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NOW SEE THIS: Al Bundy shakes it to Major Lazer

Molly Eichel — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:45:57 +0000

Diplo and Al Bundy: A match made in heaven.

Thank you for this avoidantconsumer. A million times thank you.

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NOW SEE THIS: Ted Leo covers “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”

Molly Eichel — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:31:12 +0000

I can’t get enough of Ted Leo’s version of Tears for Fears‘ “Everybody Wants to Rule the World,” which is apparently Teddy L.’s fave song because used to listen to it with his pops (aww! Cute attack!).

It’s all part of the AV Club’s Undercover series. Every Tuesday, various artists choose one song to cover from a predetermined list. It all takes place in one tiny round room that the band then John Hancocks. Choices range from current (MIA’s “Paper Planes“) to totally ridic (Billy Squier’s “Everbody Wants You,” Starship’s “We Built this City“) to classic (Hall & Oates‘ “One on One“).

Of course, I’m waiting with bated breath for who covers Bruce Springsteen’s “Atlantic City,” considering how well it lends itself to covers (The Hold Steady did an incredible one for the War Children comp) and its the motherfucking Boss. I would totally love some Titus Andronicus on that track. They could up the scuzz-factor and make it a New Jerz vs. Old Jerz battle of the ages.

See any other songs on that list that would pair up well with another current band?

RELATED >> True Jersey

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NOW SEE THIS: Watch the trailer for Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls

Carolyn Huckabay — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:47:26 +0000

Just got word from our neighbor, Quirk Books, that they’ve dropped the trailer for Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls, a prequel to the crazy-famous PPZ, on their YouTube channel.

Chock-full of Bennet sisters in pastel frocks screaming “hi-ya!” and polite Englishmen eating brains, this book trailer has serious potential for a movie. What say you, Natalie Portman?

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NOW SEE THIS: Teeth Mountain on Judge Judy

Molly Eichel — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:00:33 +0000

Friend of Crit Mass Clay sent us this video of Charm City band Teeth Mountain’s appearance on an episode of Judge Judy. Member Kate Levitt charges defendant John Coward with killing her cat in a drunken haze. Love Levitt’s line about not knowing the days of the week ’cause she’s a musician.

We’re all for hilarious publicity stunts (even if the tip about the video itself is included under the publicity stunt umbrella, considering Teeth Mountain plays Danger Danger Gallery on March 1). But even more than that, we love stickin’ it to Judge Judy (you heard me).

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NOW SEE THIS: Holy crap, it’s American Gladiators!

Molly Eichel — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:00:45 +0000

So people are shitting themselves about Snowmageddon 47.0 but I’m all cool, calm and collected. Why? Because I’ve got American Gladiators to keep me warm, that’s why. Hulu has the entire first run of the show, meaning this discovery is the greatest thing to happen to me this week (considering American Idol just went into Top 24 mode, that’s saying a lot).

You’re welcome.

h/t Dmac

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NOW SEE THIS: Teaser for AC gangster show Boardwalk Empire

Molly Eichel — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:43:36 +0000

Excuse me to all those folks who just don’t have TV — they have HBO — and have seen this teaser before, but Casa Eichel is sans premium channels and I just caught this glimpese of Boardwalk Empire, a new show exec produced by Martin Scorsese (who will also direct the pilot) and Sopranos writer Terence Winter, about the mob that ruled Atlantic City during prohibition. The pilot begins 90 years tomorrow, when the 18th Amendment was put into effect, with Steve Buscemi as Enoch “Nucky” Johnson, the boss of the crime family that ruled AC for the first half the 20th Century. Joining Buscemi is Gretchen Mol as his moll, Kelly MacDonald (No Country for Old Men), Dabney Coleman (9 t0 5!!) Michael Pitt (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Last Days), Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road) and CP hero Omar Little, aka Michael Kenneth Williams (The Wire, the ugh-worthy Wonderful World, which was released today). The show was shot in Brooklyn, and not Atlantic City, but I think I’ll deal.

In other Wire alum news, I can’t wait for David Simon and Eric Overmyer’s Treme, about post-Katrina New Orleans, starring Bunk (aka Wendell Pierce) and Lester Freamon (aka Clarke Peters). The trailer is below, but it doesn’t get at separate post frankly because Bunk and Lester aren’t in it.

So, who wants to invite me over so I can watch these?

Boardwalk Empire is slated for a late 2010 release. Treme is slated to premiere in April.

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NOW SEE THIS: Michael Cera in Islands’ “No You Don’t”

Molly Eichel — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:46:06 +0000

Watch this sweet vid of Islands‘ “No You Don’t,” in which Michael Cera trips out à la a high school anti-drug film strip.

Cera appears at a theater near you on Friday with Miguel Arteta’s Youth in Revolt. Cindy Fuchs saw it and totally dug it, giving the film an A-:

Nick Twisp (Michael Cera) is a nice kid. So nice that he’s a good student, a virgin and a source of comfort for his frazzled mom (Jean Smart). He’s also so aware of being nice that he keeps a picture of Frank Sinatra, circa “Nice ‘n’ Easy,” on his bedroom wall. But when Nick meets the poetically inclined Sheeni (Portia Doubleday), all that niceness is suddenly a problem. Their separation leads him to desperate measures, embodied by his alternative self, a pencil-mustachioed, skinny-white-slacks-wearing, troublemaking Francophile named Francois Dillinger. Keep reading…

Check back soon for an interview with Cera about his experiences on Youth in Revolt and his thoughts on why not judging books by their covers is totally racist.

UPDATE!!!

Drew Lazor just showed me this vid of Cera’s Letterman appearance, including a clip of 10-year-old Cera on La Femme Nikita (!!!):

RELATED: Trailer!: Youth in Revolt

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NOW SEE THIS: Wesley Willis’s Joy Rides

Molly Eichel — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:45:02 +0000

atasite.org

Remember when we told you about that screening of Wesley Willis’s Joy Rides – the doc about the schizophrenic self-described “Chicago City Artist” who drew pictures of his hometown and wrote simple rock ‘n’ roll songs, often about celebrities and pop culture? Fear not if you missed it. Pitchfork.tv has the entire 77-minute doc streaming on its site for a limited time. Watch the first part below:

The rest continues here. Wesley Willis Joy Rides comes out tomorrow on DVD from MVD Visual.

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NOW SEE THIS: Michael Scott on Allen Iverson

Molly Eichel — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:50:02 +0000

“The Answer dishes to The Question!”

So no shocker but Allen Iverson is a Sixer once more. Here, Michael Scott discusses A.I., from deleted scenes from the first season of The Office.

h/t philadelphia will do

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NOW SEE THIS: Ted Leo and co. rock your face off as TV Casualty

Molly Eichel — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:00:03 +0000

Remember when BH told you about Ted Leo and friends’ Halloween Misfits cover show? Under the name TV Casualty — including Leo, Atom Goren (Armalite, Atom and his Package), Brian Sokel (AM/FM, Franklin), Andy Nelson (Paint it Black) and Chris Wilson (the Philly-based drummer for Ted Leo’s Pharmacists) — the boys rocked out for the People’s Emergency Center. Pitchfork has the whole show up, but take some time out of your busy schedule to watch the first part here:

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