Badass Digest just posted my latest Fringe episode review. Enjoy, fellow Fringies:
This week’s episode of Fringe, the ninth one set in the alternate timeline, reminded us that Peter Bishop is the heart of the show. Peter is the force that brings the characters together, helps them get over their issues, and unites them for a greater purpose. Read more at Badass Digest.
It feels like I’ve been waiting years to hear something new from Santigold, the insanely talented Brooklyn singer/songwriter/producer who owned my world with her self-titled 2008 debut album. Oh, wait, it has been years. Right.
Santigold, who used to go by Santogold, was nice enough to drop the video for her new single “Big Mouth” in my inbox today. Stream it above. It’s a strange and wonderful sloppy kiss of bright colors, jagged animation and super catchy tribal beats. Her next album, “Master of My Make Believe” should be out later this year. (I hope it’s sooner than later.) Now let’s get back to dancing!
Check out Peter Wolf Crier performing live for Kiyanna Project, an Austin video series. Head after the jump to read my press release about the video.
My first Fringe episode review for Badass Digest went live today. Head over there to read about alternate timelines and men who wear silly aprons.
This is a thing you want to do. I can tell.
Today was a sick day. It was awful. What with the sneezing and the coughing and the not being able to eat pizza. Man. Just awful. Thankfully, those brilliant bastards from The League were around to cheer me up with hours and hours of fierce and funny shit-talking. I must have watched, like, eight episodes today. And I still want more.
Like I said on the Facebooken yesterday, I feel like an idiot for allowing my hate of all things sporty to keep me from watching this great show. Yes The League is about a bumbling bropack obsessed with the sport of demon doucheburgers, football, but it’s hilarious. I hate football. Even the word “football” gives me gross flashbacks of my dad chugging beers in front of the TV and waking me up from my couch coma by screaming at some random quarterback who, of course, couldn’t hear him BECAUSE HE WAS ON THE FUCKING TV. Still, I love this show, even if it sometimes reminds me of Dad and his drunken, jocky, douchey ways.
As much as I love Matt Smith’s eleventh Doctor, there will always be a special place in my clogged little heart for David Tennant. Tennie was my first Doctor, and his exuberant, wild-eyed take on the role inspired me to become the die-hard New Whovian I am today.
Tennant sat down with Chris Hardwick recently to record a new Nerdist podcast, which I downloaded into my earholes today. It’s brilliant! I’m charmed to learn that Tennant seems just as clever, engaging, and cool in real life as he is on the tube.
Speaking to Hardwick, Tennant revealed something I found quite surprising: He was offered the role of The Doctor even before the first episode of the new series ever hit the air. It’s true! Tennant says Russell T. Davies offered him the keys to the TARDIS way before the first episode starring Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor ever premiered. Apparently Davies was looking to recast the role before the first ep of the new series even aired. Is this news? Did we know this? I dunno, I feel like this is new and somewhat important info. Very important. Tell your Twitter!
Anyhow, check out the podcast for a great interview and more behind-the-scenes Doctor Who fun. Oh, and Mr. Tennant is reportedly getting hitched to fellow Doctor Who alum Georgia Moffat today. Cheers to the happy couple!
Lena Dunham is not the voice of her generation. But she made a pretty good little movie last year, and HBO, in its infinite hit-and-miss-dom, has decided to give her a show. It’s called Girls, or #Girls, and it looks like a breezier version of Dunham’s debut feature, Tiny Furniture. I will watch. (I am not a girl.) Here’s a preview of the show:
I finally caught up with the fourth season of Fringe. I’m not sure what took me so long to start watching this great show again; viewing these first seven episodes back-to-back was a truly engrossing and satisfying experience. I’m enjoying the emotional and complex stories this new universe has to offer, and I’m growing more and more impressed with the main cast members, who are rising to the challenge of playing yet another version of the team we’ve come to know and love.
I figured this was a good time to write down a few quick thoughts about season four, now that the show is on break until the next year. (Next year! Ugh.) So let’s start by addressing one of the big questions of the season: Where the hell in the space-time continuum are we?
I’m there. Like, opening day. No joke.
I sincerely enjoyed G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. People get angry when I say this. Like, really angry. Especially the nerds. I don’t get it. G.I. Joe‘s first live-action adventure was a fun, scrappy, and ridiculous spectacle with great people like Old New Doctor Who and Joseph Gordon-Levitt acting like crazy, gas-huffing cartoon characters for 90 minutes. And Marlon Wayans got shot like four times! What more do you want?
This trailer for G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation promises more stupid, mindless, Diet Coke-ish fun. I’d be happier if Levitt, The Doctor, and Not Baroness were back, but I’ll happily pay cash money to see The Tooth Fairy and Bruce Willis shooting at CGI ninjas any day of the week. What can I say, I don’t hate fun. (But I might hate myself … just a little bit.)
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