Doug Loves Movies: 12/30/2011 - Doug Benson with guests Pete Holmes, Chelsea Peretti, and Nick Kroll
During college, my friends and I really enjoyed the video of the news reporter who is stomping grapes and falls off a stage, so when it came up during this recent episode of Doug Loves Movies, I laughed so hard. Rather than post the entire episode (which was an hour and forty minutes long), I thought I’d just post the clip about that video, so I hope it’s still funny out of context. I regularly listen to the podcast and I always enjoy the show, but I thought this episode and the episode with Patton Oswalt, David Cross, and Wayne Federman from 01/13/2012 were both really great.
My new comics came in the mail this week. Here’s the goods:
1. Ultimate Spider-man #5, Ultimates #5, Ultimate X-men #4 and #5 2. Justice League #4, Batman #4, Detective Comics #4 and #5, Batman The Dark Knight #4, Green Lantern #4, The Flash #4 3. Amazing Spider-man #675 and #676, Avenging Spider-man #2 4. Avengers #20 and Annual #1, New Avengers #19, Secret Avengers #20 5. Captain America #5 and #6, Captain America And Bucky #625 6. Fantastic Four #601, FF #13 7. Daredevil #7, Moon Knight #8, Black Panther #526 and #527 8. The Mighty Thor #9 9. Venom #10 and #11 10. Kick-Ass 2 #6
The first new song from The Shins since 2007 plays like something off of Chutes Too Narrow, with an upbeat rhythm and bright guitar that provides the perfect soundtrack for this 50 degree January day in Chicago. And even though the only remaining member from the original Shins line-up is James Mercer, the melodic guitar-pop remains as catchy as ever.
I bought this shirt from Plow United in early December (along with a copy of ‘Sleepwalk’, the band’s new retrospective) and it immediately vaulted to near the top of my favorite t-shirt hierarchy…such a great logo and the silver ink is really amazing. Anyways, just before Christmas, I got a holiday card in the mail from the band with a couple of stickers. How cool is that??? The guys in Plow United might just be the coolest dudes on the planet.
Top 5: 1. Ultimate Spider-man (Issue #4) [Miles Morales swings into action for the first time.] 2. Captain America (Issue #4) [Ed Brubaker’s first arc with Steve McNiven on art duties has been great. The story featuring Codename Bravo has been fun and the art has been amazing. On a related note, we learned that Bucky is still alive in Fear Itself #7.1.] 3. Justice League (Issue #3) [This issue brought Wonder Woman and Aquaman into the fold. So far, this new beginning for the Justice League has been really cool.] 4. Avenging Spider-man (Issue #1) [This new ongoing title is essentially a Spider-man team up book. Since Spidey is currently a member of two Avengers teams and the FF, he has plenty of friends to team up with, so I think this book could be a lot of fun.] 5. Batman (Issue #3) [Scott Snyder’s story arc about The Court Of Owls with art by Greg Capullo has made Batman my second favorite title of DC’s The New 52.]
I regularly listen to the B.S. Report (Bill Simmons’s podcast) and this week, Bill had Louis C.K. as a guest. I’m sure that Louis is doing plenty of promotion for his new comedy special, but I think anyone who like Louis would enjoy this podcast. It was an hour and a half split into two parts. You can download the podcast at the link and you can buy Louis’s new special here.
Latterman - Our Better Halves (live in Philadelphia - December 2, 2011)
According to a thread over at Vinyl Collective, this song was written in 2007 for a compilation that never got released. The song was self-released by the band on a one-sided 7” that was sold at the recent string of reunion shows. Limited to 1000 copies, it’s been available sporadically online from Dead Broke Rekerds, No Idea Records, and Rok Lok Records.
The Secret World Of Arrietty - Official Trailer
Jess and I saw this preview in the theatre before the Muppets (which was excellent, by the way) and while I’m not sure I’ll see the movie, I enjoyed the trailer if only for the Jonsi song.
