LINK | Posted by Chris on Monday, November 15, 2010
Here are this week's new releases by '80s and early '90s artists. We've compiled this list to the best of our abilities.
Artist: Bruce Springsteen Title:The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story Release date: November 16, 2010 Rebirth or Reissue: Reissue More information: Three CDs contain remastered versions the original ten tracks from 1978's Darkness On The Edge Of Town, twenty-one new tracks recorded during that period (which can also be purchased separately as The Promise; three DVDs contain a documentary and three classic concerts
Artist: The Queers Title:Back To The Basement Release date: November 16, 2010 Rebirth or Reissue: Rebirth More information: Thirteen new tracks from the classic punk band
Artist: Bryan Adams Title:Bare Bones Release date: November 16, 2010 Rebirth or Reissue: Reissue More information: Twenty "unplugged" songs, some classic, some new
Artist: Annie Lennox Title:A Christmas Cornucopia Release date: November 16, 2010 Rebirth or Reissue: Rebirth More information: Twelve holiday tunes
Artist: The Church Title:Seance Release date: November 16, 2010 Rebirth or Reissue: Reissue More information: Remastered 1983 album contains two new tracks
Artist: The Church Title:Heyday Release date: November 16, 2010 Rebirth or Reissue: Reissue More information: Remastered 1986 album contains three new tracks
Also this week: New Kid Rock, Pink's greatest hits, a deluxe edition of Supertramp's Breakfast In America
LINK | Posted by Chris on Monday, November 15, 2010
Here are the musical acts appearing on the talk show circuit this week. We compiled this list to the best of our abilities. Check your local listings and don't shoot the messenger.
Monday, November 15th Conan: Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings Jimmy Kimmel Live: Jason Aldean Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: Grinderman Late Show with David Letterman: Rascal Flatts Lopez Tonight: Sheryl Crow The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Annie Lennox
Tuesday, November 16th Jimmy Kimmel Live: Trey Songz Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: Bruce Springsteen Late Show with David Letterman: Rihanna Lopez Tonight: Selena Gomez The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Nelly
Wednesday, November 17th Conan: Kid Rock Jimmy Kimmel Live: Nelly Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: Rascal Flatts Late Show with David Letterman: Ne-Yo
Thursday, November 18th Conan: The Decemberists Jimmy Kimmel Live: My Chemical Romance Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: The Frames The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Jewel
Friday, November 19th Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: Sufjan Stevens Late Show with David Letterman: The Secret Sisters
Saturday, November 20th Austin City Limits: John Legend & The Roots Saturday Night Live: Florence + The Machine
(R) = repeat performance shows in red = our picks for the week
LINK | Posted by Chris on Saturday, November 13, 2010
On this week's Culture Brats Radio, we played songs from albums released in 1982. In case you missed it or just want to reminisce, here's the playlist:
SIDE A
Adam Ant, "Friend Or Foe"
Circle Jerks, "Put A Little Love In Your Heart"
The Psychedelic Furs, "Love My Way"
Yaz, "Don't Go"
Squeeze, "Black Coffee In Bed"
Sparks, "Eaten By The Monster Of Love"
Duran Duran, "Rio"
Asia, "Heat Of The Moment"
Thomas Dolby, "Europa And The Pirate Twins"
Phil Collins, "I Don't Care Anymore"
The Motels, "Only The Lonely"
SIDE B
Dexys Midnight Runners, "Come On Eileen"
Violent Femmes, "Add It Up"
The Go-Go's, "Vacation"
The Waitresses, "I Know What Boys Like"
R.E.M., "Gardening At Night"
Scandal, "Goodbye To You"
Billy Idol, "Hot In The City"
Culture Club, "I'll Tumble 4 Ya"
Bow Wow Wow, "I Want Candy"
Stray Cats, "Rock This Town"
Haircut 100, "Love Plus One"
Modern English, "I Melt With You"
Thanks to everyone who came out and requested songs. If you'd like to catch future shows, follow us on Twitter.
LINK | Posted by A Vapid Blonde on Friday, November 12, 2010
When we last left the Hellcats, Savannah's hopes and dreams of a magical deflowering were completely crushed. Crushed by her naivete. Marti told her Dan Patch was a player but what she didn't tell her was that Dan had been playing in Marti's secret garden accidentally trying to grow little Patches and then skipping town and never talking to Marti ever again. Well, for at least six months anyway. Savannah basically turned the dirt over in Marti's garden in front of the entire squad, including Lewis "Does this look crooked?" Flynn, who apparently is afraid to do any weeding now and they all leave Marti alone with only one friend, Dan The Man Patch and Alice who admits to feeling "kind of" sorry for her. I'm really beginning to like Alice. She's just a big old slut, what you see is what you get and she gives it out freely. Only thing is since Alice stole that magazine article away from the Lancer football team, Bill Marsh, the crooked head of the athletic department essentially shuts down all cheer activities and blah, blah, blah. This whole part of the show could die for all I care. I'm watching this show for all the hot cheer girls and boys. I'm not watching it to see Evil Bill Marsh bribe people to play football. What high school jock is going to turn down a chance to play collegiate football if he doesn't get hush money?
Speaking of hot cheering girls and boys, we got a bit of it at the beginning and then the only cheering after that was the christian academy cheer squad *yawn* that Savannah's slutty and pregnant (sound the sirens a christian girl lost her virginity and got pregnant whoop whoop whoop) sister cheers for. Savannah saves the day, fearing for the safety of the newly conceived cheerbaby and helps her sisters squad get the sponsorship they need for nationals. And then Savannah lies to her mother and realizes that there really is a time and a place for lying and sometimes we don't always need to know the truth, especially if that truth is knowing your best friend and your boyfriend did it in the back of a Buick, which by the way is exactly where Dan Patch and Marti just happen to be, discussing the scene of the original sex crime while Marti is on a stakeout trying to gather evidence to help with that wrongly accused musical convict she is going to free by the end of the season. Forgot about that, didn't you? Well, the writers didn't.
You know what they say, if the Buick's a rockin'... well they don't actually rock anything, but it does get a little steamy in the Buick but it's short lived and in the end Marti tells Dan it's all a mistake, it was then and it is now and that's that and then they started singing "Why Can't We Be Friends" by War. Not really I just made that up, but I think that would be really funny. Or stupid.
Lewis "Does this look crooked?" Flynn apologizes to Marti for not having her back. Savannah forgives Marti for not telling her the entire truth about her and Dan. Lewis "Does this look crooked?" Flynn goes and gets Dan Patch so that he and Savannah can "patch" things up. Then they all get together and have group sex.
Ha, no they don't but they do share a group hug, all four of them with Marti and Dan giving each other the "I'm In Love With You Still Stink Eye".
LINK | Posted by Culture Brats on Thursday, November 11, 2010
Hello and welcome to Smacktalk, where each week we attackmock critique a music video or movie trailer. This week, we're taking a look at the trailer for 2010: Moby Dick. Hope ya love it!
Daddy Geek Boy: From a studio no one has ever heard of...
Archphoenix: I'm kind of ashamed of myself for knowing that Asylum is the same company that did Mega Shark Vs. Giant Octopus.
The Weirdgirl: Evil lurks? Are the Backstreet Boys down there?
A Vapid Blonde: I'd be pissed too if I was that whale. First he's evil, then he's a monster, what's next?
Chag: No tease whatsoever. I like this. Bringing the monster out, front and center, from the get-go!
Didactic Pirate: Who knew whales growl like grizzly bears when they attack?
Archphoenix: Did that whale just bite a nuke?
Archphoenix: Gabrielle from Xena! I wondered recently what she was up to. And I fear it's nothing good.
Dufmanno: "And that would make it 400 feet?" I actually did research on what 400 feet looks like. They are right to look concerned.
The Weirdgirl: I'll be sorely disappointed if this isn't a prehistoric whale. (Today's whales are just whining posers.)
Didactic Pirate: For just one nanosecond, I thought that was Sean Penn with a bad 'stache. I owe Mr. Penn an apology e-card.
Chag: I don't remember nukes in Moby Dick. I knew I should've read the damn thing and not relied on Cliffs Notes.
Dufmanno: It's never truly dangerous until a "boatload of nukes" is involved.
Daddy Geek Boy: Forgive me if I'm wrong, but isn't one nuke all it really takes to be dangerous?
Archphoenix: Took his leg in '69? Oh Barry, did they pitch this to you by saying, "The film sucks. Here's a big pile of money."
Dufmanno: Revenge. Driving plots since the dawn of time.
A Vapid Blonde: Oh honey don't you even remember? He's not an animal, he's an EVIL 400 FOOT MONSTER! Pfft, blondes.
Daddy Geek Boy: Go back to PETA you dumb hippie. A giant killer whale is not an animal. Haven't you seen Sharktopus?
Didactic Pirate: Nice scar on Bostwick. It says, "I'm a badass," but also, "I'm emotionally vulnerable."
Chag: Did he just say, "I'd strike the sun if it insulted me?" How is that even possible? What does that even mean?
Dufmanno: Okay, I’m with Chag on this one. What the hell is even going on is right. The sun?
Archphoenix: Chag, basically, he's the anti-Al Gore.
A Vapid Blonde: *blink* *blink* *blink* BWAHHAAAHAAAA. Whoever wrote this should not be allowed near any writing implements ever again.
The Weirdgirl: I'm feeling the whale at this moment. Dude needs to be eaten.
The Weirdgirl: Oh, and the sky has pissed me off lately. I think I'll nuke it.
Chag: We're going to need a bigger boat.
Didactic Pirate: I don't care how high you can leap, Whale. Sharktopus could still make you his bitch.
Daddy Geek Boy: I have no idea what's happening right now. It's like a Michael Bay film all of a sudden.
Didactic Pirate: That's one fast-moving CGI rendering of a whale.
The Weirdgirl: Body slam!
Daddy Geek Boy: I was going to pass on this movie until they told me that it starred a Golden Globe winner. That changes everything!
Chag: You know that Barry Bostwick's character is named Captain Ahab? *rolls eyes*
Didactic Pirate: Just so I understand: the producers saw a rerun of Spin City, looked at each other and said, "Gentlemen, we've found our Ahab."
Daddy Geek Boy: Shouldn't the title be Moby Dick: 2010? Also, 2010 is almost over so they better get this thing out soon otherwise the movie's not going to make any sense.
A Vapid Blonde: Oh jeez Barry, now you've gone and done it. Calling him "The Devil Himself?" Thats is really going to piss off the evil 400-foot monster that lurks below the surface.
Dufmanno: But Barry, he is a whale. I’m confused.
The Weirdgirl: He's the Keyser Soze of whales.
Didactic Pirate: Herman Melville is going to rise from his grave and smack an apology out of some movie execs for this one.
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