Hello and welcome! I’m so excited to be your tour guide tonight. Congratulations on winning that contest—you’re in for a special treat. This tour of the Hollywood Studio is going to be different from what we let the general public … Continue reading Hollywood Studio Tour Night Thread
You know, for the previous two installments of the Annual Terrible Artist Spotlight Challenge, I had a little bit of fun. Soulja Boy and Dogstar made for interesting targets of lampoonery and cultural criticism, and even if I’m not a … Continue reading Accept That BrokeNCYDE Is A Real Band: Third Annual Terrible Artist Spotlight
Let’s say you’re Avi Arad. You’re sitting around the house one night, wondering where it all went wrong. You’re the one, after all, who transformed Marvel Comics into a movie powerhouse; the one who turned Hollywood on its head and … Continue reading Super Monsters Night Thread
Are we on the third year of torturing my ears already? How time does fly. The Artist Spotlight series has slowed down a bit in recent months, as the Avocado’s lifestyle changed following our move to WordPress and the welcome … Continue reading The Third Annual Dare Me To Write A Terrible Artist Spotlight Challenge
Some musicians had a hardscrabble upbringing. They were basically nobody and had nothing to work with but their talent and perseverence, and maybe an early mentor or a pushy stage mother. Their story is about surviving the pressures of poverty … Continue reading When Will Melania’s Album Drop? Carla Bruni Artist Spotlight
Avocados — the great Merve and I exchanged a few brief messages recently about planning another greater-L.A. area meetup, and I suggested the weekend of March 23-25, as that is the weekend of Wondercon in Anaheim. While I rarely attend … Continue reading Wondercon/Exploratory SoCal Meetup Thread
The earliest known sporks were found during the 1851 excavation of the Uruk site, near the Euphrates River, by geologist and scholar William Kennett Loftus. These specimens show how humans in the Mesopotamia region circa 5000 BCE improved their eating … Continue reading A Brief History of the Spork Day Thread
Bob: Welcome back everyone, to night three of the 1987 Winter Olympics, live from Gary, Indiana. I’m your host, Bob Costers, and this is Julie Aspartame. What a day it was for competition! Julie: That’s right, Bob. So much athleticism … Continue reading 1987 Winter Olympics Day Thread
Portlandia has always lived or died by its characters. More specifically, its ability to make its characters into something more than the obnoxiously cardboard, one-dimensional hipster stand-ins they were clearly conceived as. After all, how long can we be expected … Continue reading Portlandia S8E1: “Riot Spray”
Editor’s Note: Feel free to post as long or short a list as you would like below, but please keep your lists contained to these posts and do not open up your own or fill up the OT with them. … Continue reading The Pits: Best in Music 2017
Now that December is upon us, it’s time to break out the usual accoutrements of the holiday season. Reindeer. Snowmen. Gingerbread houses. Nativity scenes. And, of course, blistering prog-rock solos played on Gibson Flying V guitars while laser light shows … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: The Mystery of Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Being Brazilian musical royalty seems pretty cool. Besides the benefits of being rich, you get to grow up with incredible musicians hanging out with your fam all the time, jet-set around the world, and live off the goodwill of millions. … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Bebel Gilberto -Electro Bossa Nova Is Actually Pretty Great
Here they are, creators of the Avocado’s “Best” “One-Hit Wonder” song. Continue reading Get The Groove In Your Heart — Deee-Lite Artist Spotlight
“It seems to be OK for musicians to act, but it doesn’t seem OK for actors to play music.” — Rob Mailhouse, Dogstar Is Dogstar a celebrity vanity project? Or is it a legitimate musical act, hampered by the celebrity … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Dogstar – Not That Terrible After All
Bill Irwin is a perhaps unique multi-hyphenate in an entertainment field full of people who claim to do multiple things. Sure, plenty of actors have co-written scripts or directed an episode of a TV show, but how many of them … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Bill Irwin – Robot Clown Tony Winner
This dude was a whistler. As in, he whistled. As a job. For money. And he was basically the best at it. You may have heard his whistling before: That last one is not the original movie … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Muzzy Marcellino
I decided to write this Spotlight after posting GIFs of Takeshi Kitano movies in the “Identify That GIF” thread and having them go misidentified on multiple occasions. I’ve seen six of Kitano’s movies and read a bunch of articles, but … Continue reading Actor Spotlight: Takeshi Kitano – Existential Gangster and Goofball Comedian
(Check out Part One for 1976-1984: Tumult and Victory and 1985-1993: The MTV Era) 1994-Present: Bearded, Rich, and Cranky In 1994, Tom Petty made a couple of significant changes. First, he broke up with longtime drummer Stan Lynch, who was a solid musician (he wrote … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: The Three Lives of Tom Petty, Pt. 2
Tom Petty, as a solo artist and member of several great rock bands, is a bit of an enigma. Here’s a 44-year-old guy who wins an MTV VMA for a song where he plays a guitar and harmonica country ballad, … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: The Three Lives of Tom Petty, Pt. 1
Tracey Walter is a veteran character actor who you have not only seen, but probably recognized once or twice, given his decades of consistent work and recognizable appearance. He’s a little guy, with a kind of funny voice, and an … Continue reading Actor Spotlight: Tracey Walter – Hey, It’s That Guy
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