A lot of wonderful new melodies and lyrics successfully made their way to my ears, brain, and feet in 2025. Here are the standouts, in collectible and solitary form:
jmunney’s Favorite Music of 2025
February 7, 2026
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Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 6/20/25
June 20, 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
–Elio (Theaters)
–28 Years Later (Theaters)
Music
-Benson Boone, American Heart
-Haim, I quit
-U.S. Girls, Scratch It
Sports
-NBA Draft (June 25-26 on ABC [First Round Only] and ESPN) – I’m most interested to see where a couple of Scarlet Knights end up.
Jmunney’s Favorite Albums of 2020
January 20, 2021
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I didn’t listen to every new album that was released in 2020 – DON’T LET ANYONE TELL YOU OTHERWISE! But I did listen to a few dozen; some were rockin’, some were poppin’, some were hippity-hoppin’, and a few even had some jazzy freakouts. Here are the 15 that most satisfied my ears and my tapping toes:
Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 6/26/20
June 26, 2020
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EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: The Story of Fire Saga (CREDIT: John Wilson/Netflix)
Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.
Movies
–Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (Streaming on Netflix) – Starring Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams as an Icelandic pop duo, just as the Fates predicted.
Music
-Haim, Women in Music Pt. III
SNL Review May 13, 2017: Melissa McCarthy/HAIM
May 14, 2017
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This review was originally posted on News Cult in May 2017.
Love It
Lighthouse Features Logo – Endings are notoriously difficult in sketch comedy, so I have got to hand it to SNL when it comes up with a great closer, especially when it is the last sketch of the night, sending the whole show out on a high. The powerful conclusion in this case involves simply revisiting the stated premise at the beginning and putting a button on it to explain the protagonist’s incompetence. In between is a series of disturbing and multi-layered micro short films.
Mother’s Day seems like the ideal time for SNL to come up with fake technological products that cater to the older generation – add the ever-patient Amazon Echo Silver to that heap…When it comes to Women in Film, Kate McKinnon’s Debette Goldry (this time joined by Melissa McCarthy’s Gaye Fontaine) is only as strong as her stories, and this time she has killer ones, like removing her molars to maker her face less Polish and being married to a Nazi…Now for the continuing romantic saga of Kyle & Leslie, in which we learn that Lorne (not little Lorne) is okay with Colin being shot, because he can be annoying…The birthday party sketch ends perhaps a bit too abruptly when Melissa Villaseñor discovers her Mom Animal, but the satire of the cult of motherhood is equal parts disturbing and enticing.
SNL Recap 11/23/13 Josh Hutcherson/Haim
November 24, 2013
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He had a real peaceful look on his face before he exploded.
Piers Morgan Live
It would have been nice if in addition to showcasing whatever they wanted to showcase what was in the news this week, they also put Taran’s Piers Morgan to greater use. C
Josh Hutcherson’s Monologue
Having seen The Hunger Games made all the beats of this monologue super obvious. The key party business was interesting, though. C
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