Howdy ho, gleeks! I’m here to talk about last night’s Glee holiday special! It looks like it might be the last Glee of the year (can I get confirmation on that?) so let’s make it memorable. Speaking of memorable, this screencap is from last week but I promised I’d put it up and I am […]
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Christmas Music Countdown: Day 2
Today’s Christmas song comes from way back in 1951. It’s “Suzy Snowflake” and the original animated short that was later created to go with it! Chicago’s WGN-TV still shows this short annually and who can blame ’em? Suzy’s got moves! Plus she can make a snowman as easy as 1-2-3!
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Christmas Music Countdown: Day 1
Jesus’ birthday is on it’s way and this year I’m celebrating by posting some of my favorite seasonal music to Blogtown. You can expect one Christmas song a day at around this time until December 25th (starting now because I just thought of it). Some will be modern classics, some will be “other”. I was […]
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And Now, Mel Gibson’s Beaver
You guys should just smile and blooooooww me for presenting to you this trailer for upcoming film The Beaver, starring America’s sweetheart Mel Gibson: Gibson, of course, was last in the news for vomiting up telephone messages to his girlfriend that were so profane, misogynistic and downright scary they seemingly did for his career what […]
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What Does the Billboard Hot 100 Indicate Anymore?
There was a piece in NPR’s Morning Edition today about Billboard’s new “Social 50” chart that tracks music sales and popularity through social networks like Facebook and Twitter. At the end of the story there was a tag about what song is currently topping Billboard’s Ye Old Hot 100 chart, a supposed indicator of what […]
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My First Pull Quote!
Hey, remember that Liberal Clause book I made so much hay from? It just keeps giving. On the official Liberal Clause website (freedomsanswer.com, naturally) Mr. Hendrick has added a quote from my original blog post plus one from Gawker’s Adrien Chen to make it look like we were praising him! “too good not to be […]
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A Few of My Favorite Anti-Santas
I don’t know about you guys but I’m excited for the new Finnish evil Santa Claus movie, Rare Exports. It’s refreshing to have a disheveled, child-massacring version of St. Nick in the cultural mix just to keep sappiness levels under control. Here’s the trailer: See? That looks like fun, dunnit? Rare Exports opens in Portland […]
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Gleegasm: Buddah! Allah! Satan! Help Me!
This week’s Glee update is brought to you by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Donate organs! I’m gonna hit it and quit it this week. “Special Education” had a lot of story threads but not a lot happened of much consequence. More importantly, nothing happened that made me totally angry. Another solid entry, Glee. Keep […]
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Gleegasm: That’s Why We Feed Them Glitter
Fellow gleeks, when you came into my life I never expected to find my soulmate, my other half. But now I couldn’t imagine not spending a Wednesday afternoon or early evening with you talking about that show on Fox where teenagers sing. In other words, you complete me. Furt furt furt Will you accept this […]
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How Daniel Baldwin Stole Christmas: An Anti-Atheist Message Movie
In more news about Evangelical Christian pop-culture ephemera, the same friend who turned me on to WinterBand also hipped me to a movie I think you should all know about. I personally never get tired of the “Happy Holidays” vs. “Merry Christmas” debate. Some may say it’s a silly argument over semantics but I, like […]
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Pentecostal Rock Band Saves Souls Via Virtual World Tour
Everyone knows there’s a certain father/son team that is revered above all others by true followers of the Christian faith. I am, of course, talking about Bro. Steve Winter and his son Philip, the guitarist and drummer for WinterBand, the rockin-est Apostolic Pentecostal Christian blues/metal band around! To give you a taste of Bro. Steve […]
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“You’re Punished! You’re Poor!” My Interview with Amy Sedaris
/AMYSEDARISROCKS A week or so ago I got the chance to talk to author/actress/comedian Amy Sedaris about her new book, Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People (my review of it is in this week’s paper). I was really excited to be able to talk through her process with Paul Dinello (who wrote and acted with […]