Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 4/11/25

April 11, 2025

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Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.

Movies
–The Amateur (Theaters)
–Drop (Theaters)
–One to One: John & Yoko (IMAX Theaters)
–Sacramento (Theaters)
–Warfare (Theaters)

TV
–Doctor Who Season 15 Premiere (April 12 on Disney+)

Music
-Bon Iver, SABLE, fABLE
-OK Go, And the Adjacent Possible
-Röyksopp, True Electric – Oh man, remember these guys back in the day?

Sports
-WNBA Draft (April 14 on ESPN) – Checking out who’s going to be picked.

Billboard Hot Rock Songs – Week of October 22, 2016

October 11, 2016

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Each week, I check out the Billboard Hot Rock Songs chart, and then I rearrange that top 25 based on my estimation of their quality.

Original Version
1. twenty one pilots – “Heathens”
2. twenty one pilots – “Ride”
3. Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, & Imagine Dragons with Logic, Ty Dolla $ign ft. X Ambassadors – “Sucker for Pain”
4. Coldplay – “Hymn for the Weekend”
5. X Ambassadors – “Unsteady”
6. Fitz and the Tantrums – “HandClap”
7. The Lumineers – “Ophelia”
8. Disturbed – “The Sound of Silence”
9. Bastille – “Good Grief”
10. twenty one pilots – “Cancer”
11. Bon Iver – “33 “GOD””
12. Green Day – “Bang Bang”
13. Cage the Elephant – “Trouble”
14. Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Dark Necessities”
15. Metallica – “Moth Into Flame”
16. Zach Williams – “Chain Breaker”
17. blink-182 – “Bored to Death”
18. Bon Iver – “22 (OVER SooN)”
19. Kings of Leon – “Waste a Moment”
20. The Head and the Heart – “All We Ever Knew”
21. Bon Iver – 715 – CREEKS
22. Bon Iver – 8 (circle)
23. Bon Iver – 29 #Strafford APTS
24. Bon Iver – 666 (upsidedowncross)
25. Bon Iver – 10 d E A T h b R E a s T

Jmunney’s Revision
1. 33 “GOD”
2. 22 (OVER SooN)
3. Unsteady
4. Dark Necessities
5. Ride
6. Trouble
7. 10 d E A T h b R E a s T
8. Good Grief
9. Moth Into Flame
10. 666 (upsidedowncross)
11. Ophelia
12. 8 (circle)
13. 29 #Strafford APTS
14. 715 – CREEKS
15. Waste a Moment
16. Cancer
17. Hymn for the Weekend
18. All We Ever Knew
19. Bang Bang
20. The Sound of Silence
21. Heathens
22. Sucker for Pain
23. HandClap
24. Bored to Death
25. Chain Breaker

SNL Recap February 4, 2011: Channing Tatum/Bon Iver

February 5, 2012

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Cold Opening – Newt Gingrich: Moon President
It is always gratifying to see something a little unusual, particularly when it comes to political cold opens.  This was a clever idea as well, as it sprang from an actual Newt Gingrich idea.  As for the execution, the jokes were on target, but flatly delivered. B-

Channing Tatum’s Monologue
So often lately, when the hosts interact with “audience members” during the monologue, it can feel so forced.  But as Channing’s past customers, Kristen, Vanessa, Fred, and Andy all actually had something to build a performance around.  Fred’s line, “I’m not sure yet, but you should keep trying” was gold, and Andy’s Yikes-I-better-get-out-of-here reaction was also worth a quick laugh. B

It’s Getting Freaky with Cee-Lo Green
Not even Bill as Colonel Nasty could make this rendition of “It’s Getting Freaky” worthwhile, as he offered little more advice than, “Touch her in the right place.”  He didn’t even laugh enough!  Some of Cee-Lo’s aside comments – “searching for my neck” – were worth a chuckle. C

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