A review of the latest episode of Better Call Saul, “50% Off,” coming up just as soon as I learn my sevens on the times table… “Mr. Varga. Long time, no see.” —Jimmy You may remember that the very first episode of Better Call Saul ended with Tuco Salamanca sticking …
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Bob Seger dropped a lyric video for the title track to Against the Wind, which turns 40 years old Friday. The clip follows the lyric video for “Night Moves,” on his newly launched YouTube channel. Classic Seger imagery — animated horses, motorcycles, and vast American highways — flash across the …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF8REpfdiFk Beef House Meet the Beef Boys, TV’s newest (and perhaps strangest) sitcom family with Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim at the helm. While the multi-camera aesthetic and canned laughter give nods to sitcoms likeFull House,the goings-on of the Beef Boys’ household are a far cry from that of the …
Read More »This Primary's Real Loser Is Diversity
It shouldn’t be difficult to determine who is winning this. Bernie Sanders is the only candidate who has shown the ability thus far to form any kind of firm base within the Democratic electorate —younger voters who may find him personally popular even more so than a platform that Republicans …
Read More »Saint Mitt the Mediocre
Hagiography usually waits until someone has died, but Mitt Romney is still very much alive. In the Senate’s final vote to acquit Donald Trump of all charges, Romney became the first Senator to vote to convict and remove from office a president of their own party, with the Utah Republican …
Read More »Ozzy Osbourne: 'I Think About Death But I Don't Worry About It'
Although Ozzy Osbourne has faced daunting odds over the past year — recovering from a vicious fall and learning that he has Parkinson’s disease — he is in a peaceful state of mind. “Do I ever think about when my time’s gonna come? I think about it [but] I don’t …
Read More »Rock Hall 2020: Welcome to the Machines
According to the late rock & roll historian Bon Scott of AC/DC and his barnstorming Old Testament scripture “Let There Be Rock,” the genre was born around 1955, when Pyotr Tchaikovsky said, “Let there be sound … light … drums … guitar,” all leading up to the revelation, “Let there …
Read More »'Avenue 5' Review: Hugh Laurie Lost in Space
There are many surprises contained withinAvenue 5, HBO‘s new sci-fi comedy about a space cruise to Saturn that goes awry. Some of these are good, and it would ruin many of the show’s jokes to reveal them here. But the biggest surprise is a disappointing one: that Veep creator Armando …
Read More »Metallica's Lars Ulrich Pays Tribute to Rush Drummer Neil Peart
Metallica’s Lars Ulrich paid tribute Neil Peart Friday, soon after it was revealed that the legendary Rush drummer died earlier in the week at the age of 67. “Thank you Neil,” Ulrich wrote on Instagram. “Thank you for inspiring me and for all your help and advice along the way, …
Read More »News of John Lewis' Illness Prompts Heartfelt Reactions
Rep. John Lewis has Stage 4 pancreatic cancer, the Democratic congressman and civil-rights icon who has represented Georgia’s 5th District since 1987 announced on Sunday. “I have been in some kind of fight — for freedom, equality, basic human rights — for nearly my entire life. I have never faced …
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