It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Review: “Frank Reynolds' Little Beauties" (7.03)

Probably one of the worst ideas ever is to put The Gang from _It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia_ near, around or in charge of children. In the third episode of the season “Frank Reynolds’ Little Beauties”, not only are they put in charge of about a dozen children, but they also have to put on a beauty pageant. And as usual, when the gang tries to do something right, everything goes horribly wrong.  read more

Wooden Shjips Announce New Tour and Video

After returning from a lengthy European tour, the explorative psychedelic rock band will be hitting the East Coast for another tour in support of their 2011 album, West, with Birds Of Avalon in the opening slot. The band has also released a new music video for their song "Lazy Bones" that was created by the electronic band Black Dice.   read more

Jimmy Fallon to Feature Radiohead, Portishead Next Week

Coming off the heels of his Pink Floyd tribute week, unabashed music nerd Jimmy Fallon has managed to rope in in a couple more acclaimed British acts to perform on his Late Night show: Radiohead and Portishead.  read more

Kirby Mass Attack Review (DS)

Mario’s name has been plastered on more box covers than perhaps any other figure in gaming history, yet over the last decade, Kirby has consistently been Nintendo’s most malleable hero. While many of the series offerings over the past several years maintain the side-scrolling 2D aesthetic of the older, “traditional” Kirby games, most introduce some sort of singular key mechanic exclusive to that entry, whether it’s the stylus-drawn paths of Kirby’s Canvas Curse on Nintendo DS, or the yarn-based worlds and abilities seen in last year’s Wii release, Kirby’s Epic Yarn....  read more

This Week in Album Covers

Each week Rodney Lee takes a look at the lost art of the album cover.  read more

How to Be a Gentleman Review: "Pilot" (Episode 1.01)

David Hornsby (Rickety Cricket from It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia) has adapted a non-fiction novel that outlines, well, exactly how to be a gentleman in an easy to read contemporary guide to common courtesy. CBS’How To Be a Gentleman centers on Hornsby as Andrew Carlson, an uptight magazine columnist and his friendship with Kevin Dillon’s (Entourage) Bert Lansing. Bert’s a man’s man who is an Iraq War veteran turned personal trainer. Their differences provide comical tension, but the question is whether or not their relationship will be able to provide enough comedy to back an entire sitcom.  read more

Community Review: "Geography of Global Conflict" (Episode 3.02)

From the start, Community has been less about the experience of going to a community college (which seems to require a great deal of exaggeration to make interesting) than about throwing a group of interesting characters together who would otherwise never meet and watching how they grow and learn together. It’s like, as NBC’s ad campaign used to continually remind us, The Breakfast Club, just over an extended period of time. But since season one the show really hasn’t known what to do with the Annie/Jeff relationship and that largely comes to a head here and is also the...  read more

Re-Update: Radiohead Will Not Perform at Wall Street Protest Today

According to a post by Gawker, rumors are circulating amongst those involved with the Occupy Wall Street protest movement, taking place right now in Manhattan's Zuccotti Park, that a special musical guest will play in their support around 4 p.m. — and many seem to think it'll be Radiohead.  read more

Flaming Lips Further Test Listeners' Patience, Announce Plans of 24-Hour Song

If you thought The Flaming Lips' recently released six-hour song was a marathon, the group is now determined to make that seem like an interlude.  read more

Sylvia Robinson: 1936 - 2011

The “mother of hip-hop” of Sugar Hill Records fame, passed away yesterday morning in a New Jersey hospital at age 75. Robinson launched the famous record label with her husband and signed the earliest hip hop stars like Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five. As a singer and producer though, she’s perhaps most famous for her contribution in Sugar Hill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight”, which revolutionized the idea of “sampling.” Robinson was also responsible for Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five’s first and most successful single, “The Message”. Watch a live performance of “Rapper’s Delight” below: ...  read more

Person of Interest Review: "Ghost" (Episode 1.02)

With the second episode of Person of Interest, entitled “Ghost”, we start off with what the show believes to be the action that people care about. Jim Caviezel’s Reese enters an elevator, saving a man who was about to be attacked by two men, possibly murdered, and then moving on without anyone around noticing. Right after, we get to what makes the show interesting, the actual person of interest for audiences, Michael Emerson’s Finch, flashing back to 2002 and discussing his machine that finds the people in danger. The problem is, _Person of Interest_ needs to realize who truly are the people audiences are interested in and focus on them.  read more

Aim High Web Series To Use Facebook Input

Aim High is a webseries from Warner Bros. about a high school student (Jackson Rathbone of Twilight) who is also a government operative once school gets out. So based on that premise, the series doesn't sound like anything to revolutionary. However, the series, which will debut on Facebook on October 18, will reportedly use your Facebook info such as your name, pictures, and friends in the show itself. Although its not quite clear how this will work itself out, when you are viewing the show through the special Facebook edition, some things mentioned on your own Facebook page will pop up throughout the show.   read more

Tintin, War Horse, Mission Impossible Releases Get Pushed Forward

A handful of films’ release dates are getting pushed up this December to avoid conflict with the plethora of competition during the Christmas week. Two Steven Spielberg films, which were already expected to be winter blockbusters, are moving up a few days to better their box office numbers.  read more

Whitney Review: "First Date" (Episode 1.02)

At one point early on in the second episode of Whitney a couple teases Whitney that they haven’t “totally given up hope” and unfortunately, that’s what NBC and its audience should. Normally I’d say to give a new show a chance and stick it out. However, this show just keeps giving reasons not to watch it again and very little reward if you actually stay for the entire episode.  read more

Katie Herzig: Balancing the Darkness with Childlike Joy

Katie Herzig didn’t learn guitar until she entered college, but she’s been making up songs for almost as long as she can remember.  read more

$75 Day Tickets For DeLuna Fest Available Now

DeLuna Fest, the three day musical festival in Pensacola Beach, Florida happening October 14-16, has released their daily festival passes for only $75 this week.  read more

Pink Floyd: Ummagumma ("Why Pink Floyd?" Reissue)

Nobody ever mistook Pink Floyd for modest, but their fourth album is rock excess of the worst kind. Ummagumma is a double, of course, with the first disc comprised of live cuts recorded in Birmingham and Manchester and the second devoted to one composition from each member.  read more

Beastie Boys' Ad-Rock Guests on Cooking TV Show, Holds Special Contest

In a bizarre twist, Adam Horovitz, better known as Beastie Boys emcee King Ad-Rock (the one with the higher, nasally delivery), unexpectedly popped up on Bravo's cooking competition show Top Chef: Just Desserts, an spinoff of the popular series.  read more

Black Swan Interns Suing For Essentially Being Treated Like Interns

Two interns for the film _Black Swan_ are suing Fox Searchlight saying that they broke the law for not being paid for work they did on the set.  read more

Watch the New Trailer for The Walking Dead Season 2

Yesterday AMC released a new trailer for season 2 of their hit zombie series The Walking Dead. The trailer shows some old season 2 footage from the previous trailer but also has a fair amount of new stuff for fans to whet their teeth on. The new season will debut on Sunday October 16 with a 90 minute episode at 9pm ET. The 13-episode season will be split in two, with six episode coming in the six weeks following the premiere and the final sex beginning on Sunday February 12 of next year.  read more