Fall TV 2010: What to watch for on 10 returning favorites (Commentary)
Here’s what I’ll be watching for on my top 10 returning fall shows, listed in order of airdate. All times are Central.
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9 fall movies other than ‘Machete’ that might be worth checking out (Commentary)
I looked a little closer at my Fall Movie Preview issue of Entertainment Weekly and discovered that “Machete” isn’t the only movie coming out. Here are nine others that might be worth a look: “Easy A” (Sept. 17) — […]
John’s 300 favorite songs: The top 10
10. Smashing Pumpkins — “1979” — This song reminds me of driving around with my friends in Fargo, N.D., during my high school years. The “1979” of the title is a stand-in for anytime, I assume, since […]
John’s 300 favorite songs: 20-11
20. Traveling Wilburys — “Handle with Care” — George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison and Jeff Lynne singing about heartache around the same microphone. ‘Nuff said. 19. Dire Straits — “Walk of Life” — I remember this […]
John’s 300 favorite songs: 30-21
30. Sarah McLachlan — “Full of Grace” — This song was not written for the sequence in “Becoming Part 2” that follows Buffy’s painful choice to send Angel to hell to save the world. But it seems […]
John’s 300 favorite songs: 40-31
40. Camera Obscura — “Lloyd, I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken” — I was a few albums late to the party, but I loved Camera Obscura the moment I heard the church-organ-turned-pop-instrument intro on this entry. And I […]
John’s 300 favorite songs: 50-41
50. The Bee Gees — “Alone” — I never cared for most the Bee Gees catalogue, but on this tune, the voices and instruments blend beautifully to create one of the most epic sad songs ever recorded. […]
John’s 300 favorite songs: 60-51
60. Keane — “Everybody’s Changing” — Listening to this song, you feel like you could climb those piano notes straight up to heaven. 59. Buffalo Tom — “Scottish Windows” — A beautiful and (appropriately) reflective piece from the deeper-voiced […]
John’s 300 favorite songs: 70-61
70. Hall & Oates — “You Make My Dreams Come True” — I admit it: It’s on my list totally because of how it was used in “(500) Days of Summer.” Not that it was a bad […]
John’s 300 favorite songs: 80-71
80. The Beach Boys — “Kokomo” — This was such a ubiquitous hit in 1988 that fourth-grade classmates of mine knew all the words. Overplayed or not, based on a real place or not, it remains a […]