Monthly Archives: September 2010

Sep 30 2010
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TV Rewind

TV Rewind: Terriers – “Fustercluck”

This is Season 1 Episode 4 of Terriers. Oh, and SPOILER ALERT!


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Wow. I mean, wow. Last nights episode just cranked it up to 11. This is seriously becoming one of my new favorite shows. This episode was one surprise after another. And then in the final moments, one surprise just beat all the rest up. This definitely was the episode that changed everything. I won’t be surprised if this show got an early renewal come May. Of course, that is if more people start watching. Do you hear me people? Start watching.

This was an episode that clearly began a new journey for Hank and Britt. The previous two episodes solely focused on formulated week-to-week cases and now I’m not so sure that’s all we’re going to get. This episode planted some deep roots into the mythology of the show. I figure that Hank and Britt are not coming out of this without at least a few scrapes and scars.

“Fustercluck” (I just like saying it), brought back Robert Lindus who is currently sitting in jail (Hank and Britt planted the murder weapon). He has a deal for them; $250,000 and the name for the person that killed Hank’s friend Mickey (From episode 1). The catch? They have to steal the money from Lindus. It seems to be an open and shut case. They steal the money successfully – in a great heist scene that could be straight out of Oceans 11 – and Lindus gets something that he wants.

Britt: “Are you going to come visit me in prison?”

Hank: “For conjugal visits? Yeah, sure.”

What exactly? A key. A key that opens a safe deposit box (Isn’t that always the way?). In the box is a letter. A letter that is the reason why Mickey is dead and why Eleanor had to run. They saw something that they shouldn’t. The letter is incriminating evidence that Lindus’ bosses were up to no good.

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Sep 29 2010
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Miscellaneous

I Know You’re Fictional, but . . .

Have you met my fictional boyfriend?

I have a confession to make. I’m in love with a fictional character. Actually, I’m in love with several fictional characters. I know the logistics of these relationships don’t exactly add up. They are fictitious fantasies that more or less reside in my mind. However, that doesn’t mean they aren’t real.

Now, I know this is the point where you’re thinking “this chick is crazy.” But, let’s be honest. You’re in love with one, or maybe several fictional characters yourself. You can’t deny it. It happens to all of us. Whether it be a favorite literary character (Edward Cullen) or a TV bad boy (Dean Winchester), there is no denying you haven’t thought about them in a purely indulgent daydream.

Fictional characters are our gateway to having that ideal relationship we all crave for. In these dreams we can be whoever we want. And they can be whoever we want them to be. It’s an ideal situation, really. The fact that we admire, relate to, or just think their plain gorgeous and amazing is only part of it.

What I’m always interested in, is why do we get so attached? Is it the fact that we know no one like them? Let’s face it, I haven’t come across a mega-hot demon hunter or a vampire soulmate, lately. Or is it the fact that they lead more interesting lives? I would give anything to take a ride in the Impala and kill a ghost or two. Maybe knock down a few houses in my spare time.

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Sep 28 2010
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Album Review

Album Review: Maroon 5 – Hands All Over

“This love” is turning into “Misery“

I remember when I bought my first Maroon 5 CD (Songs About Jane). It was 2002. It was a time where the online music store didn’t exist (At least not for me); and you were forced to buy over priced plastic covers and discs at Best Buy. I was a sophomore in High School and Nsync still ruled my world. But Maroon 5 was different. They said the F word in one of their songs. They were pure rock. It was wonderful.

Now it’s 2010. I’m way, way out of High School and indie alternative music gets me through the long day. But Maroon 5 is different. They’re a little older, they’re a little less angry, and a lot more pop. I was very surprised at this album. It’s not really the Maroon 5 I remember, and yet it is (It’s a contradiction, I know).

Their rock tone is now covered with heavy synth, a pop base, and less than inventive lyrics. Yet, there’s still that catchy love, sex, and violence tone that is definitely Maroon 5. I can’t say that I hated the album, because I didn’t. I can’t say that I loved the album, because I didn’t. I’m really impartial. There are songs that I really love. And songs that I didn’t like so much.

The songs that I loved were obviously the more rock influenced than the more pop melodies. Misery, the first single, is reminiscent of the “This Love” era and their original alternative rock sound. The catchy and danceable tune is probably the best on the album. Stutter and Hands All Over are the other standouts on the album. Hands All Over has that funk and soul, rock inspired tone. The obsessive sex and love lyrics are reminiscent of the Adam Levine we all know. While Stutter has the same lyrical tone, this song is more light and fluffy.

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Sep 27 2010
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Must Watch Movies

Must Watch Movie: Up in the Air

Empty your backpack, it’s time to catch a flight

“If you think about it, your favorite memories, the most important moments in your life . . . were you alone? Life’s better with company.”

Once again, I’m late boarding this flight (Sorry. Airplane puns are inevitable). I know most of you have probably already seen this remarkable movie (I just saw it the other day), but I figured since it’s playing on your local Home Box Office (HBO) channel, the one’s who haven’t seen it will now have a reason to watch. It is a must watch movie.

There’s nothing I love more than an unformulated, exceptional, and downright enjoyable movie. That’s a rare commodity these days. It seems everywhere I look there are only remakes, sequels, duplicates, and unimaginative scripts wandering through my local cinema.

That’s why I just have to tell you about Up in the Air. I believe it’s my job to tell you about these movies that are sometimes never seen masterpieces. Of course, this one has been seen, a lot. It’s the exception, not the rule.

Up in the Air tells the story of one man. He hasn’t done anything rather important or exceptional in his life. He doesn’t have a home. He doesn’t have any friends that aren’t fellow coworkers, flight attendants, or hotel managers. But, he is happy. He’s Ryan Bingham (George Clooney). He does what others are afraid to do. He fires people for a living and he loves his job.

There is no need for meaningful relationships, children, or anything that can’t be packed in a small suitcase.

“All the things you probably hate about traveling – the recycled air, the artificial lighting, the digital juice dispensers, the cheap sushi – are warm reminders that I’m home.”

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Sep 25 2010
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The Vampire Diaries, TV Rewind

TV Rewind: The Vampire Diaries – “Bad Moon Rising”

Who’s a bad werewolf? Who’s a bad werewolf?


Source: The Vampire Diaries Blood Falls

Sorry for the lateness of my recap, I had Supernatural fever yesterday. Luckily, it has subsided for a little while so I can write about my other TV obsession:

The Vampire Diaries

(Insert awesome dramatic music here)

I swear this season is sending us on a 100 mile per hour road trip through Mystic Falls. And I don’t think it will let up until hellatus has begun. So we better get to it. Strap in, it’s going to be a wild ride. And don’t forget . . . SPOILER ALERT!

Thursday night, the werewolves came out to play, as did Caroline who decided it was time for a little kissing/biting scene with Matt. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves. So let’s sidetrack to the opening recap. Seriously, dude who does the opening recap: please, please stop adding the “I must know her,” line. We get it. We’ve been through this. We’re in season 2, I think you can stop now. I’m begging you. Stop. Am I the only one who finds this annoying? Okay. Rant over.

Now to the juicy stuff. Yay! Alaric’s back! I missed him (He’s my favorite. Don’t tell Stefan or Damon). Let’s fill him in on everything that’s been going on, because he’s obviously been missing the past two episodes. Oh, wait. Let’s just ask him about the Lockwood’s without filling him in. He’ll be okay. He must have seen the opening recap (Wow. Heavy sarcasm today).

The group (Elena, Stefan, and Damon) need Alaric’s vampire wife Isobel’s research (The one she was doing on all things supernatural in Mystic Falls when she was alive) to see if there is any information on just what exactly the Lockwood’s are. He tells them that besides doing research on vampires, she also had a little info on . . . you guessed it, werewolves. Damon refuses to believe it’s true (Really?): “I’ve been on this planet one hundred and sixty-six some odd years, never came across one. If werewolves exist, where the hell are they?”

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Sep 25 2010
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Supernatural Rewind

Supernatural Rewind: “Exile on Main Street”

What happened to you, Dean?

Source: Salted & Burned

Last night’s season premiere was too much to handle! I’m still recovering. And there is so much to discuss. Sam and Dean are together again, but their not the people they once were. Grandpa Campbell is back from the dead. Cas is M.I.A. Dean hasn’t spoken to Bobby in ages. Sam has been hunting since he got back a year ago, but he didn’t tell Dean (Sammy, that hurts). And Dean is just a whole other story that needs to be recapped and discussed right now, because I really need to say something about it or I will go crazy. So for all of you that watched, onwards and downwards! For the rest of you . . . SPOILER ALERT!

ONE YEAR AGO: Cemetery. Impala. Sam. Adam. Dean. Rings. Devils cage. Sam looks at Dean all bloodied and bruised and shakes his head yes. Dean looks at Sam . . . sorry, I cry every time I see this episode . . . we hear Sam say, “I’m not coming back” (Oh, really?). Sam and Adam fall into the deep depths of hell. Dean. Impala. Sam saying he wants dean to live a normal apple pie (“Get me some pie!”) life with Lisa (Yuck) and Ben.

NOW: Dean is in bed with Lisa and the clock strikes 7am (Horrible beeping sound included). To me Dean doesn’t look too happy. Or maybe he’s just thinking about how much he misses Sam (Aww).

Lisa: “You, okay?”

Dean: “Yeah. I’m good”

Sorry Dean, but I don’t believe you.

As Beautiful Loser (We can talk about the significance of that song title later) by Bob Seger plays, the normal apple pie life that Dean is experimenting with (Because I don’t think he’ll stick with it) starts to unfold. In a great montage, we compare Deans new life to his old one. Grabbing salt from the cabinet we see what he uses it for now (Making eggs) and what he used to use it for (Keeping away the demons and ghosts). Putting his tools in his truck (What? Dean doesn’t drive a truck) and putting the arsenal in the trunk of the Impala. Using hammers and saws for his job as a construction worker now, and using tools to kill vampires then. Having a beer at a BBQ and having a beer with Sam (Aww). Working on the truck (What?) with Ben, and working on the Impala with Sam (Aww). Everything seems to be going all right for Dean. He’s out of the hunter life. He has Ben and Lisa (No. You’re supposed to be with Sam, Dean). He has the life of someone normal. But what normal person keeps a gun and holy water under his bed? Someone who isn’t satisfied with his “normal” life. Someone who needs to be what he is destined to be: a hunter.

Glass breaks. The new Supernatural logo appears (So awesome).

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Sep 24 2010
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TV

Supernatural Season 6 . . . It’s Here

Are you ready?

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It’s here. It’s finally here. The sixth season of Supernatural has arrived and will soon be on our television screens. Thank Chuck. In all honesty, I’m trying to be calm, but it isn’t working very well. It doesn’t help that there has been almost every great episode of Supernatural on my TV since 11 o’clock last night. There is no better way to wake up in the morning than hearing Renegade by Styx from the episode “Nightshifter.” Alright, I’ll admit it. I might have woken up a little earlier than that. I just love the bromance between Ronald and Dean.

But who cares about old episodes? The new season is starting tonight! Sam is back, from hell. Dean is settled down (NO!). Castiel is a big shot upstairs. I have a feeling that this first episode is going to be riddled with “What the?” moments. I really don’t know what to expect (I don’t read major spoilers) and that is the way I like it.

So after two years of heavy mythology, not-so-nice angels (Zacharia), demons, an impending apocalypse, Crowley, and Lucifer, what can we expect? We know that the monster of the week formula is returning, but I don’t think it’s going to be the same. The tables have turned. Dean is the one resisting the hunter life and Sam is embracing it. Can someone say more brother drama? I love Dean and Sam, but seriously? Those boys just need to hug it out. That is my only expectation for the season. I just want them to hug it out . . . and be shirtless.

Supernatural Season 6 premieres TONIGHT (September 24th) on the CW at 8pm CT.

Are you excited about the season premiere tonight? What do you hope will happen? Tell me in the comments!

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Sep 24 2010
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Press Play Friday

Artist of the Month: Jack’s Mannequin – Dear Jack

Artist of the Month: Jack’s Mannequin wraps up today. Let’s celebrate this amazing artist!

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Dear Jack,

Wow. It’s been a crazy month. We went behind the music in all cheesy VH1 fashion. We listened to your music (Parts 1 and 2). I might have gotten a little overdramatic as we examined your lyrics and listened to your beautiful melodies. And now we celebrate. Celebrate you as an artist. But how do we do that exactly? I’m sure that long letters and monologues expressing just how much you mean to me and your fan community would be justified. But, I don’t think that’s how we should go out. So how do we end Artist of the Month?

Well, let’s start off by saying why I love Jack’s Mannequin. I don’t think in the entirety of this I ever said, why? Why do I love Jack’s Mannequin? It’s more than just the amazing lyrics and songs. It’s the band. It’s Andrew. At my first, and hopefully not my last Jack’s Mannequin concert, I remember one thing specifically. It wasn’t how breathtaking seeing them live was, or the energy and excitement Andrew brought. But, it was how every person in that room was singing along. Singing and knowing every sing line, every single word of music. It was incredible! Never have I seen that or felt so much love and energy come from a room before. That’s why I love Jack’s Mannequin. If the music has that much effect on someone or an entire room of people, you know that Jack’s Mannequin is something special.

So now what? I’ve thought long and hard on how to accurately sum up the amazing power of Jack’s Mannequin, and I could think of only one thing: more music! That’s how you sum up Jack’s Mannequin. Music. That’s where the heart is. So, that’s where we’re going to go. Let’s go back. Back to the music.

Dear Jack

“You were the fighter, I was the kid against the world, I heard there’s nothing gonna hold you down, I’ll use a lighter so you can see what isn’t there, We’ll swing at air, Swinging off eventually you’re bound, Bound to the ground”

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Sep 23 2010
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TV Rewind

TV Rewind: Terriers – “Change Partners”

Season 1 Episode 3

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This weeks Terrier’s episode was a great change of pace. It was a little darker, had a solid plot line, and gave us a deeper look into the characters persona’s. It wasn’t as snarky and didn’t have as many great one-lines as usual, but the sort-of creepy story was enough to keep my attention. It definitely was the best out of the three episodes aired. Again we’re going to run down the best scenes and lines from last nights episode. So let’s get to it! Oh, and SPOILER ALERT!

1. In the opening scene Hank decides to take it upon himself to check out his ex-wife’s new fiance in the form of a little snatch and grab. Or you could call it pick pocketing. But does it really count when you give the wallet back? Hank doesn’t think it does. Neither does he think to tell Britt (A former thief) who the hit is. Look at me, I sound like I know what I’m talking about. This is what happens when you watch too many crime shows.

2. This weeks case involves Hank, a banker, a loan, and the bankers wife. Sounds like the making of a joke. The vice president of the bank told Hank that he would give him a loan (To buy his ex-wife’s home and payback Britt his half of the money they got working a case in episode 2) only if he found sufficient evidence that his wife was cheating on him. Simple enough, right? Not exactly. Turns out that the wife (Dollhouse‘s Olivia Williams. Man I miss that show) wasn’t cheating on him. She never wanted to. The creeper or you can call him the bank manager is a little messed in the head. He wants his wife to cheat on him. He likes it (Didn’t I say it was a darker episode?).

Trying to make her husband happy (I’m not kidding) the wife (Miriam) and Hank stage a phony rendezvous with her fake lover, Britt. Hank photographs the two, but it doesn’t go as planned. Everything seems alright, the banker buys into the pictures and story, until he Google’s (This is the age we live in) Hank. He finds that the “lover” is Hanks partner. The banker refuses to give him the loan. But little does he know that Hank had his way with Miriam the night before. So out of desperation, but mostly anger he describes in detail (IN DETAIL) the night before.

The banker is silent. He signs the documents for the loans. Hank leaves, but comes back after he see’s a signature is missing. He goes back into the office to find the banker had jumped out the window and to his death. A great twist in the story. Also a gasp moment (Guilty!)

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Sep 23 2010
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NerdTube

NerdTube: Best of Supernatural

It’s almost here. Tomorrow is the season 6 premiere of Supernatural!

Alright. Calm down. I know you all are fangirling right now (Or it may be just me), but it will be okay. The hours are winding down. The salt has been laid across the doors and windows (You have to keep all those ghosts and demons away, you know?). You’ve prayed to Chuck for a good season. Now, it’s time to wait a little longer (Say what?). Yes, there is still a few more (long) hours left (1 day) until the season 6 premiere has registered in our minds and we’re trying to fully understand all the awesomeness. So for today let’s just take a look back at some of the best moments from the past seasons of Supernatural.

Season 5 “Changing Channels”

For most of you, this will not make any sense. But trust me, this is by far one of the best episodes of the entire series. Should I give you some background information? No. I don’t think I will. After these hilarious scenes, you’ll just have to watch from the beginning of the series to find out (*Does evil laugh*).

“Together we’ll face the day!”

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