Who are “The Manning Brothers” and what the heck does “F.O.Y.P.” stand for? It’s real simple actually, the Manning Brothers are, of course, Peyton and Eli Manning, football stars for the Denver Broncos and New York Giants, respectively. “F.O.Y.P.”? Well, that means “Football On Your Phone”. How does something like this end up on our site and as a “Viewfinder”? Because the Manning Brothers released a new DIRECTV ad, where the very white duo channel their inner- Lonely Island , and rap […]
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Mumford & Sons, “Hopeless Wanderer”: The Viewfinder
As mentioned in my not-sure-why-I-posted-it “ We Saw It! Pearl Jam … In My Dreams ” post earlier today, I had a premonition in a dream late Sunday night (or maybe it was early Monday morning) that featured a comedic quartet that I compared as a cross-between Mumford & Sons and the duo that does the “Get Happy, Get GEICO ” commercials. When I went to write my story, I went searching for a reference to Mumford & Sons, possibly the video for “ The Cave “. Instead the first item that pulled up on […]
We Saw It! Pearl Jam … In My Dreams!
Pearl Jam LIVE in concert? A Mumford & Sons foreshadowing? Or was this all a dream?
My Life as a Backstreet Boy … Fan!
Backstreet’s Back! How does the new album compare with the old ones? One ex-BSB fan shares his thoughts.
bLISTerd: Best Road Trip Movies of All-Time: Top 10
We hope you enjoyed Nos. 21-11 of our Road Trip movie countdown! If you didn’t get a chance to check out the prior list, you can do so (or revisit it) by clicking here . Before we dive right into the final 10, unless we already lost you because you immediately scrolled down to see what is the No. 1 Road Trip movie, let me briefly give you a couple of movies that made our list of 68, but couldn’t crack […]
bLISTerd: Best Road Trip Movies of All-Time: Nos. 21-11
Summertime is here (and has been for about a month now), which means families across our nation are debating on taking that once-traditional American family vacation – the cross-country road trip. Should we pile the kids into the minivan (or the Wagon Queen Family Truckster – if you have one) and visit our national parks – both the nature and amusement-kind – in hopes of creating lifelong memories for all involved, or should we stay at home, save money, send the kids to an […]
The Carlton Shuffle, 6/29/13
Welcome back to our weekly Carlton Shuffle! Once again we asked the PopBlerd! crew what they were listening to this week. There wasn’t a big response (everybody looking forward to next week’s long holiday weekend?) so we threw in what we received with the Michael Jackson songs we wrote about on Tuesday’s fourth anniversary of the King of Pop’s death, along with two of the theme songs (that were actually songs) from our top 10 sitcoms and wa-lah! We have this week’s Carlton Shuffle. Enjoy!
Star Wars: Attack of the Rumors (or What We Know So Far)
What we’ve learned since the Lucasfilm / Disney merger.
The Carlton Shuffle 6/22/13
We’ll take a break from os ur themed Shuffleand get back to our regular mix of music. Welcome to this week’s Carlton Shuffle, where the PopBlerd! staff shares with you all what we’ve been listening to this past week. Once again we have a great mix of music from all genres and generations. Included in this mix is a track from the much-talked about Kanye West album Yeezus, a tribute to the late-great Tony Soprano (aka James Gandolfini), and a […]
The Uncle Phil Shuffle aka the Carlton Shuffle: Father’s Day Edition!
Our main Shuffle man, Gonzo , is traveling the next couple of weeks so I get the privilege of “mixing” our Carlton Shuffle. And I had fun doing it! Every week we ask the PopBlerd! crew what they are listening to. Every week we get a mixture of songs from every genre, and every generation. It’s kinda cool. With Father’s Day this Sunday I thought it’d be appropriate if we came up with a list of “Songs About Dad”. Little did […]
A Few Words About Brian McKnight’s More Than Words
Does Brian McKnight’s new album give you those classic slow jam vibes? Check out our review and find out…
Valentine’s Day Character Crushes!
So this is Valentine’s Day? They can keep it! OK, so maybe I shouldn’t be saying that, after all I’m hitched and as a decent husband I should be overspending today on flowers, candy and teddy bears in hopes that my wife will repay me in … making awesome dinner for me! I’m a hopeless romantic, but I’ve never understood why we have to go out of our way this one day to love someone we should be loving just […]