Catastrophe Season Three: Loss & The Insidious Nature of Addiction

Spoilers ahead for season three.  Comedy loves tragedy and few shows understand this to such a fine degree as Amazon’s British export, Catastrophe. Starring Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan (who both co-write the series as well) the third season of this wickedly…

Melody on Music: Peaceful Noise

Editor’s note: From 2012 to 2014, Melody Rice wrote the music column Matt on Music for The Eastern Echo, the student newspaper for Eastern Michigan University. In 2016, Melody relaunched this column on The Young Folks. You can read past installments…

IFF Boston Review: Lemon

The brilliance of Janicza Bravo’s Lemon is clear juxtaposed against another IFF Boston pick – the Alison Brie-Aubrey Plaza vehicle The Little Hours. Both films play in an absurdist sandbox, boosted by stacked casts in the vein of Wet Hot American…

Survivor: Game Changers 34×09 Review: “Reinventing How This Game Is Played”

Now THAT was a blindside! This latest vote on Survivor: Game Changers had all the makings of a memorable move that these castaways couldn’t waste the opportunity. None of the minority alliance players expected it, this move didn’t make much…

From the Record Crate: Hanson – “Middle of Nowhere” (1997)

Twenty years ago, three young boys in a family band called Hanson made pop culture history when they released an album that featured a hit called “MMMBop.” Brothers Isaac, Taylor, and Zac were all under the legal voting age when…

Album Review: Gorillaz – “Humanz”

The most important thing to remember about Gorillaz is that they’re not real. No matter what feelings a listener gets from songs about alienation, the staleness of the surrounding culture, or just taking action instead of moping, the “band” playing…

Brooklyn Nine-Nine Review 4×16 “Moo Moo”

Welcome back to my weekly review and recap of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.” To catch up on previous coverage, click here.  Brooklyn Nine-Nine hasn’t shied from getting serious in the past and typically they’ve achieved so with aplomb. What’s different this time with…