I think New Girl’s second season might have been the funniest sitcom season I’ve seen since How I Met Your Mother’s heyday. It bumped New Girl onto this list. New Girl has been heavily marketed throughout its life, so you probably know that it was originally a Zooey Deschanel vehicle, showcasing her distinct brand of…
When I was in sixth grade, my parents decided the female teen idols that were sweeping the charts — specifically Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears — were too sultry and suggestive for my young ears. This censorship would have made most pre-teen boys become obsessed with them, but I was a good, obedient kid. I…
The first TV console I owned was a Playstation, which my brothers and I got for Christmas sometime around the year 2000. A few years later, I saved up some lawn-mowing money to buy an SNES on eBay. Great decision. Since I splurged for Super Mario All Stars (remakes of all 4 NES Mario games)…
This might be my favorite comedy album ever. Demetri Martin is famous for his Important Things show, which takes advantage of his unique approach to comedy of integrating physical and visual bits into his standup. This would make make a comedy album counter-intuitive, but it turns out Demetri is funny enough with just his writing…
In my Lost entry, I noted that so much has been written about the show that it seemed silly for me to try and contribute anything. Well, that holds doubly true for Dr. Who. The hardcore online following it has means every episode or bit of news or anything Who-related generates a ton of noise…
This is part 2 of Will’s countdown of the top 100 ska-punk songs 90. This Gigantic Robot Kills – MC Lars “This Gigantic Robot Kills” is Nerdcore rapper MC Lars’s attempt at making a ska song. Pulling MC Bat Commander from the Aquabats and the horn line from Suburban Legends, Lars succeeds in infusing his…
Ben Folds is the punk of punks. He doesn’t reject the norm; he rejects the norm of rejecting the norm. (In fact, some of his early fame was based on his hilarious evisceration of the punk scene in early favorite “Underground”.) You think of punks as spiky- or shaggy-haired shouters who make loud and abrasive…
So much has been said and written about Lost in the past 5-10 years that it almost seems pointless to write about it except describe my personal experience with it. But here’s the short version:
Let me walk you through it, because it’s a bit tricky at first. Paradox Entertainment is a company that claims to own the rights to several characters created by late author Robert E. Howard — though these claims are generally dismissed as the books have lapsed into the public domain.
(Note: I wrote the following before author Ned Vizzini took his own life. This is the only Vizzini book I’ve read, and it’s a great one. His death is particularly sad given the topic of the book — struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts.) I’m including the book and the movie in the same entry…