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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

• For Your Ears, For Your Mind

  By Ryan O'Connell on 11/19/2013 • ( 0 )

  

  It’s Tuesday. Here’s something to listen to and something to think about.

• Kick Out the Jams: The Red Hot Chili Peppers Edition

  By Ryan O'Connell on 11/15/2013 • ( 5 )

  

  A playlist of Giddy Up America’s favorite Red Hot Chili Peppers’ songs

• A Ricktatorship Ends

  By Ryan O'Connell on 11/14/2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Looking back at season three of the Walking Dead and proposing some changes for season four

• The Best Television Shows Since 1990ish

  By Ryan O'Connell on 11/08/2013 • ( 4 )

  

  A list of the 10 best television shows since 1990(ish)

• For Your Consideration: Sha Sha Sha

  By Ryan O'Connell on 11/07/2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Sha Sha Sha is a musical collective from Portland, Maine. They jam. Check ’em out.

• The Avett Brothers vs Arcade Fire

  By Ryan O'Connell on 11/05/2013 • ( 1 )

  

  The second installment of Soundtracks for Situations: Arcade Fire’s Reflektor vs. the Avett Brothers’ Magpie and the Dandelion. Which album works for more situations?

• Investigative Journalism: J Roddy Walston & the Business

  By Ryan O'Connell on 11/01/2013 • ( 15 )

  

  Findings from exhaustive research about the Baltimore band, J Roddy and the Business

• A Beard Surreal

  By Ryan O'Connell on 10/31/2013 • ( 9 )

  

  The 2013 Boston Red Sox were everything that’s right about sports and them winning the World Series epitomized the reason why sports is so much fun.

• Behind the (Best Television Shows Since 1990ish) List

  By Ryan O'Connell on 10/28/2013 • ( 3 )

  

  The story behind my list of the best television shows since 1990 and the shows that didn’t make the cut.