Previously on Heroes: Three different Thanksgiving dinners went horribly wrong to one degree or another. Samuel killed people with rocks, Claire learned that, once again, it’s all about her, and Sylar got his memories back but changed back into Nathan again anyway. Adrian Pasdar lurks around the Heroes set in […]
Author: EJ Feddes
Tom Waits Week: Things Get Weird (1983-1993)
Tom Waits week continues right here with a look at the second phase of his career. When last we left him, he was on the verge of a breakthrough in his sound. He changed record labels and he stopped writing songs that he could play in bar gigs. Up to […]
Tom Waits Week: Glitter and Doom
In observance of Tom Waits Week, spunkybean is pleased to reprint this concert review that originally ran on August 7, 2008. EJ went to the Columbus stop on Tom’s Glitter and Doom tour, recently immortalized in a new concert album. I don’t really understand concert reviews. Reviewing something that happened […]
Tom Waits Week: The Early Years (1973-1980)
Monday marks Tom Waits’ 60th Birthday. In honor of the man, spunkybean is declaring Tom Waits Week, an honor previously bestowed on only Batman and Harry Potter. Why exactly does a musician with a voice like Jacob Marley’s chains and the lean and hungry look of your finer hobos warrant […]
Venture Brothers – “Self-Medication” Venture Bro
I’ve never described a Venture Bros. episode as “star-studded” before, but this week brought us John Hodgman, Patton Oswalt, Seth Green, and a returning Brendan (Metalocalypse) Small as special guests. It was a big episode for Doc, and poor Sgt. Hatred fell apart at the seams. And yes, six weeks […]
FlashForward – My Own Personal Mosaic Project
“We’re all prophets now. And, you know, I can’t think of a prophet worth a damn that didn’t suffer. And I al so can’t think of a prophet… that God didn’t love.” – Stanford Wedeck It’s hard to believe I haven’t really written anything about FlashForward yet. After all, that’s […]