Trailer of the Week: Funny People
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Usual Judd Apatow crew, plus Adam Sandler and Jason Schwartzman. The last movie Sanberg played a semi-solemn role in (Punch Drunk Love) was the bomb; this should be interesting:
Track of the Week: Iron & Wine's "The Trapeze Swinger"
"The Trapeze Swinger" is a song that was written and recorded by Iron & Wine for the movie In Good Company. It's also one of over 20 tracks that have been collected for the band's double-disc odds and ends compilation "Around the Well", which is due out May 19:
Weekly Schrutism: "Broke"
Charles: "Dwight, come on in... also, Jim."
Dwight: "Come along, afterthought."
Trailer of the Week: The Hangover
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Any opportunity to see Zach Galifianakis and/or Ed Helms in action is a definite positive. Also, Mike Tyson miming the big drum fill from "In the Air Tonight" is probably one of the greatest things I've ever seen. The Hangover hits theaters June 5:
Track of the Week: Dirty Projectors' "Stillness is the Move"
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
"Stillness is the Move" from Dirty Projectors' upcoming album Bitte Orca, due out June 9th.:
Franz Ferdinand... on Jimmy Kimmel Live
Monday, April 20, 2009
"No You Girls" and "Ulysses", from Tonight:
Cup of Soup: Spencer & Tyra
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Couldn't bring myself to not post either one of these.
I don't slip, homey:
Trailer of the Week: Inglorious Basterds
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Inglorious Basterds is a WWII flick from Quentin Tarantino, starring a cast that includes Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, BJ Novak, and Mike Myers. It hits theaters 8/21. Wow:
Track of the Week: New Ruins' "Years"
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
This week's track comes from my good friends in New Ruins (of Champaign, Illinois). Their new album, entitled We Make Our Own Bad Luck, is outstanding from start to finish, but "Years" is the song I can't manage to get out of my head:
Be sure to check out more of their stuff here.
A.C. Newman... on The Late Show with David Letterman
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Last night kicked off a potentially great week of late night musical guests. A.C. Newman and Nicole Atkins got together on The Late Show to perform "Like a Hitman, Like a Dancer" from Newman's new album Get Guilty. Tonight the Yeah Yeah Yeahs will perform on The Late Show, followed by another 'Yeahs' performance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon tomorrow night. Neko Case will also be performing tomorrow night (Late Show), and Franz Ferdinand will close out the week on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Oh yeah, and The Roots are only on Late Night every night of the week.
"Like a Hitman, Like a Dancer" (the video unfreezes after about 3 seconds):
Yeah Yeah Yeahs... on SNL
Monday, April 13, 2009
The new track sounds pretty good... But what's up with following it with a song that's five years old?
"Zero", from It's Blitz!:
"Maps", from Fever To Tell:
Cup of Soup: Would You Say That To Tom Petty?
Saturday, April 11, 2009
For those of you that saw the Billy Bob Thornton clip last night, there's a lot more where that came from. It was actually just one of many weirdo moments that made up an almost 14 minute long interview with Thornton and the other members of "The Boxmasters". There seems to be a trend developing here. I'm calling BS:
Weekly Schrutism: "Dream Team"/"The Michael Scott Paper Company"
Friday, April 10, 2009
Andy: What do you think?
Dwight: Let me check. [Looks through hunting rifle scope] Ohh, nope! Clearly a hunter... who knows how to throw an outfit together!
Andy: Thank you.
Trailer of the Week: Extract
From Mike Judge (Office Space), starring Jason Bateman (Arrested Development) and that girl that plays the "One-Upper" on SNL:
Cup of Soup (Take 2): It's the Chicken Tetrazzini!
Held out a couple extra days in the hopes that this would surface somewhere before I finally posted the first "Cup" on Monday. Better late than never:
Phoenix... on Saturday Night Live
Sunday, April 5, 2009
SNL performances tend to be hit and miss on sound quality, etc., but Phoenix rocked it this weekend. Hard to believe these guys started out as Air's backing band:
"1901", from Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix:
"Lisztomania", from Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix:
Weekly Schrutism: Classics (4/3/09)
Saturday, April 4, 2009
"It's good to be paranoid. People need to be more paranoid. Case in point, JFK. If I had been JFK, I would've seen all three gunmen. I would've pulled out my concealed Luger and fired first. Man in book depository, boom! Grassy knoll, boom! Fake Jackie, boom! Then I'd shoot myself, so I don't change history and create a paradox, boom! But right at the last minute I'd twist out of the way of the bullet. Nice try, history. Better luck next year."
- Deleted Scene from "Customer Survey" (Season 5, Episode 6)
Fikaked: March!
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
1. I can't figure out why, but some people just can't get into Junior Boys. Personally, Begone Dull Care is probably my favorite album so far this year, and Begone tracks "Hazel" and "Bits and Pieces" are two of the best tracks I've heard in 2009.
2. Sagarmatha is the record that The Appleseed Cast should have made about 6 or 7 years ago. Not that I didn't enjoy Two Conversations and Peregrine, but it's been a long wait for an actual follow-up to Low Level Owl. "The Summer Before" and "As the Little Things Go" are serious standouts.
3. The 5th season of Lost is still rocking. The "meeting younger versions of older characters" thing seems a little over-done at times, but it's highly likely that the writers are using it to set up some good things down the road. Speaking of the writers, they've been on their A game since it was announced last year that the show would be ending after the 6th season.4. From what I've seen, the first month of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon has gone ok. I just keep thinking how awkward Late Night was when Conan first started out. It'll be interesting to see how things go as Jimmy keeps getting more comfortable, and his old friends stop showing up to do him favors.
5. I thought Watchmen was a pretty decent movie, and parts of it were really well done, but I've got a few complaints as well. The biggest problem I had with it was the length. 3 hours is just an excruciating amount of time to try and sit in one spot. Not that they should have necessarily cut a bunch of stuff out, it's complicated enough to understand as it is. However, it might've been more digestible in two parts, and without the 5 minute, completely unnecessary sex scene. Also, the amount of blue genitalia was overwhelming. I know there's a point behind it, but it could've been done a bit more subtly; as is it's pretty distracting.
6. The Soup rules. Long live Joel McHale.
8. I finally got around to watching Oliver Stone's W, and it was more than a little surprising. The fact that it presented our 43rd President as an ignorant fool was in no way a shocker. But by the end of the movie, Stone has the viewer feeling sorry for a simple-minded guy who was driven to succeed by mindless ambition and a desire to prove to his father he's not a failure, and who's eventually duped into terrible decisions by the evil men he's surrounded himself with. Kinda reminded me of a figure from those Greek and Shakespearean tragedies we all have to read in high school. Definitely wasn't expecting that. By the way, believe all the hype about Josh Brolin as "W", it's totally legit. 
9. Phoenix is a French Pop/Rock band who has a knack for writing those songs that are catchy enough to appeal to just about anyone who likes music. You've heard them if you've seen the movie Shallow Hal (you know, the part where Jack Black is getting down with all the large women on the dance floor). Their new album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, is probably the best thing they've ever done, and "1901" would probably be my track of the year for 2009 if I had to pick one right now. I don't see anyone beating them out for album title of the year, either.
10. Discovery Health, easily the most depressing/disturbing channel on television, has a show called I Didn't Know I was Pregnant. The women literally have no idea they're pregnant until the kid starts popping out. Seriously, what is wrong with people?
Track of the Week: Phoenix's "1901"
Definitely a frontrunner for track of the year. No official video yet; Just sort it out:
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