Posted in 30 Rock, Andrea Anders, Archer, Arrested Development, Better Off Ted, Better with You, Breaking In, Community, Glee, How I Met Your Mother, Lie to Me, Life Unexpected, Mad Love, Mike and Molly, Modern Family, Mr Sunshine, Outsourced, Parenthood, Parks and Recreation, Running Wilde, Seinfeld, That 70's Show, The Big Bang Theory, The Office, The Simpsons, Tosh.0, Traffic Light, TV 2011, Wipeout on May 20, 2011| 3 Comments »
I usually try to do a TV post once a season, just to remind myself of what I watched. For some reason I didn’t write one in the beginning of the year, so I’m catching up now with season enders and mid-season replacements. And yes I am pointedly writing this just after finding out that several shows (four of them brand new) that I enjoyed quite a bit were cancelled for good.
So I’ll start with the shows that we watched (or tried to watch) that have been cancelled. (more…)
Posted in All Songs Considered, Anarchy, End of the World, Funny (ha ha), Futurama, Graphic Novel, Matt Groening, Meta, Short Story, Sonic Youth, Supernatural, Technology, The Simpsons, Threats, Thurston Moore, Time Travel, World Cafe Live on April 19, 2011| 2 Comments »
SOUNDTRACK: THURSTON MOORE-World Cafe Studio, November 16, 2007 (2007).
This World Cafe set is a nice contrast to the all-acoustic performance mentioned yesterday (even if it was recorded earlier). Thurston has a full band with him (including Steve Shelly on drums). Samara Lubelski from the other session is here too. The band brings new dimensions to what are mostly the same set of songs. Both sets included “The Shape is in a Trance,” and “Fri/End” but this one also includes “Honest James.” The contrast is striking though. The songs are bigger with the band (and allow for more intricacies) but they are still intimate.
The interview is also interesting. David Dye is a fantastic interviewer and he gets some great (and funny) answers out of Thurston. The whole description of how the lyrics to “Fri/End” came about is really cool (if unlikely).
Thurston and NPR: perfect together.
[READ: April 15, 2011] The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis.
This was a wonderful Christmas surprise from Sarah this year. It is a beautifully packaged (slipcase with a cut-away opening) hardcover edition of the 2002 & 2005 Simpson/Futurama crossover comics issues.
Despite all of my fondness for The Simpsons and Futurama, I never really got into the comics (gotta draw a line somewhere). But they have Matt Groening’s seal of approval, and they play jokes with things that the show never really touches (not to mention, the shows never tries a crossover event–I can’t even imagine how that would work). (more…)
Posted in 30 Rock, Beverly Hills 90210, Chuck, Corner Gas, Fringe, How I Met Your Mother, Life on Mars, Mercer Report, New Adventures of Old Christine, Project Runway, Pushing Daisies, Robot Chicken, Robson Arms, Rush, The Big Bang Theory, The Mentalist, The Office, The Simpsons, Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job!, TV 2008 on March 7, 2010| 2 Comments »
I’m continuing to move all of the old TV Posts from my TV Tab to individual posts. So here’s some thoughts from the 2008 TV season. There were some updates midway through on this one, but I’ll add some updated thoughts as necessary.
With the Fall 2008 Lineup mostly underway, I’m listing the shows that we are giving a chance this year. There are some new ones, but mostly its a continuation of last year: (more…)
Posted in 30 Rock, Better Off Ted, Chuck, Community, Craig Ferguson, Glee, How I Met Your Mother, John Dore Show, Jon Stewart, Jools Holland, Late Late Show, Later with Jools Holland, Life Unexpected, Modern Family, New Adventures of Old Christine, Parenthood, Project Runway, Robot Chicken, Scrubs, The Big Bang Theory, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, The Inbetweeners, The Office, The Simpsons, The Whitest Kids U'Know, TV 2010 on February 7, 2010| 1 Comment »
In addition to reading, Sarah and I watch TV, too. In the past, I posted occasional updates to a Tab devoted to TV. But I’m going to put new information in individual posts instead. So I’m starting with this season’s TV.
Of course, in the last couple of years, TV has changed from working on an easy to summarize Spring/Fall schedule to having shows appear almost at random. This really undermines the very idea of a “season,” so I’m including a show or two from the end of 2009 as well.
One surprising thing about recent TV is how I watch almost nothing on the CW or Fox. These were my mainstays as recent as two years ago, but they’ve totally dropped the ball lately. And I can’t believe how much I’m enjoying shows on CBS (isn’t that the old people’s network?).
And so, for 2010: (more…)
Posted in Food, Reese's, The Simpsons on September 19, 2007| Leave a Comment »
Buzz Cola was a tie-in to the Simpsons Movie. I love the Simpsons, and although I gave up on trying to keep up with their merchandising machine (geez, how could ANYONE keep up with that?) I figured I could take a stab at a fun, cheap item). But, when I saw these at the 7-11, I bought one to taste and one to save. Well, it tastes awful. It’s a very cheap tasting cola, worse than even supermarket brands. But it’s a nice souvenir!
Don’t worry, I’m not turning into Junk Food Blog!
But I felt compelled to document this experiment since I can no longer recall my thoughts of New Coke, Pepsi Clear, or OK Soda. (more…)
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