Up. You have 1. already seen this movie, or 2. already know that it's really, really good. Well, let me tell you something just so you don't have to rely only on your own opinion or on the opinion of people who aren't me: it's really, really good. One of my fave Pixars? It doesn't beat out Wall-E or Finding Nemo for me, but honestly it comes close. The final shot is fantastic.
Manners by Passion Pit. For some reason, I wasn't really expecting much from this album. In fact, I don't even really remember why I got it in the first place. But, hey, thanks to you, random chain of events and synapse firing! I like this album a lot! It's kinda like Go! Team plus the accessible aspects of TV on the Radio plus that '80's dancy sound that all the musicians are doing these days. Sound confusing? That's just because I'm not good at describing things. It's quite good. It's dance-in-your-office-chair (-and-not-even-feel-that-weird-when-your-coworker-discovers-you) good. It's in heavy rotation in these ears.
"Do It For You" by Ballas Hough Band (a.k.a. BHB). An anonymous friend recommended this song to me with the caveat that it was "8th grade pop." I secretly and shamefully considered that a point in its favor. Little did I know that, in a way, the description was almost literal -- the lyrics do, in fact, sound as if they were written by a lovestruck middle schooler. But who gives a crap about words? Nobody, and certainly not me. Words are dinosaurs. Electronic sounds and images of people's private parts are the future. This song does not contain images of private parts, but it does contain electronic noises that will stick in your brain like gum to your hair when that jackass behind you in social studies smooshes it in there to get a laugh from Crystal Sothersby.
Arrested Development, seasons 1 and 2. So, I definitely love 30 Rock. On a joke for joke basis (measured in LOLs per minute), it competes with Arrested Development. And that's saying a thing! But, on a structural level, 30 Rock looks almost amateur compared to how well almost every element of an Arrested Development episode works together. It's astonishing sometimes, but most of the time it's just hilarious. I'm glad I went back and watched these episodes again.
Steve Martin as the Great Flydini.
Will Forte's theme song for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. "Twice a week, Tuesdays and Fridays, and every third week we'll do a show on a Wednesday!"
Late night karaoke. "I Want It That Way." "This Is How We Do It." "Since U Been Gone." Yeah. That's right.
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