Alex's Media Watch!
Argh. It took me forever to finally finish this post, but here we are.
What am *I* watching/reading/listening to?
TV: Arrested Development -- This show has been the "it" show for over a year. I'm happy to report that it's funnier than ever. I don't know what else to say here that hasn't already been said, so I'll just move on.
King of the Hill -- Probably one the single most overlooked "great" show off all-time. I love, love, love King of the Hill and often look to it for inspiration when it comes to crafting truly character-driven stories.
Wednesdays are huge for me, as there's a killer line-up of Smallville, Mythbusters, and South Park on.
Smallville has continued its downward streak this season, but there have been interesting moments. Namely the Flash episode and the exceedingly GAY relationship between Lex and Clark. Honestly, they should just make the show about their failed romance. It would be truly interesting. Oh, and kill Lana while you're at it.
Mythbusters is a show on the Discovery Channel that I've plugged numerous times on my solo blog. It has these two quirky guys solving different urban legends with science! It's great.
South Park's second half of season 8 has been weaker than the first half last Spring, but that's to be expected. Trey Parker and Matt Stone worked themselves into the ground finishing Team America, so in all honesty, I wasn't expecting the November South Parks to be that brilliant.
Thursdays I'm watching the Apprentice. This season started strong and then...feh. Trumps fired too many interesting characters. They violated the second rule of reality shows: If you're lucky enough to cast great characters, you have to find ways to keep them on the show.
Oh, my girlfriend's into Gilmore Girls, so I've been catching a lot of those. It's, uh, well, God bless 'em, they're trying.
HBO in my mind, is pretty much empty until August 2005 when ROME premiers. As for now, I'm pretty into their reality show Family Bonds. It's a bit like the Sopranos, but it's, uh, real.
Radio (FM): Let's see, pretty much the usual. Stern in the mornings. Tom Leykis in the afternoons. Conway & Steckler or Loveline at night. Speaking of which, Loveline has had some great shows lately, with Seth Macfarlane, Will Arnett, and Jason Bateman showing up.
AM Talk: I've been catching a lot of Phil Hendrie Show. That's about it. I'm trying to hunt down some tapes/MPEGs of the time Camille Pagilia guest-hosted Rush Limbaugh, however. Saturday and Sunday nights it's Art Bell time.
Books: Nothing of note. I recently ordered this and this, however.
Movies: Wow, I'm so behind. I caught Ladykillers on DVD. It was pretty bad. Just totally over-written, over-directed, and over-acted. The phrase "overbaked" also springs to mind. I actually sat down and watched Joe Versus the Volcano for the first time about a decade. It was awful, but strangely fascinating. It might receive my much-desired, "Brilliant Misfire" label.
Music: I'm not into music. But, I am into Eminem, and I recently got his latest -- Encore. I'm working my way through it. My first reaction is that it's not as inviting as the MMLP or the Eminem Show. That said, I find the notion of this album being a direct sequel to The Eminem Show only -- and not the first two -- to be rather brilliant.
What am *I* watching/reading/listening to?
TV: Arrested Development -- This show has been the "it" show for over a year. I'm happy to report that it's funnier than ever. I don't know what else to say here that hasn't already been said, so I'll just move on.
King of the Hill -- Probably one the single most overlooked "great" show off all-time. I love, love, love King of the Hill and often look to it for inspiration when it comes to crafting truly character-driven stories.
Wednesdays are huge for me, as there's a killer line-up of Smallville, Mythbusters, and South Park on.
Smallville has continued its downward streak this season, but there have been interesting moments. Namely the Flash episode and the exceedingly GAY relationship between Lex and Clark. Honestly, they should just make the show about their failed romance. It would be truly interesting. Oh, and kill Lana while you're at it.
Mythbusters is a show on the Discovery Channel that I've plugged numerous times on my solo blog. It has these two quirky guys solving different urban legends with science! It's great.
South Park's second half of season 8 has been weaker than the first half last Spring, but that's to be expected. Trey Parker and Matt Stone worked themselves into the ground finishing Team America, so in all honesty, I wasn't expecting the November South Parks to be that brilliant.
Thursdays I'm watching the Apprentice. This season started strong and then...feh. Trumps fired too many interesting characters. They violated the second rule of reality shows: If you're lucky enough to cast great characters, you have to find ways to keep them on the show.
Oh, my girlfriend's into Gilmore Girls, so I've been catching a lot of those. It's, uh, well, God bless 'em, they're trying.
HBO in my mind, is pretty much empty until August 2005 when ROME premiers. As for now, I'm pretty into their reality show Family Bonds. It's a bit like the Sopranos, but it's, uh, real.
Radio (FM): Let's see, pretty much the usual. Stern in the mornings. Tom Leykis in the afternoons. Conway & Steckler or Loveline at night. Speaking of which, Loveline has had some great shows lately, with Seth Macfarlane, Will Arnett, and Jason Bateman showing up.
AM Talk: I've been catching a lot of Phil Hendrie Show. That's about it. I'm trying to hunt down some tapes/MPEGs of the time Camille Pagilia guest-hosted Rush Limbaugh, however. Saturday and Sunday nights it's Art Bell time.
Books: Nothing of note. I recently ordered this and this, however.
Movies: Wow, I'm so behind. I caught Ladykillers on DVD. It was pretty bad. Just totally over-written, over-directed, and over-acted. The phrase "overbaked" also springs to mind. I actually sat down and watched Joe Versus the Volcano for the first time about a decade. It was awful, but strangely fascinating. It might receive my much-desired, "Brilliant Misfire" label.
Music: I'm not into music. But, I am into Eminem, and I recently got his latest -- Encore. I'm working my way through it. My first reaction is that it's not as inviting as the MMLP or the Eminem Show. That said, I find the notion of this album being a direct sequel to The Eminem Show only -- and not the first two -- to be rather brilliant.
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Gilmore Girls has gone downhill slightly. It started when they had Rory sleep with a married guy. That was just messed up. Now it's just, "oh, I broke up with my boyfriend, whatever am I going to do?" [1 second later] "Oh, here's a new one."
It is infuriating.
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