Last night was a good night for our beloved Thursday night block. There were lots of laughs, three perfectly-cast guest stars, and The Office had some honest-to-god story progression. Well done, everyone! Let's dive in.
Kenneth Parcell said it best: "More than jazz or musical theater or morbid obesity, television is the true American art form." And the biggest day of the year for TV comes on Sunday. You may think I'm referring to another Comedy Central broadcast of "Joe Dirt," but I am not.
It's easy to hate your life on a Monday. The wind of the weekend is at your back and the week ahead looms long and large. Yeah, there are some things you can do today to keep yourself from wanting to hit fast-forward on that outdated, breaking VHS player that is your life. But why would you want to? Let's wallow instead.
Montreal's chamber-rock powerhouse played a loud and inspiring set.
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra brought their rambling and righteous brand of chamber-rock to the Cedar Cultural Center last night. Originally a more subdued offshoot of seminal post-rock ensemble Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Silver Mt. Zion has become the more prolific of the two in the past decade. Their two most recent albums, 2010's "Kollaps Tradixionales" and 2008's "13 Blues for 13 Moons" are their loudest and most vocal to date, and last night's show pulled heavily from them.
This year's Oscar nominations were released yesterday in a characteristically awkward and unnecessary ceremony. Why can't they just put the list up on their website? I think the Academy of Motion Art Stuff and Other Stuff knows when it has information we want, and will use it to make us look at them for as long as they can. No one wants to look at you, president of the Academy. Not to be mean. I'm sure you're a good guy, but come on.
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