In case you were curious, Arrested Development is the funniest show on television. It is regularly shown Sunday nights at 8:30, but has been on at different times lately.
It is the story of the Bluth family. The father, George Bluth, is in jail after committing corporate fraud. His son Michael has taken over the company. This is the world's most dysfunctional family. A few examples:
Dr.
Tobias Funke is married into the Bluth family. He quit his job as
a psychiatrist to become an actor. He thought he was taking an acting
job and ended up on a boat full of gay pirates.
Buster
Bluth still lives with his mother, Lucille. To make her jealous
he has fallen in love with their neighbor, who is also named Lucille,
played by Liza Minnelli.
George-Michael
is the family's straight-shooter. He loves the family and loves his
cousin, Maeby, a bit too much.
Make sure to the check out the show. For more background go to http://www.fox.com/arresteddev/
The
Streets (aka Mike Skinner)=skinny, white, British rapper who can't sing...at
all. Why is it, then, that I can't stop listening t
o
the new album A Grand Don't Come for Free?
Here's
why I love the bloke (I don't know what bloke means exactly, but it's
fun to use British talk):
1.
He makes all the music. He puts down all of the beats, writes and and
records it all himself at his mom's house. We're not talking Neptunes-style
catchy beats, but somehow the off-tune singing is oddly appealing.
2.
It doesn't sound like anything else. It is not a British guy trying to
be a tough, American rapper. It's a British rapper talking about drinking
tea with his mum and text messaging his friends. Nothing tough about that.
3. When Skinner attempts singing he kind of sounds like a robot. I love robots.
A Grand is a concept album. The entire LP tells the story of Mike losing a thousand pounds and his girlfriend, and suspecting that his friends are responsible for both. It is refreshing to hear a rapper talking about being extremely worried about losing money, and not just about rollin' in it.
The
album's got humor, some slow stuff and some rough stuff. It's probably
an acquired taste, but I would recommend checking it out.
I
Love the 90s
I
never really understood nostalgia until I found myself thinking that music
hit its pinnacle in 1998--strangely the same year that I graduated high
school. I am beginning to understand why my oldest sister was replacing
old old Warrant and Poison cassettes with Warrant and Poison CDs in 1997.
No matter how hard you
try
to fight it, we all have our wonder years.
MORE!!!
Because I am sure you are wondering what I have been listening to lately, I have included the last mix tape that I made.
Mid-July Blues
