Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 3 Recap: Hazard Pay
This week we got back to the show’s roots and I must say I was quite pleased. Last week seemed like they were laying some much needed foundation for Mike’s character and now we are exploring the new team dynamic. So click for a complete episode 3 recap… Read More…
Album of the Week: Superhero Edition!
Superhero mania…
Both summer hits The Amazing Spiderman and Dark Knight Rises had soundtracks with impressive scores, but for those of us who enjoy lyrics and melody over ambiance this post is for you.
I have been going through my library to seek out the perfect Superhero Soundtrack and I came across this album from a few years back, circa 2006. There are a few stand out Superhero songs that were left out, like 3 Doors Down – Kryptonite and SuperHero by Jane’s Addiction. Though I think this compilation is pretty good on its own. The tracklist is made up of some original songs and others that are covered by some notable new bands.
So this week’s Album of the Week is: Read More…
Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 2 Recap: Madrigal
The episode opens in Germany during a taste test with a big wig. He tries their new dipping sauces and you are waiting for him to do something sinister. His admin comes in and explains that they are back and this time there are 3 of them. He finishes his taste test and then heads to a conference room, where we see police officers waiting. Instead of greeting them he calmly takes the defibrillator from the wall and heads to the rest room. With a grace that is Gus-worthy he removes his coat and shirts before electrocuting himself to death. What is it with these crime bosses and worrying about their clothes in life or death situations? Read More…
Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 1 Recap: Live free or Die
Holy Freakin’ Magnets Batman! I think that this is definitely the right way to kick off a new season of Breaking Bad. Walt is no longer the naive chemistry teacher he had been when we began this crazy journey. If you have not been watching this series maybe this premise will entice you to catch up, quickly!
The main character is Mr. Walter White (Bryan Cranston) a high school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with an advanced stage of lung cancer. His mounting hospital costs and impending demise lead him to change careers. He drops general chemistry for the more lucrative career of methamphetamine production. Since he has a well rounded understanding of chemistry he makes a superior strain and with the help of his street smart assistant Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) becomes a major player in the drug scene.
Episode 1 recap after the jump: Read More…
Green Day New Single: Oh Love!
Wow, my Monday is just getting better and better. First we have No Doubt’s new single Settle Down and now here we have Green Day‘s Oh Love. Perfect accompanyment for my brief lunch break. As you may know Uno! is set to drop on September 25th 2012 with Dos! and Tre! launching soon after.
Get pumped with this lyric video:
New No Doubt Single
Happy Monday…. typically this is said oozing with sarcasm, but thanks to No Doubt I can say this with a straight face. Their new single, which is available today, is finally here. If you are one of those purists who miss watching music video premieres on the T.V. fear not because E! has you covered tonight at 8pm.
Enjoy!
Coldplay’s Mylo Xyloto cover and concept
As we wrote earlier this week Coldplay and Mark Osborne are teaming up for a six part comic book series based on the same character as their album: Mylo Xyloto. The panel at comic con will take place today ( at 1pm PST) and since the cat is basically out of the bag already they are able to tell us more. Read More…
Moonrise Kingdom: A Review
An impromptu date night was made perfect with this adorably off beat love story. Wes Anderson is one of my favorite film makers because he creates a world that is odd and makes our own awkward traits seem miniscule in comparison. His stories have flawed dissatisfied characters that eventually find a way to deal and gives hope to the rest of us.
When compared to his other films Moonrise Kingdom stands out because of the hopeful tone of the precocious youth. Wes Anderson’s trademark use of color and picturesque environments are ever present and really help to frame this story. You are transported to New England in 1965 on a sparsely populated island where the young lovers live. Sam Shakusky (Jared Gilman), an orphan, is on a mission to run away and start a life with his lady love; young Suzy Bishop (Kara Hayward). Suzy is the daughter of two attorneys Walt and Laura played by Bill Murray and Frances McDormand respectively. The two met the previous summer while Suzy performed in a church performance of Noye’s Fludde by Benjamin Britten (whose music is present throughout the film) and began a pen pal relationship. Through the year their letters were filled with stories of how misunderstood and outsider the two kids are and a plan to run away was born.
Why I loved this film (Warning! Spoilers): Read More…
Coldplay Comic Book Series: Mylo Xyloto
Though not unheard of, the collaboration between the music world and comic world is still rare. I am not any sort of comic book aficionado, but when Umbrella Academy (written by Gerard Way front man of My Chemical Romance and illustrated by the oh so talented Gabriel Ba), was released I was well aware and even requested copies for myself. Today when reading Rolling Stone I came across this announcement of another comic series from the minds of Coldplay and decided to share.
During Comic-Con this week you may catch some news about a six part comic series, being published by Matt Groening‘s Bongo Comics Group, about the character Mylo Xyloto. The band Coldplay along with Mark Osborne an academy-award winning director and writer created this character a few years back with the storyline that inspired their latest album by the same name:
“It is the story of Mylo Xyloto, a young Silencer on the front lines of a war against sound and color in the world of Silencia. Mylo discovers that the enemy he’s been trained to hate his whole life might not be the enemy after all. There will hopefully be many, many connections for people who have heard the album.”
If this is something you fancy and you happen to be wading in the pool of nerdy bodies that is comic con this week there will be a panel to celebrate the first issue’s release on July 13th.
Uno! Dos! and Tre! news
Green Day is really gearing up for their most ambitious project yet. As we reported last month they have already been releasing Teasers. Their trilogy of albums so named: Uno! Dos! & Tre! are set to be released between September and January. When asked what their motivation was they related their a-ha moment:
“The songs just kept coming, kept coming. I’d go, ‘Maybe a double album? No, that’s too much nowadays.’ Then more songs kept coming. And one day, I sprung it on the others: ‘Instead of Van Halen I, II and III, what if it’s Green Day I, II and III and we all have our faces on each cover?'”
They are not stopping with music though, they are also releasing two documentaries to go along with them. When asked what these docs were about Billy said:
“It’s not going to be the sitting down, head shot of me going, ‘We started out blah blah blah’,” Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong told Billboard. “We wanted to get into lifestyles of rock & roll and playing rock & roll and letting the story kind of tell itself rather than create revisionist [history].”
Uno! is set to be released on September 25th of this year, but if that is not soon enough for you the first single “Oh Love” will be available on July 16th.
Call Yourself A Nerd 