Sometimes I feel like maybe I’m too hard on music nowadays. It’s not like the novelty song started with “Laffy Taffy” or “Teach Me How to Dougie” or even “Tootsee Roll” and “Dazzey Duks”. Silly songs-whether dance instructionals or just nonsense tunes-have been around forever and, truthfully, some of the most important songs in rock history have been throwaway songs. “Louie Louie”, anyone? This brings us to “Surfin’ Bird”, the 1963 classic from The Trashmen that has become popular again […]
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Moonlighting: Kevin Hart’s “Seriously Funny”
I’m a fan of stand up. I love to laugh. I own albums by Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence and Katt Williams (don’t hate, I got it for free). I own all of the Kevin Smith “Evening with…” DVDs (OK, technically that’s not stand up. I’m saying, though…). So when the opportunity arose to review Kevin Hart’s “Seriously Funny” for Eat Sleep Drink Music , I was game. Although, based on what I knew of Hart’s work (I’d seen a couple of random bits on Comedy Central, and […]
Drake & Jimmy: The Hottest Duo Out
I’ve gotta admit, y’all: Drake is winning (has won?) me over. When you’re associated with Lil Wayne, you have a long way to go to get me to even respect you. Add in Drake’s decidedly un-hip hop past and the overactive hype machine and the side eye was in full effect. However, the best solution for skepticism is good product. And Drake’s “Thank Me Later” is good. Not great, but solidly good. Perhaps the best album I’ve ever heard on […]
Arrested Development: The Action Movie Trailer!
I jumped on the “Arrested Development” train late. How late, you ask? Well, I watched my first episode of the cancelled cult favorite (which was pulled off the air in 2006) less than two years ago, drunk on a friend’s couch. I immediately fell in love with the hilariously written and well-acted sitcom, and that love intensified once I purchased DVD sets of the sitcom on my own. Not even a doomed dating experience with a guy my friends Cara […]