March 21, 2015
jmunney
Music, Television, VH1 Top 20 Countdown
Each week, I check out VH1′s Top 20 countdown, and then I rearrange the songs based on my estimation of their quality.
Original Version
1. Taylor Swift – “Style”
2. Pitbull & Ne-Yo – “Time of Our Lives”
3. Ed Sheeran – “Thinking Out Loud”
4. Maroon 5 – “Sugar”
5. Ellie Goulding – “Love Me Like You Do”
6. Rihanna and Kanye West and Paul McCartney – “FourFiveSeconds”
7. Lily Wood & Robin Schulz – “Prayer in C (Robin Schulz Remix)”
8. Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk”
9. Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding – “Outside”
10. Nick Jonas – “Chains”
11. Tori Kelly – “Nobody Love”
12. Kelly Clarkson – “Heartbeat Song”
13. Tove Lo – “Talking Body”
14. Ella Henderson – “Ghost”
15. Meghan Trainor – “Lips Are Movin”
16. Imagine Dragons – “I Bet My Life”
17. Sam Smith – “Lay Me Down”
18. George Ezra – “Budapest”
19. Hozier – “Take Me to Church”
20. Echosmith – “Bright”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Outside
2. Style
3. Talking Body
4. Take Me to Church
5. Prayer in C (Robin Schulz Remix)
6. Ghost
7. Chains
8. FourFiveSeconds
9. Love Me Like You Do
10. Lay Me Down
11. Nobody Love
12. I Bet My Life
13. Time of Our Lives
14. Uptown Funk
15. Budapest
16. Heartbeat Song
17. Sugar
18. Bright
19. Lips Are Movin
20. Thinking Out Loud
March 18, 2015
jmunney
Community, Community Episode Reviews, Television
Community, Community 601, Community 602, Community Season 6, Ladders, Lawnmower Maintenance and Postnatal Care
Community, “Ladders” (CREDIT: Yahoo! Screen)
These reviews were originally posted on Starpulse in March 2015.
“Ladders”
“Weird, passionate, and gross”
“Community” season premieres have usually made sure to cover what has happened behind-the-scenes since we last visited Greendale. In Season 4’s “History 101” and Season 5’s “Repilot,” that meant winkingly commenting on all the personnel changes that had occurred. With an actual cancellation and a subsequent move to online streaming, “Community” would now seemingly have the most to say about its recent transitions leading up to the Season 6 premiere. But “Ladders” pretty much jumped right in exactly where Season 5 left off. An exact time frame was not specified, but with this episode opening with the Dean thanking the Human Beings who saved Greendale, it could not have been too long after “Basic Sandwich,” when that actual saving took place.
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March 18, 2015
jmunney
Fuse Top 20 Countdown, Music, Television
Each week, I check out FUSE’s Top 20 countdown, and then I rearrange the songs based on my estimation of their quality.
Original Version
1. Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk”
2. Ed Sheeran – “Thinking Out Loud”
3. Pitbull & Ne-Yo – “Time of Our Lives”
4. Hozier – “Take Me to Church”
5. Meghan Trainor – “Lips Are Movin”
6. Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding – “Outside”
7. Lily Wood & Robin Schulz – “Prayer in C (Robin Schulz Remix)”
8. Big Sean ft. E40 – “IDFWU”
9. Ella Henderson – “Ghost”
10. Sam Smith – “I’m Not the Only One”
11. One Direction – “Night Changes”
12. Ne-Yo ft. Juicy J – “She Knows”
13. Kelly Clarkson – “Heartbeat Song”
14. Flo Rida ft. Sage the Gemini and Lookas – “G.D.F.R.”
15. Beyoncé – “7/11”
16. Chris Brown x Tyga – “Ayo”
17. Taylor Swift – “Blank Space”
18. Fall Out Boy – “Centuries”
19. Olly Murs ft. Travie McCoy – “Wrapped Up”
20. Charli XCX ft. Rita Ora – “Doing It”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Outside
2. Blank Space
3. Doing It
4. Take Me to Church
5. Prayer in C (Robin Schulz Remix)
6. Ghost
7. IDFWU
8. Centuries
9. Time of Our Lives
10. G.D.F.R.
11. Uptown Funk
12. I’m Not the Only One
13. She Knows
14. Wrapped Up
15. Heartbeat Song
16. 7/11
17. Night Changes
18. Lips Are Moving
19. Ayo
20. Thinking Out Loud
March 15, 2015
jmunney
Television, What Won TV?
In this feature, I look back at each day of the past week and determine what shows “won TV” for the night. That is, I consider every episode of television I watched that aired on a particular day and declare which was the best.
Sunday – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Monday – Despite being a bit of a departure, Better Call Saul
Tuesday – Fresh Off the Boat
Wednesday – Man Seeking Woman mixed it up to meet its potential. (Honorable Mention: Broad City took it to another level.)
Thursday – Portlandia
Friday – Comedy Bang! Bang! dreamed a dream.
Saturday – SNL Vintage (#JacuzziLifeguard)
March 15, 2015
jmunney
Community, Community Episode Reviews, Television
Community, Community 413, Community Re-Watch, Community Season 4
Let’s just get this out of the way first: “Advanced Introduction to Finality” did not make paintball cool again. Granted, when Abed makes this proclamation, it is not meant to be completely sincere. This particular paintball outing is supposed to look amateur, as Jeff’s imagination is not as thorough as someone like Abed. Still, it could have been more entertaining. There is a way to portray something half-assed without doing a half-assed job at it, and this wasn’t it.
The poor action sequences are disappointing, especially considering how strong “Community” has been in that area otherwise. But the rest of this episode does have plenty worth recommending. Unusual for Season 4, “AItF” had a firm grasp of the themes it wanted to explore. It did, however, have an overabundance of matters to take care of, which was typical of that year. Although, in this case, it felt more like it was due to excitement about wanting to say so much rather than a lack of focus.
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March 15, 2015
jmunney
Music, Television, VH1 Top 20 Countdown
Each week, I check out VH1′s Top 20 countdown, and then I rearrange the songs based on my estimation of their quality.
Original Version
1. Pitbull & Ne-Yo – “Time of Our Lives”
2. Ed Sheeran – “Thinking Out Loud”
3. Lily Wood & Robin Schulz – “Prayer in C (Robin Schulz Remix)”
4. Taylor Swift – “Style”
5. Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk”
6. Maroon 5 – “Sugar”
7. Rihanna and Kanye West and Paul McCartney – “FourFiveSeconds”
8. Ellie Goulding – “Love Me Like You Do”
9. Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding – “Outside”
10. Meghan Trainor – “Lips Are Movin”
11. Nick Jonas – “Chains”
12. Ella Henderson – “Ghost”
13. Hozier – “Take Me to Church”
14. Kelly Clarkson – “Heartbeat Song”
15. Fall Out Boy – “Centuries”
16. Tori Kelly – “Nobody Love”
17. Tove Lo – “Talking Body”
18. Sam Smith – “Lay Me Down”
19. Imagine Dragons – “I Bet My Life”
20. George Ezra – “Budapest”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Outside
2. Style
3. Take Me to Church
4. Talking Body
5. Prayer in C (Robin Schulz Remix)
6. Ghost
7. Love Me Like You Do
8. Chains
9. FourFiveSeconds
10. Lay Me Down
11. Centuries
12. I Bet My Life
13. Time of Our Lives
14. Uptown Funk
15. Budapest
16. Nobody Love
17. Heartbeat Song
18. Sugar
19. Lips Are Movin
20. Thinking Out Loud
March 11, 2015
jmunney
Fuse Top 20 Countdown, Music, Television
Each week, I check out FUSE’s Top 20 countdown, and then I rearrange the songs based on my estimation of their quality.
Original Version
1. Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk”
2. Ed Sheeran – “Thinking Out Loud”
3. Hozier – “Take Me to Church”
4. Sam Smith – “I’m Not the Only One”
5. Meghan Trainor – “Lips Are Moving”
6. Pitbull & Ne-Yo – “Time of Our Lives”
7. Big Sean ft. E40 – “IDFWU”
8. Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding – “Outside”
9. Lily Wood & Robin Schulz – “Prayer in C (Robin Schulz Remix)”
10. Ella Henderson – “Ghost”
11. One Direction – “Night Changes”
12. Ne-Yo ft. Juicy J – “She Knows”
13. Kelly Clarkson – “Heartbeat Song”
14. Taylor Swift – “Blank Space”
15. Nick Jonas – “Jealous”
16. Fall Out Boy – “Centuries”
17. Flo Rida ft. Sage the Gemini and Lookas – “G.D.F.R.”
18. Beyoncé – “7/11”
19. Prince Royce ft. Snoop Dogg – “Stuck on a Feeling”
20. I LOVE MAKONNEN ft. Drake – “Tuesday (Remix)”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Outside
2. Blank Space
3. Take Me to Church
4. Jealous
5. Prayer in C (Robin Schulz Remix)
6. Ghost
7. IDFWU
8. Centuries
9. Time of Our Lives
10. G.D.F.R.
11. Uptown Funk
12. I’m Not the Only One
13. She Knows
14. Stuck on a Feeling
15. Heartbeat Song
16. 7/11
17. Night Changes
18. Tuesday (Remix)
19. Lips Are Moving
20. Thinking Out Loud
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