July 29, 2010

How I Met Your Mother Producers: Our Bad

Good news How I Met Your Mother Fans,* show creators Cater Bays and Craig Thompson have taken advantage of the CBS Press Tour to not only talk up the show’s upcoming sixth season, but also to more or less apologize for the show’s weak fifth season. Craig Thomas told Vulture, “Season five was a very [...]

July 27, 2010

TUiW Question Featured in Jane Lynch Interview

Time to toot the old horn…

July 27, 2010

Review: Best Coast – Crazy For You

“Crazy For You sound[s] like a Ronnettes record, if the Ronnettes liked indie rock, smoked a lot of weed, and had a cat named Snacks.”

July 23, 2010

Weekly Best Of: Spy Movies

So yeah, we’ve been pretty bad with the “weekly” part of the title, but we decided to bring back the feature in lieu of this weekend’s premiere of Angelina Jolie’s Salt, we made a list of our favorite movies about spy games and espionage. Did we miss anything? Let us know in the comments! James [...]

July 22, 2010

Track Review: Land of Talk – “Swift Coin”

In advance of next month’s Cloak and Cipher, Land of Talk’s first new single, “Swift Coin,” serves a perfect introduction for a band that’s been on the verge of breaking for a couple of years. Elizabeth Powell’s multitracked voice swoons over the warbling guitar that is the band’s trademark, before the song breaks down into [...]

July 20, 2010

TUiW Goes to the 2010 Pitchfork Music Festival

TUiW hit the 2010 Pitchfork Music Festival this past weekend, and for those that couldn’t make it out, here’s our blow by blow recap: Friday Arriving a little late at the festival, the first act I saw was Robyn, who brought a high energy set to the early evening of Day 1. Armed with a [...]

July 15, 2010

TUiW Goes to the Pitchfork Festival

Hey everyone! I’ll be hitting Chicago this weekend for the Pitchfork Festival, featuring Broken Social Scene, Modest Mouse, LCD Soundsystem, and Pavement, along with several other  prime acts like Best Coast, Beach House, Titus Andronicus, Big Boi, St. Vincent, Sleigh Bells, and several more. Be sure to tune in to our Twitter feed for some [...]

July 8, 2010

2010 Emmy Nominations Are In

Here you go folks, your 2010 Emmy Nominations! A little bit of snap analysis accompanies each category. Sound off on your thoughts in the comments! Outstanding Drama Lost Breaking Bad Dexter Mad Men True Blood The Good Wife Who Should Win: Breaking Bad. That show can’t get any better. Who Will Win: Tough to say [...]

July 6, 2010

Women of the Daily Show Respond to Sexism Allegations

A few weeks ago, the New York Times ran a piece on new Daily Show correspondent Oliva Munn which suggested that Munn’s new gig and entire career can all be attributed to the fact that she’s hot. A few days before, Jezebel writer Irin Carmon did an article with several former staffers that  exposed the [...]

July 6, 2010

Prince Wants You To Know The Internet is “Completely Over”

Stop using the technology formerly known as the Internet.