A few weeks ago, Bean wrote a very cool post that linked The Raveonettes to Twin Peaks. I never really made a connection between a piece of music and a seemingly unrelated TV show that way until I heard “Revival”. I’m still sad that Carnivale, the HBO show set during the Great Depression which was [...]
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From The Flinstones’ Way Outs to High Fidelity‘s Barry Jive and the Uptown Five, fictional bands are always good for a giggle and sometimes even become cult hits in their own right. Here’s ten random facts about some of music history’s most memorable fake bands. 1.) Cult 1950s comedian Ernie Kovaks supposedly formed the image [...]
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Am I the only one that’s noticed this? The Raveonettes are the exact musical equivalent of classic television show “Twin Peaks”. It’s like they came from the same odd dimension (a place where it’s still the ’50s but everything is dark and sinister and just a little cheeky) but one came out as visual entertainment, [...]
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I’ve said it before, but I have the worst case of arrested development I know. The other day I was telling Bean about an episode of Tom And Jerry that I really really loved. I feel for her, because talking to me must be like talking to a five-year-old sometimes. Anyway, I was never even [...]
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One of these days I’m gonna write up a post about the long list of things targeted at kids, I – technically not a kid – enjoy way, way too much. For now, I’ll start with one of my favorite, new-ish cartoons 6teen. If you like the movie Mallrats, you’re gonna love this show! It’s [...]
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