(Do not read if you don’t want spoilers.) How I Met Your Mother concluded after 9 seasons last night with its all-time most-watched episode. And all those extra fans were, shall we say, not thrilled with the serpentine narration’s final twist. In an episode that provoked a text message from one of EarnThis’s founders that simply stated…
Today’s entry into my Top 100 Everything is the second in a trio of beloved, somewhat geeky trilogies — and all nine films have been discussed by in depth by Brian in his 100 Film Favorites. Like that entry and the next one, I’m going to keep the post pretty short, listing ten things I…
This is part 5 of Will’s countdown of the top 100 ska-punk songs 60. Status – Rx Bandits The Rx Bandits started off as a mediocre ska band before becoming a much better alternative/hard rock band. Status, which is a song on their second album, is their strongest ska song, boasting a fantastic drum part,…
Chances are good you’ve at least SEEN these dudes before. Even if you haven’t, you’ve almost certainly witnessed some of their handiwork. Rhett McLauglin and Charles “Link” Neal were two of the first “YouTubers” to rise to prominence and successfully make careers out of what they call “Internetainment.” Best known as a musically-inclined comedy duo,…
This is an Earn This Mixtape For the sixth entry in the Earn This Mixtape Series, Grant and I came up with twenty songs that give us serious cognitive dissonance. The first half of this mixtape is a list of songs where the chorus overpowers the rest of the song. The second half…
Tonight, at 8/7c, I will be watching The Voice. NBC probably expects to net a fair number of 25-to-35-year-old males every week with their elaborate talent show, even if their ideal viewer is younger with longer hair. But how can any self-respecting independent music blogger be caught tuning into such a commercialized, pop-centric circus of…
We here at EarnThis are no strangers to the power of books. Of all the media we consume, books rely most heavily on our creative faculties: Each reader is charged with conjuring the sights and sounds suggested by the written words. The book serves as our blueprint as we construct a story’s world in our…
Up next on the countdown are a trio of legendary film trilogies. All three are at least somewhat in the “geeky” realm, and all nine of the movies have been previously reviewed by Brian on his 100 Film Favorites series. For that reason, I’m gonna keep these relatively brief when necessary, and link to more…
To keep pace with Dan’s Top 100 Everything and tide everyone over until my inevitable Top TV Countdown rolls around, I present “10 Things Brian Likes,” a series of vaguely Buzzfeed-esque list articles centered around things I like which might not fit into our standard Earn This categories. 1. YouTube Remixes 2. Hot Cinnamon-Flavored Things…
This is an entry in the Pokemon Movies Retrospective Movie #8: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew “I won’t be dying. I’ll be going back to Sir Aaron’s side.” – Lucario (Japanese dub) As of this review, we’ve reached the half-way point of the Pokemon movies! Yay! This time we’ll be looking at the 8th movie, Lucario…