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Twilight x Singles – Robert Pattinson + Iggy Pop = Suck

Gabe — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:00:01 +0000

Math! Suck trailer, you guys:

It was only a matter of time before Hollywood tried to capitalize on the current vampire craze by trying to branch out into Emerging Vampire Markets. “We have got to reach the kids who want to like vampires, but are also into this cool new music called grunge.” That is just a typical Hollywood fat cat making his pitch. Of course, what Hollywood doesn’t realize is that some of us just GENUINELY DON’T ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT VAMPIRES. We are in a select group of people called “adults.” It is not that we would like vampires if only their story was told against a backdrop of things that we were into, like Passion Pit, and dinner parties. It is just that at a certain point you realize that make believe paranormal metaphors for sexual anxiety and morbid obsession aren’t going to pay the gas bill. And you need to pay the gas bill, because if you don’t it will mess up your credit!

That being said, hats off to Hollywood for making a vampire movie with actual vampires in it. Iggy Pop, of course, was “turned” during a party to celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence. And a very happy 407th birthday to Alice Cooper.

The Simpsons Is A Thousand Years Old

Gabe — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:53:08 +0000

Last night’s 450th episode of The Simpsons was nothing special. It was a pretty tame and laffless story about Krusty the Klown, although I suppose one could draw some kind of topical meaning from the network forcing him to change his program to appeal to a broader audience. But not really. The Simpsons is not ripped from the headlines, it was written a year ago and took nine months and 40 Koreans to animate, or whatever. All in all, it was a reminder of why I don’t watch The Simpsons anymore: because the show is slowly treading lukewarm water, miles away from the funny shores of its past. (Good metaphors today!)

Far more interesting and enjoyable was the Morgan Spurlock-directed documentary The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special! In 3D! On Ice! There were interviews with Conan O’Brien, and Sting! Andrew WK opened the show? And just to show you how important The Simpsons is as a social and cultural phenomenon, Morgan Spurlock waited 30 WHOLE SECONDS before inserting himself into the documentary. (Seriously, what is wrong with that guy?)

Last Night’s Star-Studded 30 Rock Kidney Benefit Song

Lindsay Robertson — Fri, 15 May 2009 09:41:21 +0000

Even if you don’t watch 30 Rock (?!), you can almost definitely find a recording artist to be excited about in this clip from the end of last night’s season finale. It’s more fun if I don’t name names (and I’m not even sure about at least two) but the gist is: Jack (Alec Baldwin) didn’t want to give a kidney to his father, Milton Green (Alan Alda), so he put together a “We Are The World”-style celebrity benefit song with so many random musicians it’s impressive, and Adam Levine. A perfect way to end the ~~100th episode~~ somethingth episode, I must have dreamed that, of the best show on TV.