Over the last month or two, I’ve heard a few public radio stories on the Hold Steady and their new record. Critics seem to think it’s better than “Boys and Girls in America”, but I’m not sure I agree. WPXN called them “increasingly iconic“, and I think I can get behind that. Matthew, Zach and [...]
I just got off the phone with Kerry; she’d left in a huff after writing the previous post, full of vitriol and good points. She took the just-announced cancellation of NPR’s “The Bryant Park Project” personally. I suppose that’s good; it means I didn’t do something horrible right before waking up. You see, Kerry works [...]
This week, I really noticed OTM’s theme music for the first time. It’s catchy, but no-nonsense. If Brooke had a big, swanky cocktail party, this is what would probably be playing. I wonder what kind of music Brooke and Bob are into. I have a feeling that Brooke is into really good jazz, though, maybe [...]
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NPR’s “Love Guru” review funnier than “Love Guru”
 Not that it would be, you know, difficult to make something that seems even slightly funnier than the Mike Myers vehicle. Let me just pull this: Those suckered into seeing this relentless exercise in juvenilia, meanwhile, may well recoil from sports comedies, Bollywood musicals, self-help spiritualists, puns and even characters with beards for the [...]