At half-time of the NFC Championship Game last night, it certainly seemed like the 49ers were hanging in there and the second half was going to be a thriller (it was). It had even looked, at various points during the… Continue Reading
I read all the end-of-year lists in different entertainment sub-categories, but because I don’t follow music that closely throughout the year (as opposed to, say, TV or movies), I always find new, semi-interesting stuff in the music rundowns. This year… Continue Reading
“I don’t want a lot this Christmas…” Come on, sing it. You know all the words. You know you do. That song is almost 20 years old now (whoa) and it’s basically the last behemoth Christmas song out there, which is… Continue Reading
Let me start with this: when I sat down to write this, news broke in the U.S. that Nelson Mandela passed away. I’m on an e-mail thread with some of my best guy friends, and we had a quick exchange… Continue Reading
In college football this season, two teams that have been clustered near the top of the on-field rankings all year have also done some interesting things with their bands. Ohio State is the main one — they take a good deal… Continue Reading
The above clip is from last night’s Saturday Night Live; Lady Gaga was the host and musical guest, and she performed this jam “Do What U Want” from her new album (Artpop); the actual song features R. Kelly, who himself has… Continue Reading
Before sitting down to write this post, I knew basically nothing about Arcade Fire. I had a vague sense that they were possibly from Montreal, I remember one year where they seemed to PWN everyone else at the Grammys, there… Continue Reading