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Ryan harbors a constant fear of losing his keys, prefers flip flops and will always choose cereal if it's an option. He maintains his own blog, Giddy Up America and hasn't gotten a speeding ticket in over the year. He has previously contributed work to UPROXX & Heavy. Ryan is on Twitter: @ryanoconnell79

• Game of Thrones’ Plot Line Power Rankings: Week Eight

  By Ryan O'Connell on 06/02/2014 • ( 1 )

  

  Week eight of Giddy Up America’s Game of Thrones’ Plot Line Power Rankings for season four: Sorry for caring too much

• Shimmy Shimmy Ya: the Bring On Summer edition

  By Ryan O'Connell on 05/28/2014 • ( 0 )

  

  A playlist to help move on from Memorial Day Weekend and say a welcome hello to summer

• The Best Things in Life

  By Ryan O'Connell on 05/27/2014 • ( 0 )

  

  One last Mad Men Q & A for season 7.1

• Word Association: the Made in America Philly Lineup

  By Ryan O'Connell on 05/22/2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Doing some word association with the lineup for this year’s Made in America festival, the Philly one.

• Average White Band

  By Ryan O'Connell on 05/22/2014 • ( 1 )

  

  Part three of Giddy Up America’s look back at the Albums of 1994: Live’s breakthrough album, “Throwing Copper”

• …and then you dig the album more

  By Ryan O'Connell on 05/21/2014 • ( 2 )

  

  Spotify’s Edited for Freeloaders version of the latest Roots’ album is perfect for those that wish the original version featured more hip hop and made me realize how great the album is

• Game of Thrones’ Plot Line Power Rankings: Week Seven

  By Ryan O'Connell on 05/19/2014 • ( 1 )

  

  Week seven of Giddy Up America’s Game of Thrones’ Plot Line Power Rankings for season four: His name is Oberyn, Prince Oberyn.

• Seven Thoughts On This New Phish Track

  By Ryan O'Connell on 05/15/2014 • ( 2 )

  

  Phish released a new song this week, “Waiting All Night” off of their upcoming album, Fuego. While listening to it over and over again for twenty minutes, I had some thoughts about it.

• For Mature Audiences Only

  By Ryan O'Connell on 05/14/2014 • ( 2 )

  

  A stream of conscience review of the Roots’ new album, …And Then You Shoot Your Cousin