Tasneem, in a bright white outfit, and G'ulom stand in a corner looking cranky.
by Nerdy Spice

Homeland Recap: 8×04 “Chalk One Up”

Previously on Homeland: Carrie got a tip to pursue Samira Noori, and that helped her secure peace with the Taliban by blackmailing G’ulom; Saul made a ceasefire deal with Haqqani; a brash young soldier whose name I still don’t know thought Max was a lucky charm; Beau Bridges realized that his Republican VP was probably running against him in the next election; Jenna and Mike let Carrie meet with Yevgeny to incriminate herself, and when Carrie met with him she discovered to her horror that she and Yevgeny had apparently been rather intimate in the asylum; and she lied to Mike about the meeting, knowing he hadn’t been able to hear her. Continue reading →

by Janes

BuffyWatch: Season 3, Episodes 10-12

Janes (a True Stan) and Nerdy Spice (a New Fan) are watching all of Buffy together and comparing notes. Warning: May contain spoilers for later episodes.

Season 3, Episode 10: “Amends”

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It’s a Christmas episode! If you’ve been reading this blog at all, you know there’s nothing we love more than a holiday-themed episode (except maybe a training montage). Continue reading →

by Keets

Decameron II

So many things are happening while the world ends!

Billie Joe Armstrong covered “I Think We’re Alone Now” (do you get it?):

No but actually do you get it?

Ben Gibbard wrote a whole Death Cab-ish song about the quarantine:

Sir Patrick Stewart really needs to stay inside for all our sakes, and has set himself up for at least 154 days of isolation by starting a Sonnet A Day series on Twitter… and yes hearing him read Shakespeare absolutely counts as art:

Speaking of that new Ben Gibbard song: he premiered it on this stream:

That stream was the fourth (!) of nine (!!) sets, so far (!!!), in which he’s been playing DCFC material old and new, Postal Service, and covers, most especially on the all-covers stream on March 23rd:

This link goes straight to the Phoebe Bridgers cover because it’s important.

You can look in the comments of each video for set-lists that link directly to each song, in some cases supplied by the band itself (for example).

Some guy made this amazing chilled-out cover of “Going to Georgia”, accompanied by at least 3 copies of himself:

by Keets

Decameron I

It seems that one thing that will come out of the Covid quarantines is a new flourishing of cloistered art. No word yet on a new theory of gravitation. Here’s a wonderful instance – John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats recording new music into his storied Panasonic… but also broadcasting the recording session live on Facebook:

For The Snakes
Buffy and Angel wear skimpy workout clothes and do a tai chi pose side by side, arms out in front of them.
by Nerdy Spice

BuffyWatch: Season 3, Episodes 7-9

Janes (a True Stan) and Nerdy Spice (a New Fan) are watching all of Buffy together and comparing notes. Warning: May contain spoilers for later episodes.

Season 3, Episode 7 “Revelations”

So, this Willow and Xander thing continues to be disturbing and gross. The two of them have remained with their significant others but continue to be weird and panicky around each other because they still want to jump each other’s bones, and I hate it.

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by Janes

BuffyWatch: Season 3, Episodes 4-6

Janes (a True Stan) and Nerdy Spice (a New Fan) are watching all of Buffy together and comparing notes. Warning: May contain spoilers for later episodes.

Season 3, Episode 4 “The Beauty and the Beasts”

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Remember when Oz was a werewolf and no one ever talked about it again? It turns out that three nights a month, the gang locks him up in the book cage and Willow reads to him from Call of the Wild (hence the hilariously dramatic voiceovers, a Buffy staple). Willow lets Xander watch him so she can study, but he immediately falls asleep, and Oz gets out of his cage. I blame Xander’s sheer incompetence, but can they also just–stop trapping monsters in the book cage? Has this ever worked for them, even once? Continue reading →