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I'll admit that I've had this post's draft for several days now. Posting it before it becomes truly outdated. Almost didn't again tonight. Aargh, the mind! It is so distracted!
My verdict is out on Garbage's latest album Not Your Kind of People and...I like it. It's not their best, but I like it. It gets a little dragging towards the end but there are definitely several standout and memorable tracks: “Beloved Freak” which is beautiful but not as crushingly perfect as “It's All Over But the Crying,” “Bright Tonight” and the title track “Not Your Kind of People.” The first single released from the album “Blood For Poppies” as well as “Big Bright World” and “Felt” are reminiscent of late eighties to early nineties new wave and alternative rock even though the opening riffs of “Felt” sounds to me like a Kelly Clarkson song. But hey, I like some of Kelly Clarkson's songs so that's okay.
Though I must admit I was really torn at first listen and it reminded me of BeautifulGarbage wherein tracks are generally lackluster, forgettable and sometimes contrived. But most of Not Your Kind has grown on me so, yes, I like it.
In other music news, I totally do not appreciate the fact that Imagine Dragons' “It's Time” and The Lumineers' “Ho Hey” has recently gotten a lot more airplay everywhere when I've been hearing and loving these songs since the middle of last year. Suffice to say, I'm quickly tiring of these songs. I might already be tired of them. And I think the same can be said of “Little Talks” by Of Monsters and Men which I've been hearing even earlier last year. I very much hope this doesn't happen to “Trojans” by Atlas Genius and “Closer” by Tegan and Sara. Especially “Closer” because I love it so much right now. Also love how infectious Tegan's dance is and how into singing the song she is in the music video (if I'm right that that is Tegan, not Sara) which are actually a big part of why I like the song.
So the other day I went to ABC.com to watch last week's episodes of Happy Endings. Rather stupid of the site to switch the order of episodes “The Marry Prankster” and “Our Best Friend's Wedding.” When I was watching the latter which dealt with the gang going to a wedding expo for Penny and Pete, I was like, Wait, wait a minute! Penny and Pete's engaged?! When did this happen?? Surely the show spotlighted this momentous occasion given that Penny is the perennial true love-hunting single girl in the show. And then I watched “The Marry Prankster” and everything fell into place. “The Marry Prankster,” by the way, was muy excelente even though Penny and Pete's engagement was spoiled for me. Totally loved Penny and Max's reaction when they realized Pete was proposing, and the whole Usual Suspects/Keyser Soze reference brought a satisfied smile to my face.
But as much as I'm cool with Penny getting engaged to Pete especially since Pete is such a good looking man (Nick Zano, who sometimes conjures a young Brad Pitt*) and Penny duly deserves a good looking man like that, I'm a little saddened by this major turn of events because it means Penny's eventful single girl storyline is very much on its way to its happy ending (or so it seems). I feel it's too soon. But then I realize of course that's because I only started watching the show last year during the latter half of its second season so I haven't been able to witness all of Penny's dating hijinks. Besides, shows got to develop, shows gotta move forward and I do see the show's overall direction still promises tons of comedic possibilities. (*Just want to point out that I' m pretty sure the show's not at all lost on how good looking Pete/Nick Zano is; I believe there were clear reference(s) to that in “The Marry Prankster” if I remember correctly.)
Also just want to say that because I've recently seen some old interviews of the cast on Youtube, Happy Endings is so not Friends. Heller. The similarities end with both shows having the same number of main characters (six), Jane is a controlling neat freak like Monica, and Jane/Eliza Coupe is also like Rachel/Jennifer Aniston in that they have nice hair. But that's it and it's so not Friends. I find Happy Endings' humor so much better; it's more clever and whimsical like 30 Rock. And this leads me to wonder if I ever really liked Friends. I mean, I watched it and followed it a good deal, but can't say I have fond feelings for the show like I do for Will & Grace.
Speaking of “heller,” it's a curious but pleasant surprise that Happy Endings uses that expression.
In other TV-related news, must catch up on Castle, Scandal and The Big Bang Theory (if there are any new episodes, that is) and watch this past Sunday's The Mentalist...Oh no, no, wait...I think it was a rerun because of the Superbowl. Oh well.
My verdict is out on Garbage's latest album Not Your Kind of People and...I like it. It's not their best, but I like it. It gets a little dragging towards the end but there are definitely several standout and memorable tracks: “Beloved Freak” which is beautiful but not as crushingly perfect as “It's All Over But the Crying,” “Bright Tonight” and the title track “Not Your Kind of People.” The first single released from the album “Blood For Poppies” as well as “Big Bright World” and “Felt” are reminiscent of late eighties to early nineties new wave and alternative rock even though the opening riffs of “Felt” sounds to me like a Kelly Clarkson song. But hey, I like some of Kelly Clarkson's songs so that's okay.
Though I must admit I was really torn at first listen and it reminded me of BeautifulGarbage wherein tracks are generally lackluster, forgettable and sometimes contrived. But most of Not Your Kind has grown on me so, yes, I like it.
In other music news, I totally do not appreciate the fact that Imagine Dragons' “It's Time” and The Lumineers' “Ho Hey” has recently gotten a lot more airplay everywhere when I've been hearing and loving these songs since the middle of last year. Suffice to say, I'm quickly tiring of these songs. I might already be tired of them. And I think the same can be said of “Little Talks” by Of Monsters and Men which I've been hearing even earlier last year. I very much hope this doesn't happen to “Trojans” by Atlas Genius and “Closer” by Tegan and Sara. Especially “Closer” because I love it so much right now. Also love how infectious Tegan's dance is and how into singing the song she is in the music video (if I'm right that that is Tegan, not Sara) which are actually a big part of why I like the song.
So the other day I went to ABC.com to watch last week's episodes of Happy Endings. Rather stupid of the site to switch the order of episodes “The Marry Prankster” and “Our Best Friend's Wedding.” When I was watching the latter which dealt with the gang going to a wedding expo for Penny and Pete, I was like, Wait, wait a minute! Penny and Pete's engaged?! When did this happen?? Surely the show spotlighted this momentous occasion given that Penny is the perennial true love-hunting single girl in the show. And then I watched “The Marry Prankster” and everything fell into place. “The Marry Prankster,” by the way, was muy excelente even though Penny and Pete's engagement was spoiled for me. Totally loved Penny and Max's reaction when they realized Pete was proposing, and the whole Usual Suspects/Keyser Soze reference brought a satisfied smile to my face.
But as much as I'm cool with Penny getting engaged to Pete especially since Pete is such a good looking man (Nick Zano, who sometimes conjures a young Brad Pitt*) and Penny duly deserves a good looking man like that, I'm a little saddened by this major turn of events because it means Penny's eventful single girl storyline is very much on its way to its happy ending (or so it seems). I feel it's too soon. But then I realize of course that's because I only started watching the show last year during the latter half of its second season so I haven't been able to witness all of Penny's dating hijinks. Besides, shows got to develop, shows gotta move forward and I do see the show's overall direction still promises tons of comedic possibilities. (*Just want to point out that I' m pretty sure the show's not at all lost on how good looking Pete/Nick Zano is; I believe there were clear reference(s) to that in “The Marry Prankster” if I remember correctly.)
Also just want to say that because I've recently seen some old interviews of the cast on Youtube, Happy Endings is so not Friends. Heller. The similarities end with both shows having the same number of main characters (six), Jane is a controlling neat freak like Monica, and Jane/Eliza Coupe is also like Rachel/Jennifer Aniston in that they have nice hair. But that's it and it's so not Friends. I find Happy Endings' humor so much better; it's more clever and whimsical like 30 Rock. And this leads me to wonder if I ever really liked Friends. I mean, I watched it and followed it a good deal, but can't say I have fond feelings for the show like I do for Will & Grace.
Speaking of “heller,” it's a curious but pleasant surprise that Happy Endings uses that expression.
In other TV-related news, must catch up on Castle, Scandal and The Big Bang Theory (if there are any new episodes, that is) and watch this past Sunday's The Mentalist...Oh no, no, wait...I think it was a rerun because of the Superbowl. Oh well.