Hey, remember that time when I wrote about my favorite Dylan cover songs?  Well this post is sorta like that, except now I’m picking covers of songs by The Beatles.  Why?  Why not!
Aerosmith – Come Together
I think the best thing about this cover is early-career Steven Tyler’s voice. It just feels like he was [...]

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I know that some of these videos are “old,” having been making the rounds for a week or more, but in case you missed them, they’re still pretty damn cool.
First off, there’s this new deleted scene from Lost’s Season 1 finale that proves the showrunners had the entire series all planned out from the get-go.

Pretty [...]

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This past weekend, both my wife and my sister insulted the singing voice of Mr. Robert Zimmerman, better known as Bob Dylan.  Now, poking fun at the gravely voice of the throaty folkster is nothing new, and sure, he doesn’t sound much like your average singer. But you just can’t dispute his genius.  He [...]

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It’s been a long time coming, but it’s finally here! The new Weird Al CD! Alpocalypse! YAY!
So how is it?
Obviously, I picked it up on my way to work this morning, and I’ve listened to it repeatedly as much as possible. (With headphones, in case you were wondering. Not because [...]

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The concept of this book is brilliant. And if you’re going to have a celebrity do an audiobook version, clearly Samuel L. Jackson is the perfect choice.
(If you’re listening to this at work, you may want to use your headphones…)

I can’t imagine that there’s a parent on Earth who wouldn’t find this [...]

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From the same episode (no video clip available):
“I work from midnight to eight, come home, sleep for five minutes, eat breakfast, sleep six more minutes, shower, then I have ten minutes to bask in Lisa’s love, then I’m off to the power plant, fresh as a daisy.” – Homer
No, I haven’t taken a night job, [...]

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This is one of the funniest and most clever movie trailers I’ve seen in a long time:

Yeah, maybe you saw the end coming, but the meta twist is a funny way to let you know what the movie is REALLY about. (If I helped to spoil the surprise with my recent post, I apologize.)

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For today’s post, here’s a collection of fun little odds and ends that I’ve stumbled upon recently.
First, there’s this very in-depth, head-to-head battle between the hamburgers of Shake Shack, Five Guys, and In-N-Out. These guys take their hamburgers VERY seriously, and I respect that.
If you want to freak yourself out, read this article about the [...]

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On this weekend’s Saturday Night Live, The Lonely Island (Andy Samberg and his crew) debuted this Digital Short, featuring Michael Bolton. (The singer, not the guy from Office Space.) It has already gone viral, but on the off chance you missed it, I am posting it here, as it is both funny and [...]

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What is meta? Wikipedia says the prefix is used to mean about (its own category). So a blog post about blogging. Or a song about songs.
Or a TV show about TV shows.
Sometimes such exercises in meta don’t work – remember Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip? But other times, [...]

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