Dear Readers,

We have been remiss in our blogging. Terrible, isn’t it? And you’d think that in the summer, we would have less to blog about, but our DVR has been over 50% capacity with new shows, so in the future, expect posts about NBC’s “Merlin,” Fox’s “Virtuality,” HBO’s “True Blood,” and maybe even something about “Glee,” since we never actually blogged about it. And NPH is the guest judge on this week’s “Top Chef: Masters,” so you know we’ll be watching that. Plus, EW put out the top 100 TV episodes of all time, so of course we’ll check out how many we’ve actually seen and if we think they deserve to be in the elite 100. Jaceface has some thoughts about vampires, as always, and Facetrace is always looking for new music and just finished watching a kooky Canadian sitcom from the 90s.

So be on the lookout!

(Practically) Free Music!

I know some of you just skip the music posts, but this is a GOOD BAND,I swear! And, they’re selling their album online for one dollar. You can’t beat that! (Unless you just download all of your music illegally.) But maybe you can spare a dollar for a good band.

Anyways, the band is called Fanfarlo, and they look exactly like I tend to expect bands to look like these days:

Yeah, pretty much. But as I said, they’re selling their album digitally for only a dollar on their website until July 4th. They’re definitely worth a listen to. The lead singer sort of reminds me of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, but I think he might be a little more accessible.

Here are three swell tracks to check out:

Fanfarlo – I\’m A Pilot

Fanfarlo – Luna

Fanfarlo – Finish Line

OurNamesRhyme Tony Awards Awards

Neil Patrick Harris, Everyone.

So, the Tony’s were on last night. The Biggest Night of the Great White Way. And it was a moderate disaster. There were highlights, there were debacles, and there were some HOT MESSES. To recap, I’ve decided to give out my own awards for the evening….

Jumanji is on!

Remember the good ole days, Kiki?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What happened?

The Return of Conando!

Did we all stay up late to watch Conan’s magnificent return to Late Night last night? Oh, is that not staying up late for you? You know, for some people, 11.30pm is kind of a lot. We start to yawn around 10pm or so, but make the effort to keep our eyes glued open.

In any case, The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien premiered last night! As a bona-fide Conan fan, any opinion of mine is clearly going to be favorable. I have no journalistic integrity when it comes to this blog. But it was a good first show: he calmed down a bit to win over Leno fans, but still had some wacky fun. I was happy to see Andy Richter, but I think they still need to get back into the groove of it. Conan hasn’t had a sidekick for years, but they’ll get back into the swing of things, I’m sure.

The reviews from other, more reputable, blogs/news sources are all pretty predictable: if they liked Conan already, they thought the show was great (although a little more muted than late night, of course). If they don’t understand Conan and his anti-gravity hair, they nitpick.

FOR INSTANCE: Check out this negative review from Newsday:

“Why, Conan, this constant reference to “LA?” It sounds old and mawkish; no one in Los Angeles refers to Los Angeles as “LA” anymore; it’s like referring to Hollywood as “Tinseltown” or New York as “the Big Apple.” It’s Los Angeles and you work in Universal City.”

Er, what? I’m pretty sure people still refer to it as L.A. It is in no way comparable to calling New York City “the Big Apple.” Notice how the Big Apple and Tinseltown are both nicknames, not shortening of the city’s name. This reviewer was pretty much peeved at most everything, including the set, the backdrop, the pre-taped bits, the monologue. Just go ahead and say it: You miss Jay Leno and don’t know how you’ll live without him. Don’t worry, you won’t have to.

And here’s the opening!

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