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First listen: Patrick Stump’s new single “This City” feat. Lupe Fiasco | The A.V. Club
This is the first of Stump’s solo tracks that could be a huge hit.
I love how this is poised to be anthemic, and then Lupe drops a verse about socio-political problems in the middle real quick. Never change, Lupe.
Before seeing him perform the songs live, I kind of hated Patrick Stump’s solo EP, “Truant Wave.” There’s something about how intricately the songs are laid down that made it interesting but not a whole lot of fun to listen leisurely. Good for me, but not good to me, perhaps. After sitting with for some time, I’ve found tracks getting stuck in my head, so now I’m curious about what the full-length album will bring.
That is, if it ever gets an official release date. “Soul Punk” is currently later for late summer. AKA eventually.
(via thispopculture)
JJ Abrams and Jonathan Nolan team up for ‘Person of Interest’
I’m only just picking my way through news about the Upfronts this year. So far, the shows listed as top contenders by different media outlets have me thinking that this year fall television will be suited to my interests. It’s almost eerie how appealing shows like ‘Awake’ and ‘Up All Night’ are to me in very particular ways. I’ll need to investigate whether someone has been sneaking into my room at night and stealing my dreams, but before that, let’s talk about ‘Person of Interest.’
I somehow missed that JJ Abrams and Jonathan Nolan are working together. JJ Abrams loves to use magical realism and supernatural concepts to build suspense. Jonathan “Jonah” Nolan is director Christopher Nolan’s brother (although, for some reason, Chris Nolan is British and Jonah is sort of an American bro) who cowrote ‘The Dark Knight.’ This fall, JJ Abrams’ penchant for subtly creepy world-building self is producing a show Nolan’s created that brings those elements into reality.
As Abrams describes it in the video above:
“That idea of having people who are very much human and very real, and yet at the same that doing things that are without questions very heroic—that was a very exciting prospect.”
Aka Batman is Jim Caviezel but crazier and actually kills people. AKA Happy Birthday to me!
I’ve somehow developed a weird aversion to Jim Caviezel, but now I can’t remember why. Perhaps my general annoyance at ‘The Passion of the Christ’ as a film has fallen on his shoulders in part. That’s unfortunate, but Caviezel was also in ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ and excelled at revenge. Now I can’t wait to see him spend several episodes punishing people for potential crimes and then inevitably having some moral dilemmas later, since Caviezel’s also talented portraying characters who cry about personal responsibility. LOST’s Michael Emerson also gets his disturbing on again, and IMDB tells me that Taraji P. Henson, the Oscar-nominated BAMF of heart (yes, that is a thing) will play the lead female, but she must not show up in the pilot much since she hasn’t been featured in any of the press materials.
I can’t wait. Don’t let me down, Jonah and JJ! There are too many gold elements here.
‘Person of Interest’ will air Thursdays this fall and is among the preview pilots scheduled for the 2011 Comic-con in San Diego.
Rob Zombie directs “Torturer” commercial for Woolite
Not even the Clorox song about mama’s magic can withstand the coolness of this new laundry detergent ad.
I’m not sure what’s more amazing: that Woolite asked Rob Zombie to create a commercial for them or they he agreed. Although Zombie doesn’t seem too sure either.
“It’s a very bizarre TV commercial for a product like this,” said Zombie. “Honestly, I was shocked when they called me to do it.”
[via thedailywhat]
(Source: youtube.com)
A special message from Dexter Morgan
‘Dexter’ is coming back this fall, and I couldn’t be more anxious about it. I finally got over my ridiculous fear of watching seasons 2 - 5 this year. I enjoyed the first season one so much that I thought nothing could compare, but this year I caught up, continued to love it, and crave new episodes every day.
Plus, Mos Def has joined the cast this round. Colin Hanks will play Dexter’s biggest opponent this season, but even a few episodes of Mos and Michael C. Hall playing opposite one another should be a great time for me.
Cris Cab covers Kanye West’s ‘All of the Lights’
Cris Cab hails from Miami and writes reggae-flavored pop tunes, but he’s probably still most known for his covers, which is how I came across him. If I hadn’t been too busy doing nothing useful last week, I might’ve posted Cris Cab’s reinterpretation of “All of the Lights” on Kanye’s birthday. Since I didn’t, it’s here now, because this song has been stuck in my head for last hour.
The original tracks from Cris Cab are fairly infectious as well. Blogs keep trying to tell me his song “Good Girls” should be a summer anthem, but I like the groove of “No Hatred” more. You can get both on his debut EP, “Foreward,” now available on iTunes.
New ‘Luther’ Series 2 Trailer Online
After a whole lot of silence and rumor, news about the BBC crime drama ‘Luther’ is finally starting to surface. To say that I’ve been sitting on my hands, salivating in anticipation of even the smallest bit of information about more of this series is, really, only a completely accurate representation of my life.
I love a lot of things: ridiculous pop music, rom coms, Zac Efron, bubblegum-flavored popsicles, etc. I don’t love any kind of entertainment more than I love a really intense narrative about sociopaths and crime. ‘Luther’ delivers Alice Morgan (played by Ruth Wilson), a woman who may have killed her own parents, and then seals the deal by adding a genius but possibly unhinged detective in the form of Idris Elba. His character, DCI John Luther, starts out hunting Alive in the first series but over time, the two build a twisted friendship that culminates in Alice helping John evade murder charges.
Series 2 will pick up right in the middle of that debacle and introduce a brand new mystery. According to TV by the Numbers, the new series features “a masked man wanders the streets of London, carrying out ritualistic murders in historic locations, working his way up to one final masterpiece.”
If you haven’t seen this show, find it. Watch it. Get ready to writhe in a joyful fashion over series 2. ‘Luther’ premieres October 2011 on BBC One.
Watch the Trailer for ‘Fright Night’ Remake
Last weekend, I watched the original Fright Night with a couple friends, and then mentioned several times that I was extremely excited to see how the 2011 remake shaped up. Two reasons:
a) Colin Farrell is hot.
b) Hot Colin Farrell gets to be dangerous and seductively threatening toward Anton Yelchin.
Those are the facts, and I’m voting yes, and now the first trailer is online.
I appreciate that they’ve decide to make Charlie more badass than he was in the ’80s. It’s also a miracle that there don’t seem to be any uncomfortably overkill shenanigans with animatronics. (Was Evil Ed’s death prolonged or what? I do not want to see Christopher Mintz-Plasse naked and mutating for that long, let’s establish this right now.) In 2011, we’ve evolved to throwing people around and figuring out what else can be turned into a flamethrower.
The film also stars Imogen Poots, David Tennant, and the always magnificent Toni Collette. Between the cast and Colin Farrell hunting folks down, this looks like an amazing way to start winding down the summer when it hits theaters on August 19th.
