My manager at work, Kris, and I are obsessed with all things American Idol. Together, we gossip each week about the show and pick our favorites (or our less-than-favorites). We’re even going as far as throwing a joint finale party this year; when I say…
One of my favorite T.V. shows is Scrubs, and besides providing me with tons of comic relief, it has also turned me on to a lot of great music. From the sitcom, I discovered bands like The Eels, Colin Hay,and more recently, David Gray. The…
Ah, the 60’s; the age of hippies, JFK, and great pop music. Even though I was born nearly three decades after the 60’s ended, I’m able to get a glimpse at one of the best of the times in music with Tom Hank’sfilm, That Thing…
I would never call myself an expert on relationships or love. First of all, I’m only nineteen years old, which means I’ve only been dating for about four years. I’ve only been in one serious relationship, and while I’ve had three other dating relationships in…
Eyes Open is the fourth album released by Snow Patrol, though I hadn’t heard of them or their music until last year. The Northern Ireland indie-rock band (Gary Lightbody, Paul Wilson, Jonny Quinn, Nathan Connolly,and Tom Simpson) has been making music since 1994, but didn’t…
When I was a child, listening to standards was probably the last thing I wanted to do. My mother would often play Sinatra or Nat King Cole records, and the soft melodies and lyrics I couldn’t comprehend went right over my head. Obviously, my taste…
It’s easy for a new show to get loss in the sea of programming during the fall. Often, quality television shows get overlooked in favor of the more advertised ones airing on bigger networks. Such seemed to be the case for the WB/UPN/CW series, Everwood….
I had never heard of Sufjan Stevens until sometime this fall. I was ready to listen to some new music and asked a few friends for recommendations. Several of my friends on Last.Fm (a music scrobbling site that I frequent) unanimously told me to give…
The Disney Channel has released a plethora of made-for-TV movies, but most recently High School Musical has made way as one of the most popular. Though the movie originally aired in January of 2006, it was later released on DVD in May, and both the…
The idea of reworking old Nirvana, Madonna, The Police and Elton John songs and placing them in a musical sounds pretty horrible, but somehow Moulin Rouge! makes it work. Baz Luhrmann’s lavish musical (released in 2001) tells the story of a poor British poet, Christian…