Kind of taken from Romo's last post, and in "honor" of the new Green Day album, here are my most anticipated albums of the summer.
5. Big D & the Kids Table, "Fulent in Stroll" (Out 7/7): Amazingly this was number one, but then they released 3 songs off of it and the only reason its even on this list is beacuse of my historic love for Big D and how i for some reason keep giving them more chances. I guess six albums is when you have to "draw the line", well "Good luck"
4. Third Eye Blind, "Ursa Major" (Out 6/23): Fourth Album from 3eb, and the first since 2003. The songs released on the "Red Star EP" this fall were great, and i cant wait for the full album
3. Hub City Stompers, "Ska Ska Blacksheep" (Out 5/5): Fourth album from HCS, and I can't wait for this one (i'll probably buy it on iTunes right after this). HCS always kicks ass, and it'll be hard to top "Dirty Jersey", but I'm sure they can.
2. Westbound Train, "Come and Get It" (Out 4/21): Ok, so not exactly Summer release, but I havent gotten it yet so I'm counting it. Again, the 4th Album by WBT, and their cd's keep getting better and better. This one will be no excpetion, and I cant wait for warped tour.
1. The Aggrolites, "IV" (Out 6/9): The fourth album from the LA Reggae band (not counting the Tim Armstrong Album, also amazing), and their first in 2 years. Aggro was by far the best band at Warped last year, and I flat out cant wait for this Album.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Monday, May 18, 2009
New Big D Songs
Ok, these songs flat out suck. I know I've been bitter about them recently, but this time its not just my opinion. I mean these 2 songs really suck. Their biggest problem hasn't been the music, its been the live shows. It seems they only have been playing Strictly Rude songs live, which has been a problem. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the album Strictly Rude, but all the ska songs sound the same....especially live. Even when they said they were going to play songs from older albums they didnt. When I saw them IN BOSTON, before the BOSSTONES, here was their set (Yes, I remember it)
Steady Riot-Fun opening song
Noise Complaint-again, fun ska song, sounds the same as Steady Riot
Breaking the Bottle-ok, 3 straight same Ska songs......
Shining On- I always like this one, can't complain
If We Want To-My FAVORITE song ever. They should have stopped after this...but no
175-Never heard it live....excited to hear it, but it was boring
The One-Another slow song? Not to mention it was boring and NOT My Girlfriend's on Drugs
Souped Up Vinyl-Good job to pick it up, but another generic Strictly Rude Ska song
Try Out Your Voice-At this point i was pretty pissed at them and tired of those ska songs
Little Bitch-Supposed to be last song, but Dave added the times wrong.
Hell on Earth-They asked what we wanted to hear. No one said this. No one looked happy
LAX- By time this played no one was enjoying it, so yeah, awful set
These 2 new songs (http://www.myspace.com/bigdandthekidstable) ....well they're making things worse. I dont even know if I'll buy the album.
Steady Riot-Fun opening song
Noise Complaint-again, fun ska song, sounds the same as Steady Riot
Breaking the Bottle-ok, 3 straight same Ska songs......
Shining On- I always like this one, can't complain
If We Want To-My FAVORITE song ever. They should have stopped after this...but no
175-Never heard it live....excited to hear it, but it was boring
The One-Another slow song? Not to mention it was boring and NOT My Girlfriend's on Drugs
Souped Up Vinyl-Good job to pick it up, but another generic Strictly Rude Ska song
Try Out Your Voice-At this point i was pretty pissed at them and tired of those ska songs
Little Bitch-Supposed to be last song, but Dave added the times wrong.
Hell on Earth-They asked what we wanted to hear. No one said this. No one looked happy
LAX- By time this played no one was enjoying it, so yeah, awful set
These 2 new songs (http://www.myspace.com/bigdandthekidstable) ....well they're making things worse. I dont even know if I'll buy the album.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
So I guess you should disregard my last post
So it seems Scrubs is back next year, and I dont know how I feel about this. However, I am very happy to see Better Off Ted is back as well.
http://www.thrfeed.com/2009/05/scrubs-renewed.html
http://www.thrfeed.com/2009/05/scrubs-renewed.html
Friday, May 8, 2009
My Thoughts on "My Finale"
As if fate dictated it, Scrubs came to an end at the same time as my sophomore year. I’m writing this in my now empty apartment (Romo! Rob! Deeg!) and it only seems appropriate to talk about the finale of Scrubs, and its comparison to other finales that have had an impact on me.
As I said, Scrubs was very important to me, so its ending was a significant event to me. “My Finale” was not the greatest episode of the series or even of the season. I say that because it wasn’t as funny as others, nor was it as dramatic as other great ones. Despite this, it falls into its own category of greatness. While not especially dramatic, I found it to be very powerful in that it really made me feel exactly what JD was feeling. I didnt cry, and not just because Rob and Tony were in the room, but mostly because it wasnt sad, just emotional. Watching JD walk down the hall and see all the faces he remembered, I was seeing all the faces I too remembered. That scene ranks right up there with Ben’s funeral, Dr. Cox losing it in “My Lunch”, any of Turk’s dances, or any of Todd’s High Fives.
That hall scene featured characters that I LOVED, and was so happy they brought back for the final episode. I think that’s important to a series finale in that it gives the viewers a trip down memory lane (in this case, literally), and it’s also a good way to give those forgotten about side characters one last moment in the show’s history.
Characters I particularly loved to see that one last time were: Dr. Wen, The Todd, Ted’s Band, Rex, Cabbage, Lonnie (who hates JD, HAHAHAHA), TCW, Randall, Troy, Dr. Mickhead (He did kill her!), Snoop Dogg Attending with Gloria, Leonard (you know, the guy with the really big afro), Lloyd, Colonel Dr, Dr. Beardface, Laverne, My Old Lady….and as much as it pains me to say it….Keith Doodmeister. I know there were others there (Jill, handsome OBGY, Druggy ex from season one), but those mentioned above I was so glad to see again. Notably absent: Doug, who I wish was used more throughout the shows later years for he was one of my favorite characters in the show.
Oh, and Hooch IS crazy
It ended appropriately, both tying up loose ends and leaving possibilities. Overall, it was probably my favorite finale of a show, but just in case I’ll compare it to the endings of other shows that were important to me.
Arrested Development: “Development Arrested” was probably one of the funniest episodes of the series. It ended the show properly, was HILARIOUS, and even left the possibility of a upcoming movie. The dealing with Annyong was such a good set up, 2 years in the making. It just sucked that it had to be the end of the series.
Friends: I didn’t like the ending. Not only was the show no longer funny, but I just didn’t like how all of a sudden Ross had feelings for Rachel again. Best part was Gunther confessing his love for Rachel.
Everybody Loves Raymond: I like how they succeeded in ending the show how they wanted to, just a normal episode. I liked the whole family together for lunch at the end of the show, great way to go out.
Freaks and Geeks: even though I only watched the show in DVD, it had a great ending to a great show. They knew the end was near, and they did a great job of ending the show while still leaving possibilities for more if it was picked up. Lindsay running off with Kim was a great ending
Undeclared: another one watched mostly on DVD, though I did watch it for a while when it was on the air. I liked the ending, despite the main cast not really being in much of the plot. Once again, they were basically cancelled and unlikely to get renewed after one year, so an ending was needed. I liked the whole gang, Hal, and other side players of the show being in the room at once at the end.
Futurama: though the show didn’t end properly, the 4 movies (16 episodes) have done a great job to continue and wrap things up. The final movie was very funny, and did a great job to at one point get “every Futurama character ever” in a series of shots. It ended appropriately, setting up a future.
There have been others, but they either weren’t worth talking about, or were cancelled and never really ended (Andy Richter Controls the Universe). Scrubs was probably the best, followed by Arrested and Freaks and Geeks. I’m biased, but hey, it’s my blog.
Yours Truly,
-Glen Matthews….Or Tony….
As I said, Scrubs was very important to me, so its ending was a significant event to me. “My Finale” was not the greatest episode of the series or even of the season. I say that because it wasn’t as funny as others, nor was it as dramatic as other great ones. Despite this, it falls into its own category of greatness. While not especially dramatic, I found it to be very powerful in that it really made me feel exactly what JD was feeling. I didnt cry, and not just because Rob and Tony were in the room, but mostly because it wasnt sad, just emotional. Watching JD walk down the hall and see all the faces he remembered, I was seeing all the faces I too remembered. That scene ranks right up there with Ben’s funeral, Dr. Cox losing it in “My Lunch”, any of Turk’s dances, or any of Todd’s High Fives.
That hall scene featured characters that I LOVED, and was so happy they brought back for the final episode. I think that’s important to a series finale in that it gives the viewers a trip down memory lane (in this case, literally), and it’s also a good way to give those forgotten about side characters one last moment in the show’s history.
Characters I particularly loved to see that one last time were: Dr. Wen, The Todd, Ted’s Band, Rex, Cabbage, Lonnie (who hates JD, HAHAHAHA), TCW, Randall, Troy, Dr. Mickhead (He did kill her!), Snoop Dogg Attending with Gloria, Leonard (you know, the guy with the really big afro), Lloyd, Colonel Dr, Dr. Beardface, Laverne, My Old Lady….and as much as it pains me to say it….Keith Doodmeister. I know there were others there (Jill, handsome OBGY, Druggy ex from season one), but those mentioned above I was so glad to see again. Notably absent: Doug, who I wish was used more throughout the shows later years for he was one of my favorite characters in the show.
Oh, and Hooch IS crazy
It ended appropriately, both tying up loose ends and leaving possibilities. Overall, it was probably my favorite finale of a show, but just in case I’ll compare it to the endings of other shows that were important to me.
Arrested Development: “Development Arrested” was probably one of the funniest episodes of the series. It ended the show properly, was HILARIOUS, and even left the possibility of a upcoming movie. The dealing with Annyong was such a good set up, 2 years in the making. It just sucked that it had to be the end of the series.
Friends: I didn’t like the ending. Not only was the show no longer funny, but I just didn’t like how all of a sudden Ross had feelings for Rachel again. Best part was Gunther confessing his love for Rachel.
Everybody Loves Raymond: I like how they succeeded in ending the show how they wanted to, just a normal episode. I liked the whole family together for lunch at the end of the show, great way to go out.
Freaks and Geeks: even though I only watched the show in DVD, it had a great ending to a great show. They knew the end was near, and they did a great job of ending the show while still leaving possibilities for more if it was picked up. Lindsay running off with Kim was a great ending
Undeclared: another one watched mostly on DVD, though I did watch it for a while when it was on the air. I liked the ending, despite the main cast not really being in much of the plot. Once again, they were basically cancelled and unlikely to get renewed after one year, so an ending was needed. I liked the whole gang, Hal, and other side players of the show being in the room at once at the end.
Futurama: though the show didn’t end properly, the 4 movies (16 episodes) have done a great job to continue and wrap things up. The final movie was very funny, and did a great job to at one point get “every Futurama character ever” in a series of shots. It ended appropriately, setting up a future.
There have been others, but they either weren’t worth talking about, or were cancelled and never really ended (Andy Richter Controls the Universe). Scrubs was probably the best, followed by Arrested and Freaks and Geeks. I’m biased, but hey, it’s my blog.
Yours Truly,
-Glen Matthews….Or Tony….
Monday, May 4, 2009
My Feelings on Scrubs
So 8 years later, it looks like (but not for sure) Scrubs will be coming to an end on Wednesday night. The only reason I made this was for this specific post so I could say what I have and haven’t liked about the show over the years. Scrubs is my second favorite TV show of all time (behind Arrested Development and ahead of Psych), and its coming to an end is pretty significant to me. The first episode I saw was “My New Coat” (5th episode of season 2, 29th overall) in October of 2002. Since then, there have only been a small handful of episodes I didn’t see in their first airing. While (especially recently) there have been episodes I’ve not liked, I had a very difficult time narrowing my list of my favorite ten of all time. I lumped 2-parters together to showcase more episodes and didn’t include season 8, which I’ve only seen the episodes once.
10: “My Own Personal Jesus” (season one) The first Christmas episode, and I think one of the funniest of the series. It’s hard to resist a Christmas episode ending with JD’s terrible attempt to quote Tiny Tim after an eventful Christmas Eve.
9: “My Best Friend’s Wedding” (season three) Turk ruins his own wedding by being late and going to the wrong church, Ted’s band never gets singing right at the wedding, The Todd has a removable sleeves on his tux, and the first reference to Turk claiming he saw a mermaid once.
8: “My Old Lady” (season one) The first “serious” episode, resulting in all three new doctors losing patients they had grown close to. Not much to say about it besides it was a good way to show that not only the characters lives, but the show itself wasn’t going to be all fun and games.
7: “My Big Brother” (season two) I like most of the episodes with JD’s brother, Dan, and this is in my opinion the funniest (although Captain Bubble Beard in “My Cake” makes a good case). I love Dr. Kelso dressing up as a gorilla on Halloween to mess with employees, and how JD thinks it is the Janitor, an accusation that backfires right away.
6: “My Way Home” (season five) The 100th episode and first directed by Zach Braff. The extended version of it is longer and funnier, but the aired one is still very funny. The episode does a perfect job of paralleling “The Wizard of Oz”, from The Janitor saying “oil can”, to JD carrying Toto on his iPod, to the overall stories of who was looking for what to help them. Also the Todd saying how at the zoo he say “Lions and tigers and bears”, adding “oh my” as he sees a hot girl in the hospital.
5: “My Occurrence/My Hero” (season one) The first episodes that feature Jordan’s brother, Ben, played by Brendan Frasier. The first part is not only funny, but very very sad, and still chokes me up every time I watch it. I like how you are hit with a powerful bombshell of reality at the end, leading to the second part which shows Dr. Cox as very vulnerable when dealing with death on a personal level
4: “His Story II” (season three) The episode narrated by Turk, and I think by far of the My/Their Story episodes. Turk is hilarious as the narrator, commenting on Elliot’s ass and his new boss’ feet. The episode starts out great with Carla in his head not making him his grilled cheese sandwich and ends better with JD and Elliot hooking up (until stupid Shawn comes and ruins everything again).
3: “My Lunch/My Fallen Idol” (season five) Both episodes do a great job of showcasing how Dr. Cox can go from high to low instantaneously. His freak out to the Fray’s “Save a Life” at the end of the first part is one of my favorite moments ever on the show, and the second part does a great job of showing the mutual respect JD and Dr. Cox have for each other, even if they don’t necessarily show it.
2: “My Catalyst/My Porcelain God” (season three) These two feature Michael J. Fox, who I feel was the best guest star on the show. I like how his greatness rips JD, Turk and Dr. Cox to their core as they lose all their confidence, only to feel bad when they see Dr. Casey lose it himself. The second part features the roof toilet (“I’m sorry, you say that as if it is a normal thing”), one of the funniest/most genius jokes in the series.
1: “My Screw Up” (season three) Brendan Frasier returns as Ben in what is to me, by far the best episode in the shows history. I used to watch it over and over again to try to pick up when in it Ben dies (its after Dr. Cox leaves early one if you didn’t know), and every time they reveal that they are at his funeral I get choked up. The first time I watched his one on DVD was about a year and a half after it aired, and I was completely caught off guard when the reveal happened because I had forgotten completely. And, while incredibly emotional, the episode is still very funny. I always love JD’s shower shorts (with complimentary shower wallet), Turk being called a Butt-Face with his upcoming mole removal, and Ted dealing with a potential loss of member of the Worthless Peons
To contrast, here are some things about the show that I really didn’t like
· The Janitor’s name handling: I LOVE how we don’t know his name, but I really wish they had stuck with the first season and a half mentality that only JD didn’t know his name. I don’t like how it is constantly referenced by everyone (Dr. Cox, Turk, Carla, Courtney Cox’s character) they no one knows his name, and I wish they had basically kept it as everyone except JD knew it (but still without revealing it) so JD would feel left out but not bring it up out of shame
· The Janitor after season four: along with the show, the joke went downhill. I really liked it when he harassed primarily JD, and after season four a lot of his antics (pretending to the chief of medicine with everyone’s approval) became just stupid. I would have liked it if he was still seen as the bottom of the barrel and not respected (but feared) by others.
· Admissions by Kelso, Dr. Beardface, and Snoop Dogg Attending that they had slept with nurse Roberts: Lavern was very religious and married, so having these jokes (that just weren’t funny but stupid) kind of ruined one of her strong suits even after she died.
And I’ll finally end this with some quotes from the show that I’ve particularly enjoyed:
· JD: have you been drinking.
Janitor: I’m not drunk
· Janitor: it’s funny I want to go down there and crack him over the head but I’m so drunk right now I know if I move an inch I’ll pass out
· JD [after examining janitors penis]: it looks benign
Janitor: ehh, ‘bout 9, 9 and a half
· Todd: well if your expectations are low, we should have sex
10: “My Own Personal Jesus” (season one) The first Christmas episode, and I think one of the funniest of the series. It’s hard to resist a Christmas episode ending with JD’s terrible attempt to quote Tiny Tim after an eventful Christmas Eve.
9: “My Best Friend’s Wedding” (season three) Turk ruins his own wedding by being late and going to the wrong church, Ted’s band never gets singing right at the wedding, The Todd has a removable sleeves on his tux, and the first reference to Turk claiming he saw a mermaid once.
8: “My Old Lady” (season one) The first “serious” episode, resulting in all three new doctors losing patients they had grown close to. Not much to say about it besides it was a good way to show that not only the characters lives, but the show itself wasn’t going to be all fun and games.
7: “My Big Brother” (season two) I like most of the episodes with JD’s brother, Dan, and this is in my opinion the funniest (although Captain Bubble Beard in “My Cake” makes a good case). I love Dr. Kelso dressing up as a gorilla on Halloween to mess with employees, and how JD thinks it is the Janitor, an accusation that backfires right away.
6: “My Way Home” (season five) The 100th episode and first directed by Zach Braff. The extended version of it is longer and funnier, but the aired one is still very funny. The episode does a perfect job of paralleling “The Wizard of Oz”, from The Janitor saying “oil can”, to JD carrying Toto on his iPod, to the overall stories of who was looking for what to help them. Also the Todd saying how at the zoo he say “Lions and tigers and bears”, adding “oh my” as he sees a hot girl in the hospital.
5: “My Occurrence/My Hero” (season one) The first episodes that feature Jordan’s brother, Ben, played by Brendan Frasier. The first part is not only funny, but very very sad, and still chokes me up every time I watch it. I like how you are hit with a powerful bombshell of reality at the end, leading to the second part which shows Dr. Cox as very vulnerable when dealing with death on a personal level
4: “His Story II” (season three) The episode narrated by Turk, and I think by far of the My/Their Story episodes. Turk is hilarious as the narrator, commenting on Elliot’s ass and his new boss’ feet. The episode starts out great with Carla in his head not making him his grilled cheese sandwich and ends better with JD and Elliot hooking up (until stupid Shawn comes and ruins everything again).
3: “My Lunch/My Fallen Idol” (season five) Both episodes do a great job of showcasing how Dr. Cox can go from high to low instantaneously. His freak out to the Fray’s “Save a Life” at the end of the first part is one of my favorite moments ever on the show, and the second part does a great job of showing the mutual respect JD and Dr. Cox have for each other, even if they don’t necessarily show it.
2: “My Catalyst/My Porcelain God” (season three) These two feature Michael J. Fox, who I feel was the best guest star on the show. I like how his greatness rips JD, Turk and Dr. Cox to their core as they lose all their confidence, only to feel bad when they see Dr. Casey lose it himself. The second part features the roof toilet (“I’m sorry, you say that as if it is a normal thing”), one of the funniest/most genius jokes in the series.
1: “My Screw Up” (season three) Brendan Frasier returns as Ben in what is to me, by far the best episode in the shows history. I used to watch it over and over again to try to pick up when in it Ben dies (its after Dr. Cox leaves early one if you didn’t know), and every time they reveal that they are at his funeral I get choked up. The first time I watched his one on DVD was about a year and a half after it aired, and I was completely caught off guard when the reveal happened because I had forgotten completely. And, while incredibly emotional, the episode is still very funny. I always love JD’s shower shorts (with complimentary shower wallet), Turk being called a Butt-Face with his upcoming mole removal, and Ted dealing with a potential loss of member of the Worthless Peons
To contrast, here are some things about the show that I really didn’t like
· The Janitor’s name handling: I LOVE how we don’t know his name, but I really wish they had stuck with the first season and a half mentality that only JD didn’t know his name. I don’t like how it is constantly referenced by everyone (Dr. Cox, Turk, Carla, Courtney Cox’s character) they no one knows his name, and I wish they had basically kept it as everyone except JD knew it (but still without revealing it) so JD would feel left out but not bring it up out of shame
· The Janitor after season four: along with the show, the joke went downhill. I really liked it when he harassed primarily JD, and after season four a lot of his antics (pretending to the chief of medicine with everyone’s approval) became just stupid. I would have liked it if he was still seen as the bottom of the barrel and not respected (but feared) by others.
· Admissions by Kelso, Dr. Beardface, and Snoop Dogg Attending that they had slept with nurse Roberts: Lavern was very religious and married, so having these jokes (that just weren’t funny but stupid) kind of ruined one of her strong suits even after she died.
And I’ll finally end this with some quotes from the show that I’ve particularly enjoyed:
· JD: have you been drinking.
Janitor: I’m not drunk
· Janitor: it’s funny I want to go down there and crack him over the head but I’m so drunk right now I know if I move an inch I’ll pass out
· JD [after examining janitors penis]: it looks benign
Janitor: ehh, ‘bout 9, 9 and a half
· Todd: well if your expectations are low, we should have sex
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Friday, May 1, 2009
Yes, A Blog
So I've decided to make a blog, mostly because the world needs to know my thoughts about things. I don’t have much to say yet, but within the next couple days expect a lengthy post about Scrubs and its upcoming (possible) finale. However, there are some things worth pointing out in this post:
· The Yankees really really suck. I mean giving up 6 runs with two outs tonight in one inning? COME ON!
· Saturday finals suck. I wanted to go out tonight but no one can….now it’s just a boring night
· Last night’s Office was ok….I wasn’t really a big fan of it
More to come shortly
· The Yankees really really suck. I mean giving up 6 runs with two outs tonight in one inning? COME ON!
· Saturday finals suck. I wanted to go out tonight but no one can….now it’s just a boring night
· Last night’s Office was ok….I wasn’t really a big fan of it
More to come shortly
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