Beyond Dry, Tell Me This Isn't Hilarious

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: Ben Stiller from Between Two Ferns

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Strong Buy: Free Energy

Their LP finally came out last Tuesday. Get it while it's still $4.49 on lala.

Strong Buy: Slate Podcasts

Say you're a multi-doctorate cancer cure researcher who splits their time between seventy hour work weeks and a loving spouse and six intoxicatingly cute offspring. You, of course, have no time for the trivial likes of culture, books, politics, and sports, but are still a curious individual. You do, however have a thirty minute commute, which is more than enough mileage to gobble up these weekly podcasts that will give you everything you could ever want in a summary/semi in-depth discussion of those areas.

The Culture Gabfest is just knock-down drag out awesome in the way it makes everything from Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga to the New Yorker article on Van Gogh and the filmography of Eric Rohmer insanely intriguing. Next in my heart is the Audio Book Club; where they mostly cover books that I'll never get to, but the gabbers analysis of them sounds amazing. You would think three Eastern corridor liberals shooting politics would be bland, but instead it's always engaging. Slate even makes sports talk erudite and insightful; supplying you with more than enough ammo to battle the omnipresent ESPN drones on their own ground. Every week I'm in awe of their facility with the English language and ability to pique and satisfy my interest. I'm not a big reader of Slate.com but I'm completely in the sway of their podcasts, and probably couldn't recommend anything more fully.

On Repeat 1

The lost Garden State track!

Vaporize (Album Version) - Bro...

How To Make It in America 2/5

I wanted to love this show. Affable dudes, the network that saved TV, and NYC; what's not to like? Right? Unfortunately, my response is everything, save the casting and killer opening credits. Like the demanding Old Testament master, HBO needs to take the talents allocated to this misguided, stale and, worst of all, slow-witted East coast Entourage, a show that I will ardently defend even it's quality has ebbed in old age, and give them to its more industrious servant Bored to Death, which was, at times, amazing during its ridiculously short season. Three episodes is a more than fair trial, but let me know if this show pulls up on the stick because I'm dying for it to not suck.

Aloe Blacc's track is backed by the always awesome band El Michels Affair. Truth & Soul is releasing the album sometime in 2010. Here's hoping it's more soul than rap and shells out the "Bobby Womack whimsy" I didn't get from Mayer Hawthorne.

On Repeat 1

I totally realize that this album isn't short on hype, but man it just bites down like a Gila monster.

Take It Easy - Surfer Blood

Ripped From GQ: The Netflix of Glasses (kinda)

Talk about filling a void and making taste extremely accessible. Warby Parker says no more prostration before Oliver Peoples or hours on ebay required to get that perfect style of glasses you saw in that one flick. Since forever frames that didn't cost a bundle were at best always needlessly more than just a little bit off. These look perfect. They ship you five styles free of obligation and all shipping charges, and you pick and pay $95 for each one you want Warby to make prescription. Guess that part should have come first.

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