skate Culture

The actress and director on her pop punk past, and the similarities between skate films and adult 'gonzo' cin…

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The job market, anxiety, and a dumpster fire of an economy

The job market, anxiety, and a dumpster fire of an economy

By Robert Dean For the Carter County Times When the doctor told me my blood pressure was through the roof, I …

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Knocked Loose Knocks Jimmy Kimmel's Audience For a Loop - Book and Film Globe

Knocked Loose Knocks Jimmy Kimmel's Audience For a Loop - Book and Film Globe

Hardcore band Knocked Loose performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! this past Tuesday (November 26), and people on Fa…

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The Age of 'Terrifier' - Book and Film Globe

The Age of 'Terrifier' - Book and Film Globe

This grotesque villain is the star of Terrifier, a low-budget slasher franchise whose latest edition way oute…

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Music News: Rest in Peace to the Irish Troubadour Glen Hansard

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By Robert Dean
| The Cosmic Clash
55 Views Dublin,  Glen Hansard,  Music,  music news,  obituary,  Once film,  opinion,  rock n roll,  singer songwriter,  The Commitments,  The Frames,  The Swell Season The world lost a real, dyed-in-the-wool character of the streets with the unfortunate loss of Glen Hansard. Hansard died in a motorcycle crash outside Dublin on July 29, 2026, at just 56 years old. Hansard made music for the lost, the broken-hearted, but also the hopeful.
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Lou Koller of leading hardcore act Sick of It All has died at 59

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By Robert Dean
| The Cosmic Clash
71 Views Agnostic Front,  deceased,  hardcore,  hardcore music,  Lou Koller,  obituary,  opinion,  punk rock,  RIP,  rock n roll,  Sick of It All My fiancé likes the Bowen Yang podcast. One time she asked me a question she got from it: “What was the culture that made you say culture was for you?” And for a while I thought about it. Really, there are a few moments.
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Live music review: Hardcore music festival The Rumble featured Hatebreed, Turmoil and more

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By Robert Dean
| The Cosmic Clash
48 Views Chicago,  concert,  D Block,  Gridiron,  hardcore,  Hatebreed,  Hold My Own,  Hoods,  live music,  metal,  music festival,  No Idols,  Outta Pocket,  punk,  punk rock,  Review,  Ringworm,  Turmoil,  underground Sometime around 1999 or 2000, I caught Turmoil at the Odum, a short-lived punk/hardcore venue in Chicago. I was obsessed with their seminal record, The Process Of, and made sure to make the show.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

WREX-13 in Rockford, IL - shot and wrote the news

Have you ever used a typewriter?

I own a 1901 Underwood.

How is social media changing news?

Hashtags can define movements.