In advance of the release of Port of Morrow, their first release in 5 years (5 years!), the Shins have blessed us with a new single, “Simple Song”. And guess what? It still sounds like the Shins we know and love. Listen below!
READ MORE »Mission Impossible 4: Why Ghost Protocol Is Important
After a recent viewing of the blockbuster Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, my roommate and I waxed about its virtues, and they were many. It’s a strong, well-crafted, and exciting action flick. But a few things about it stood out more than others and made me think why Ghost Protocol is more important than any other [...]
READ MORE »2011: My Year In Music
2011 features some old favorites, but lots of new faces and sounds and that’s a great thing! I was introduced to a lot of cool, very good new music. Here are my favorites: 12. Kurt Vile- Smoke Ring For My Halo- A Philadelphia man and former lead singer of soon-to-be-mentioned The War On Drugs, Vile’s [...]
READ MORE »The Challenge: Battle of the Exes Trailer
Less than a month from now, we’ll all be treated to the next season of what Bill Simmons refers to as our fifth major sport: The Challenge on MTV. This season they are going to try to top last season’s Rivals bringing love into the equation with Battle of the Exes. See the trailer below: [...]
READ MORE »Drunk Holiday History from Funny or Die
Check out Ryan Gosling, Eva Mendes, and Jim Carrey re-enacting a classic Christmas tale as told by a man far too intoxicated to tell it: Drunk History Christmas with Ryan Gosling, Jim Carrey and Eva Mendes from Ryan Gosling Happy Holidays!
READ MORE »2011: The Year in Boob Tube
2011 was a great year in television. It featured some shows continuing their run, some stellar first-year shows, and one fantastic finale. We had a little bit of it all. Here’s what I felt was the best of the best. 10. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia- A once great champion returns. After a few seasons [...]
READ MORE »Can Breaking Bad’s Final 16 Be Walt’s Godfather II?
Spoilers for Breaking Bad Season 4 ensue. I am down off my high of watching Breaking Bad’s Season 4 finale and am starting to emerge from my deep depression that it will be gone for nearly a year and with that comes my first theory regarding the final 16 episodes of America’s most intense (and [...]
READ MORE »I’m Still Here: Why the Terrible Fall TV Season Is Really Perfect
We are knee deep in pilot season. Knee deep in some crap too since much of this pilot season has been just that. I have to admit I have not watched everything, but what I have watched is fairly indicative of general consensus. The Fox show Terra Nova is something that is a premise that’s [...]
READ MORE »fun.’s new single!
Well, one of my favorite, most aptly-named bands has released the first single/video from their upcoming second release. The song “We Are Young” features Janelle Monae, some interesting vocal stylings by lead singer Nate and a familiar rolling drum beat. My sister and I saw them perform this back in May and I have to [...]
READ MORE »Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Extended Trailer: Better Than the Book?
Well, this certainly looks like it’ll give the written word a run for its money: Haven’t been this excited for a book in ages…even if it is in film form!
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