Streetlight Manifesto is quite possibly my favorite band of all time. And they’re probably be my favorite musical artist — band or solo — of the past twenty five years. They’re responsible for my favorite concert ever and three of my favorite albums ever. I love love love them. And so I decided to…
This is part 1 of my Tomas Kalnoky/Streetlight Manifesto retrospective Streetlight Manifesto — in conjunction with Tomas Kalnoky’s various acts — is my favorte musical artist of the past quarter century. It was a steady uphill climb. Driven by Kalnoky’s unique and sublime songwriting, I’ve been a fan since he was a teenager writing for ska-punk…
I have repeatedly proclaimed my love for the American version of The Office. It’s surely one of my favorite TV shows of all time. But — as with virtually any long-running sitcom — it does have high points and low points. One thing I’ve been meaning to do since the show ended in 2013 is to…
Billboard.com currently has a poll running for readers to vote on who they want to play at the next Super Bowl. They’ve selected fifteen potential artists, most of whom would be semi-reasonable selections. I’ve decided to rank them in terms of which ones I think would be the most sensible choices, with the second factor being which ones would put…
Since she released her first album in 2006, Taylor Swift has steadily become the most popular musician on the planet. Her most recent album, 1989, was the bestselling (non-Frozen) album of the year, and she continues to roll out #1 singles. And there’s a reason she’s beloved: None of her five albums have been bad, and…
I’m excited to announce the Earn This project that I (and my fellow Earn This writers) will be working on in 2015: Has a nice ring, huh? The idea is this: In 2015, Earn This will be publishing, revising, or otherwise highlighting 100 different “lists” of various shapes and sizes. In other words, the “Rank…
Introduction The Top 10 Most Iconic Songs of 2010-14 Brian Terrill’s Small-Screen 66 The Top 30 Taylor Swift Songs Brian’s Year of Free Movies Ranking the 2015 Grammy Nominees Ranking Potential 2016 Super Bowl Halftime Performers Ranking the Seasons of The Office Ranking the Numbers 1-10 The Top 10 Count Gauntly Episodes (So Far) The Top 10 Characters…
It can be difficult to remember because nobody thinks of the switch from 4 to 5 as significant, but the 2010s just wrapped up the first half of the decade. Thus, these past couple weeks have been a pretty good time to reflect on everything that’s happened in the pop culture world during the past…
Our resident countdownist and thing-liker Brian is not only a staff writer for Earn This and a Facebook blogger, but also hosts a public access horror host show called Count Gauntly’s Horrors from the Public Domain (episodes of which are also posted online). This past month, I began putting together a fan site for the show, which you…
Rebekah Shafer is an author who published her first book in October. I met her in a Camp NaNoWriMo group and have been keeping up with her promising career as an author since. Here’s an exclusive interview with her about her first novel, her background as a creative type, and her future projects. Dan: Hey,…