Best Mustache Ever with Nico Vega’s Dan
“My dad’s in the late ’70’s, because he’s my dad.”
Trucker’s Michelle Monoghan interview
As a boozing, promiscuous truck driver in the independent film Trucker, actress Michelle Monoghan delivers the finest, fully-realized performance of her career. Sadly, in a year of buzzworthy female performances from the likes Meryl Streep, Helen Mirren, and newcomer Gabourey Sidibe, the actress is likely to be omitted come Oscar nomination time. Nod or not, the actress delivered this year, and as I found in an interview last week, the Iowa native found the Trucker experience thoroughly rewarding. Here’s what she had to say about the film, her career, and what lies ahead. Read the rest of this post »
Aziz Please
Photo/Ruvan Wijesooriya
There are several things in life that you can count on for certain: Peter Cetera never returning to Chicago, Cher’s If I Could Turn Back Time video making your pants dance, and comedian Aziz Ansari making you laugh. Let’s focus on the latter, because, well he actually spoke to me last week. OK, it was email but I digress. With his unique sense of humor and wit, Ansari’s been a reliable comic for years but it seems he’s finally getting his due lately thanks largely to his scene stealing turn on NBC’s “Parks and Recreation.” Prior to that, Ansari drew laughter as 1/3 of Human Giant along with equally funny Rob Huebel and Paul Sheer. Read the rest of this post »
Sexy Bitch of the Day: Adam Tyler
Photo/Robert Milazzo
Adam Tyleris a pretty cool dude. What makes him our sexy bitch today, however, is his kickass upcoming solo album and the fact he’s gotten all Avatar on our asses. Have a blue day, everyone.
Sweet Stache Around the World: London
Stonehenge
Since “Sweet Stache” was released many of you have sent me photos of the book in exotic locations. In a new feature on the “pop” I’ll be posting the pics. No Photoshop here – these photos were really taken. Think of it as sort of those Stew Leonards bags – if you know Stews you know what I’m talking about. If you don’t, just enjoy the pics.
Super 8 Bit Brothers: thecheappop interview
This quirky Chicago outfit are a lot of fun. I spoke with them via email and here’s what they had to say. Read on, playah.
How’d you come up with such a killer band name?
We wanted to call the band Joystick, but that was taken. After that we wanted to build on the Super ______ Brothers concept (Mario, Smash)… 8-bit just fit perfectly. I’m glad people like the name. Black Eyed Peas even give us a shout out in “Boom Boom Pow!” Read the rest of this post »
Best Mustache Ever with Aziz Ansari
Photo/Ruvan Wijesooriya
“Ron ‘Fucking’ Swanson aka Nick Offerman from ‘Parks and Recreation’ – who else?”
Take the High Road, Jay
It’s certainly not Conan O’Brien’s fault or Jay Leno’s for that matter, but one of them needs to leave and it shouldn’t be “Coco.” NBC shot themselves in the foot here and is totally to blame for this late night mess. That being said, Leno needs to walk away. The peacock network or “peacock suckers” as I like to call them decided over five years ago to have Conan O’Brien succeed Leno as The Tonight Show host, and have to live with that decision. It appears they’re ready to re-neg on that altogether. That 11:35 p.m. Leno pre-Tonight Show concept is certainly not going to work even if it happened. Let’s face it. They know it, and it’d only inevitably lead to Leno replacing O’Brien anyway. It’s sort of like a homeroom teacher in high school. They serve no purpose except to fill space until the real teacher walks in. Leno at 11:35 p.m. would be meaningless and the network would end up in the same boat they’re in anyway.
Full Story
Best Mustache Ever with Michelle Monoghan
photo/Mike DiScuillo
“Oh Burt Reynolds…I mean come on! I can’t believe you just asked me…I appreciate that question.”
Vintage Giamatti
“I’m a little goofier. It’s weird I’m either depressed or I’m really aggressive [in films]. It’s really weird. Somebody said , I think it was Dustin Hoffman, that all actors really only have basically two characters that they play—- three if you’re lucky but two basic guys you play variations on and that’s what you always do. I guess my two guys are depressed passive guy or psycho aggressive guy. It’s something about yourself that always leaks into whoever you’re playing.”
Editors’ Tom Smith interview
Tom Smith, lead singer for British indie rockers Editors, is well aware of the comparisons many have made between his band and the New York City band Interpol ever since they burst onto the scene. Thankfully, he said confidently in an interview late last month, each passing album his band puts out make those similarities fade. Read the rest of this post »
No Humdrum: Brooklyn’s Theophilus London
Brooklyn’s own Theophilus London is pretty fresh. Damn Brooklyn look at you continuing to launch talent. Amazingness.
