Where Have All The Weird Girls Gone? Gone to the Big Screen, (Nearly) Every One
Her clothes aren’t right. Her old man doesn’t understand her. And her love life? Nonexistent to abysmal. She’s too cool for the nerds, too square for the cool kids. She’s the alterna-girl, one of television’s most beloved archetypes—and she’s in trouble.... read more
Catching Up With... Jemaine Clement
Anybody who's been exposed to Jemaine Clement, also known as the Hiphopopotamus half of Flight of the Conchords, knows that the New Zealand native has turned awkwardness into an art form on screen and MP3 alike. In his new film, Gentlemen Broncos, Clement joins forces with Napolean Dynamite and Nacho Libre director Jared Hess to form a perfect storm of self-conscious absurdity, playing an egotistical sci-fi author who flaunts a vestigial Blue Tooth and hi-jacks adolescent fiction about yeast-empowered space rangers. So what's next for one of folk comedy's international figureheads? Clement offered Paste a few lucrative hints about the future of Conchords, his Rock Band... read more
Start Press: Lost In Space
Lately it’s been getting dark around five o’clock in the evening. Ireland is situated far enough north that it won’t be long before the daylight—notice I said ‘daylight’ and not ‘sunshine’—will fizzle out each afternoon around 3:30pm. I like to imagine that the sun has gotten sick of its job and begun showing up late to work, slipping out the backdoor early. I don’t mind the shorter days. Nighttime amplifies the comfort of your domestic environs. Like when you’re watching a stage play with an elaborate set and all the lights fade to black except for one spotlight trained on... read more
Readers' Picks: Best TV Shows of the Decade
We spent a lot of time brainstorming, voting, arguing and refining our list of The 20 Best TV Shows of the Decade. But, of course, we got it wrong. Here’s what our readers chose as the 10 Best TV Shows of the Decade:... read more
Best of What's Next: Nurses
It’s an amusingly incongruous sight to see the makers of such delicate music hauling around in such a brawny boat... read more
Readers' Picks: Best Movies of the Decade
We spent a lot of time brainstorming, voting, arguing and refining our list of The 50 Best Movies of the Decade. But, of course, we got it wrong. Here’s what our readers chose as the 10 Best Movies of the Decade:... read more
High Definition: Modern Family Finds Its Funny
Despite my high hopes for Joel McHale, John Oliver, Ken Jeong and the rest of the cast of NBC’s hit-and-miss Community, the funniest new comedy this season is Modern Family on ABC. The story of three inter-related families works because its characters seem familiar to life but fresh to the screen.... read more
Best of What's Next: Kristina Train
The soulful saunter of Kristina Train's debut Spilt Milk hints at her roots in Savannah... read more
Listen Up: The Tourettes Are Dead, Long Live The Tourettes
I wore a lot of skirts my freshman year of college, but one of my favorite songs that year was “Pants Fever,” a catchy little tune by a band that I’m pretty sure you’ve never heard of. And I mean that in absolutely the least snobby way possible. You don’t not know them because you’re not cool enough. You don’t know them because, really, there’s just not that much to know.... read more
Sufjan Stevens: On the Road to Find Out
On Nov. 2, 2009, Paste magazine released its list of The 50 Best Albums of the Decade, and topping that list was Illinois, the 2005 masterpiece from Sufjan Stevens. Paste’s Kate Kiefer talked to the Illinoisemaker about the album, his 50 States project and his recent orchestral creation The BQE.... read more
The Best Albums of the Decade (Readers' Picks)
We spent a lot of time brainstorming, voting, arguing and refining our list of The 50 Best Albums of the Decade. But, of course, we got it wrong. Here’s what our readers chose as the 10 Best Albums of the Decade:... read more
Best of What's Next: Hello Seahorse!
Born in California and raised in Mexico, Hello Seahorse! lead singer Lo Blondo... read more
Catching Up With... Bob Schneider
Talk to Bob Schneider for five minutes and he will try to mess with you. Seriously. The long-time Austin resident, who also sings with bands the Ugly Americans, the Scabs, and as his alter ego, Joe Rockhead, is about to launch a tour to promote his latest solo album, Lovely Creatures, which dropped Sept. 29. The album is a folky, heartfelt collection of songs about love and life that belies the singer's stated goal to "seem like I don't give a fuck." When not on tour, fans can find Schneider every Monday night in the Saxon Pub in Austin, where he'll try out... read more
Film Friday: George Lucas and the Canadian Force
When the National Film Board of Canada released an iPhone application last week, I naturally thought of Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, and Yoda. For some people, trolling through the NFB’s video archives will undoubtedly bring to mind those three famous Canadians.... read more
Best of What's Next: Windmill
“Are you disappointed?” Matthew Thomas Dillon asks... read more
Salute Your Shorts: Paris, je t'aime
Salute Your Shorts is a weekly column that looks at short films, music videos, commercials or any other short form visual media that generally gets ignored.Anthology films have been around since at least 1932, when Grand Hotel won the Academy Award for best picture. It’s only recently, though, that micro-anthology films have become a fad. Previous works had compiled various shorts, but these shorts were rarely less than 20 minutes long and because of this were frequently no less accomplished than features themselves. Even when films themselves weren’t made in this fashion, they’ve sometimes been grouped together simply because non-feature... read more
Reed. Adam Reed: Adult Swim Alum Launches Animated Spy Show
"James Bond was actually a bit of a dick," says the former director/producer of Sealab 2021... read more
Catching Up With... DJ Hero Producer Will Townsend
Will Townsend has the job that countless twentysomething dudes could only dream of: He gets paid—and well—to play video games. Townsend is the producer of DJ Hero, the newest incarnation of the Guitar Hero series, which hits shelves Tuesday (Oct. 27). Clad in black-rimmed glasses, a black t-shirt and a Yankees hat, Townsend looked a lot like his clientele when he sat down with Paste recently at the Xbox 360 DJ Hero premiere party in Atlanta. Over the blare of party-goers diving into the new game, Townsend told us about putting the game together, the power of video games and... read more
The Booky Man: The Stranger Among Us
God bless the French. They gave us French kissing, French bread, Brigitte Bardot and Tati. They gave us useful terms: ennui and guillotine. They gave us The Statue of Liberty.... read more
Robert Hilburn Recalls the Death of John Lennon
Reprinted from Cornflakes With John Lennon by Robert Hilburn © 2009 by Robert Hilburn. Permission granted by Rodale Inc.... read more
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