Gaudeamus hodie and honor Lydia Fassett for her impressive performance last night on ‘Jeopardy!’. While not taking top honors, she acquitted herself very well, racking up quite a pot of money, just not enough for the win. (Let me say here that I am in awe of people who can remember to breathe when near …
Hometown smarty-pants Lydia Haile Fassett is a contestant this week (scheduled for Tuesday) on’ Jeopardy!’. Wild Colonial pub quiz participants found this out last Sunday night when her teammates outed her. She seemed quite modest and not at all braggy but the team did name itself something like “Hey I’m going to be on ‘Jeopardy!’” …
Dethklok may not be a real band, but they make real music. At some point while watching Metalocalypse, the discriminating viewer will suddenly realize — hey, these guys are actually kinda good. At any rate, this album is now on my iPod. It stands on its own just as music, but the rewards of researching …
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Anyone who has spent a significant amount of time listening to Television’s absolute classic Marquee Moon knows that it’s a life-changer. I first heard of it when reading the liner notes to a promo cassette (yes) for Matthew Sweet’s also-classic Girlfriend, where it made the top spot of Matthew’s “desert island discs”, and when I …
If Don Draper was fat, yellow, drunk, impulsive, dumb and bald… [youtube]KcmM7Jh2Y3k[/youtube]
Sooner or later we all end up posing in front of the electric company. Tonight is the opening episode of the third season of Showtime’s ‘The Brotherhood’. It’s shot entirely in Rhode Island so that is very cool, but I watched the first hour of this show and couldn’t really get into it. The drama …
There’s a Halloween-themed episode of Days of Our Lives on right now, people! Chelsea is crying and saying that everyone hates her, the way she does every day; the mother of EJ’s unborn baby is going to jail for murder while Bo and Hope taunt her; and someone is trying to break into Sami’s house …
I think we all know by know how I feel about Tiffany, the woman who had a bunch of hits in the late eighties despite a total lack of singing ability, good looks, dance skills, catchy songs, or, well, anything positive, really. So why am I not surprised that she’ll be making her reality TV …
Not wishing to inflame the passions or offend the sensibilities of its delicate viewers, the censors at Channel 10 News have taken a page from the John Ashcroft playbook. In a story on the recent rash of copper thefts, they reference the theft of an antique, nymph-and-satyr statue (seen here) from the yard of the …
‘The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman’ Tuesdays 8 – 8:30/ on the IFC/in reruns for now This show stars, and is written by, the most excellent Laura Kightlinger, co-starring the scrumptious Nicholle Tom. I love these gals and I love this show. Often compared to that other show but in a whole different league. NSFW …
Tonight is the 50th anniversary of the Grammy Awards. On the schedule is a special tribute to Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band which I’m sure will be ghastly. All hope of a spontaneous unscripted moment was abandoned years ago… but wait… there’s hope. CBS is teasing a live feed from London featuring Amy Winehouse! …
Including an interview with Young Voices, the youth activist non-profit: It has been confirmed that the Young Voices segment will be shown at 8:49AM tomorrow!! They say the timing is approximate and suggest that people watch from 8AM-9AM just in case. The Today Show is on NBC (Channel 10 in Rhode Island).
“Hop on the Wiggum Wagon” Last Sunday’s episode of ‘The Simpsons’ pretty much nailed everything that’s wrong with the political process in America today. And at those times when I bemoan the fact that Rhode Island is always ignored and doesn’t really count, I try to imagine what a living hell it would actually be …
Verizon’s going to be going head-to-head with Cox in more communities, which is good news for RI’s TV watchers, among which I count myself too frequently: PROVIDENCE, R.I., Dec 21, 2007 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Residents of 12 more Rhode Island communities are a major step closer to having a real choice for their cable …
Carson Daly — likely the late-night host who’s least-able to wing it without his writers — is breaking ranks and crossing the picket line: NEW YORK (AP) – NBC’s “Last Call with Carson Daly” is about to become the first late- night talk show to defy the writers strike and resume production. Daly, who is …
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