Well, I’ve been listening to a lot of new music recently, and by recently I mean over the last month probably. But I figured I’d give you a quick update on what I’ve been into and how I like ‘em and how you might. Or might not. I have to say it’s been a very [...]
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cheap, awesome music
Get The Shins Oh Inverted World on the cheap from Amazon in combination with super music blog Stereogum.com This is one of my favorite albums ever. You can peep the details here. It’s $4 for download. If you don’t have it, you should get it now. There is very little you can get for $4 [...]
READ MORE »australia? or pirates of the caribbean 4?
I couldn’t really tell as my buddy Steve and I were watching football last week and heard the Australia teaser about 50 times. It’s all in the music. Could these songs be any more similar? First up is the Pirates Theme: And Now Australia’s Extremely close. This is like an Ice Ice Baby- Under Pressure [...]
READ MORE »ANOTHER sign of the awesomepocalypse and an unfortunate sign of the CRAPocalypse
which do you want first, good news or bad news? i think i’d like to send you away feeling good. so crapocalypse first. pushing daisies has been axed. this show which was criminally underwatched was one of the most well-written, intriguing, inventive, and ORIGINAL shows on tv. i am reallllly sad to see it go. [...]
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roots to be jimmy fallon’s house band when takes over for conan next year. this is good and bad, because it may mean they stop recording and touring. even if they do this for just a year, it’s a sweet pull for fallon.
READ MORE »your pop culture badge of honor
After the forcing you to bare your biggest pop blunder, it’s time to reward you with an opportunity to tell the world what you saw, heard, read first! Since I relish the chance to introduce people to super cool, smart stuff I think this is going to be tough for me to choose a singular [...]
READ MORE »your pop culture badge of shame
Recently, I was lucky enough to attend a Rock the Vote like concert with my brother and sister-in-law. It was overall, a great show, if you ever get to see the Beastie Boys in concert, do it. They know how to throw it down. But it also dredged up a painful memory for me. One [...]
READ MORE »Twilight in 60 Seconds
With the release of what will probably be one of the year’s biggest films coming up in just over a week. Here’s a video to save you $10. Ladies and gents, I give you, through the genius of my friend Patrick, Twilight in 60 Seconds, oh and SPOILERS LIE AHEAD, but they are hilarious spoilers: [...]
READ MORE »i did something awesome today.
I don’t want this to turn into a personal blog, because that’s not what you come here for. But this crosses into the pop culture world, so it counts.This whole blogging thing has really pushed me to try writing in different ways and the first way I explored this new hobby was to write a [...]
READ MORE »mini movies
It’s crazy how two minutes of footage interspliced and paired with the right kind of music can influence a person to drop $10 to watch a 2-hour movie, which may or may not match the intensity of that trailer. In recent years, there have been a few trailers which have really either made me want [...]
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