Hello again and welcome back to the thread to talk about all the highlights from you tv viewing of the past week whether it be live or streaming. Please be polite and use spoiler markings when getting into specifics, not … Continue reading Top Television Moments and Weekly TV Discussion Thread
I’ve written before about Flanderization – the gradual transformation of a character as one element completely takes over. It was named after Ned Flanders as religion and niceness completely took over his personality, especially in the post-classic era when he … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Two, Episode Six, “Dead Puttin’ Society”
Following the acrimonious break-up of transcendent Minneapolis punk band Hüsker Dü, guitarist Bob Mould was at a musical crossroads. Despite making two resentment-packed solo albums and opening for acts such as Nirvana and Dinosaur Jr., Bob was flat broke. He … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Sugar
Artist Spotlight courtesy of Makomore “Please don’t write that I look like I’m about to burst into tears. That’s just my resting face.” – New York Times interview, 2014 No Shape, Perfume Genius’s fourth album, is out tomorrow, so it’s the … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Perfume Genius
Werewolf game hosted by Tyrone -BACK IN THE CAVE- 13 Aspiring Porn Stars were deep inside when the cave in happened and managed to survive. “How are we getting out?” One of them said. “We deserve to die…” said another. … Continue reading Werewolf XXX Game 2 Day 1: It’s Wet Inside
Werewolf game hosted by Tyrone It happened like this: “You’re all dead.” “WHAT?” “There was a cave-in in the cave. Someone slipped on the slip ‘n slide and hit their head against the cave walls and caused the rocks to … Continue reading Werewolf XXX Game 1 Day 1: Coming To Death
Welcome back to the Weekly TV Top Moments thread. It’s your chance to talk about everything you watched over the past 7 days that really stood out. I choose to focus on the good, but maybe something was so hilariously … Continue reading Top Television Moments and Weekly TV Discussion Thread
Werewolf game hosted by Tyrone Welcome to Werewolf XXX, where all are welcome to come. This game is a little different, as there will be some double action. In fact you might say there were 2 games, each its own … Continue reading (Signups) Werewolf XXX: It’s As Hard As You Make It
A lot of the time this early, I’ll be watching episodes I’ve never seen before. Once we reach season four, that will definitely pass, but for now I’ll still be seeing a few for the first time, including “Dancin’ Homer”. … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Two, Episode Five, “Dancin’ Homer”
In the context of music, the word “pop” is short for “popular”, and is often used to encompass both anything that actually achieved widespread success, or seems like it could or should have. In this post, we’ll focus on a … Continue reading Scene Spotlight: Power-Pop
This is a port of an older thread for the 2017 Avocado Census that took place in April of this year. To see the original thread and comments click here. The raw data and Adobe Illustrator file can be downloaded here. The infographic in full: Continue reading 2017 Avocado Census (April)
I should have been a pair of ragged claws Scuttling across the floors of silent seas. Despite all of the mayhem, Rooster Shinola was ultimately pleased with his cruise experience so far. He’d made quite a few sales, and he … Continue reading Werewolf XXIX: The Roaring Werewolves, Day Six: Ceremony of Innocence
I have seen them riding seaward on the waves Combing the white hair of the waves blown back When the wind blows the water white and black. We have lingered in the chambers of the sea By sea-girls wreathed with … Continue reading Werewolf XXIX: The Roaring Werewolves, Day Five: Widening Gyre
Anyone for some Drum ‘n’ Bass? My previous few Artist Spotlights were on musical acts that changed over time. This one, however, is about a musical act that found its lane and pretty much stayed in it. And that lane … Continue reading Artist Spotlight – Lightning Bolt
Should I, after tea and cakes and ices, Have the strength to force the moment to its crisis? But though I have wept and fasted, wept and prayed, Though I have seen my head (grown slightly bald) brought in upon … Continue reading Werewolf XXIX: The Roaring Werewolves, Day Four: Blood-Dimmed Tide
And would it have been worth it, after all, After the cups, the marmalade, the tea, Among the porcelain, among some talk of you and me, Would it have been worth while, To have bitten off the matter with a … Continue reading Werewolf XXIX: The Roaring Werewolves, Day Three: Revelations
I originally approached this Spotlight with a bit of snark, wanting to draw the reader in with jokey shenanigans. But I realized that’s dishonest. I don’t enjoy the distancing effect of irony or insincerity when it comes to things I … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Michael Bolton – (Yeah, You Heard Me)
And I have known the eyes already, known them all— The eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase, And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin, When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall, Then how should … Continue reading Werewolf XXIX: The Roaring Werewolves, Day Two: The Plot Thickens.
This episode is simultaneously a throwback and a gigantic leap forward – a throwback because it’s the first episode that was made for season two, so the whole thing is a little rough around the edges in terms of voice … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Two, Episode Four “Two Cars In Every Garage And Three Eyes On Every Fish”
Gor’ blimey, strike a light and welcome to the artist spotlight of Chas n Dave. Pioneers of ‘Rockney’ music, which is rock and roll, pop and boogie woogie thrown together. In a Cockney accent. They are a weird act in … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Chas and Dave
Review courtesy of Pauli The Mars Volta are a polarizing band. Rarely will you come across anyone assessing their ambitious mish-mash of prog, post-hardcore, Latin, metal, funk, and whatever else with an “Eh, it’s alright.” Either you are transported into … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: The Mars Volta
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