Well, it took almost 20 years, but Barenaked Ladies, a band known for their unique blend of humorous, sometimes wacky lyrics, as well as top-notch musicianship and harmonies, have put out a children’s album.  It’s called Snacktime, and it’s one parents might ask the kids if they’d like to listen […]

Rejection is funny. Sure, it’s not usually hilarious at the time, but sometimes it gets there. I didn’t laugh when I was told “You’re the guy I’m going to want when I get my life together. Well, not you exactly, but somebody like you.” But years later, it’s, well, still […]

Happy (belated) Cinco De Mayo Everyone! This day celebrates a great victory in Mexican history but it is also the release date of a book called If I’d Known Then, Women Under 35 Write Letters to Their Younger Selves by Ellen Spragins. In this book people such as actress Jessica Alba, Olympic […]

Todd Barry is my favorite stand-up comedian. I treated the release of his new album, From Heaven, with the same outpouring of emotion with which another man might treat some sort of sports victory, or perhaps a wedding day. You may know Todd as the voice of Frank Mankiewicz on […]

We at spunkybean are known to say that when we created this site, we felt we’d truly “found our people”; those so enamored of the many, many facets of pop culture, we just had to have an outlet.  I tend to say that I love it all–music, movies and TV–and […]

It’s Valentine’s Day, and we’re all thinking about love. Of course some of us are lonely and bitter, and we’re doing whatever we can to not think about you happy people and your relationships. Frankly, you disgust us. I think it’s a good idea to take a look at some […]