Rising up through the ranks, CrashFuse has arrived to put the city of Buffalo on the musical map. They’ve earned cred the hard way through dedication to craft while pleasing local fans with frequent shows around their part of the state. But enough from me: let’s let the boys introduce themselves. (Earn This:) For the…
Dave Elkins, the man behind Schematic and lead singer of the reunited Mae, joined Earn This by phone to chat about everything he’s got going on. He offered such detailed insight that we decided to split up the conversation into two parts. Part One covers lots of Mae news and stories, plus some of the…
Latest Episode: 029 – From the Vaults – LoCo Brewfest 2015 The Earn This Podcast (aka the ETCast) is EarnThis.Net in podcast form: Discussions about art, entertainment, and whatever else is on our mind. Sometimes thoughtful, sometimes silly. We’re all friends who talk about these things even when the mic is off, so the result is…
The Little Mermaid (1989) Kevin: Frozen is largely credited for creatively twisting Disney princess tropes, but for me, The Little Mermaid did it better. Although it returned to the animation Disney was known for in the golden days, The Little Mermaid should be known for innovating the Disney fairytale formula. Eric and Ariel fall in…
Parks and Recreation had all sorts of warning signs around it when it debuted in 2009. It was pitched as a spinoff of The Office, which was currently at the end of its peak in Season 5. This was an idea that seemed like a really bad one at the time (and seemed even worse…
There are few things we at Earn This love more than a good musical — particularly a well-animated or -choreagraphed Disney musical. “Let It Go” has yet to thaw from the Billboard Top 10, and we’re creeping up on the 25th anniversary of The Little Mermaid, a film that launched a thousand Buzzfeed “only 90s kids” articles.…
Podcast ETCast The Earn This Podcast “The Earn This Podcast (aka the ETCast) is EarnThis.Net in podcast form: Thoughtful discussions about art, entertainment, and pop culture. We’re all friends who talk about these things even when the mic is off, so the result is a casual and free-flowing conversation full of laughs and occasional interruptions.” Staff Series…
If you haven’t figured this out yet, here’s an inside scoop: There are more board games than ever, they are more varied than ever, and they are better designed than ever. You can build a galactic empire, renegotiate The Cold War, engage in epic fantasy battles, outsmart Cthulu, even relive dogfights from Star Wars. All…
When I was putting this list together, I had The Sims 3 ranked about here, in the top 40, and I wondered “does this game really deserve a spot this high?” So I installed the game and all twenty expansion packs — yes, twenty — and booted up the game. I made a Sim named…
(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…