January 31, 2025
jmunney
Best of 2024, Best of Music 2024, Music
Alice Merton, Ariana Grande, Cage the Elephant, Camila Cabello, Charli XCX, Chris Stapleton, Dhani Harrison, Father John Misty, Fever Ray, Future Islands, Jack White, Justice, Kacey Musgraves, Kim Deal, Kim Gordon, Lauren Mayberry, Lenny Kravitz, Megan Thee Stallion, Milky Chance, Pharrell, Reneé Rapp, Sabrina Carpenter, Sleater-Kinney, Snoop Dogg, St. Vincent, Tame Impala, Tenacious D, The Beaches, The Black Keys, The Cure, The Last Dinner Party, The Smile, Tommy Richman, Tori Kelly
Every week, I check the schedule of new albums coming out and listen to the ones that catch my ear. Then I make a note throughout the year of the ones that made a strong impression. And then to finalize my Best Albums of 2024 list, I re-listened to everything on that shortlist to confirm whether or not I did in fact like them enough to enshrine them among the crème de la crème.
As for my favorite new songs of the year, they can be hard to find, since I live in a city with reliable public transportation, and thus rarely drive, and thus rarely listen to the radio. So I hope that I’ll encounter some good ones on the albums that I seek out, or that they otherwise reach me via pop cultural osmosis. Also, I try to stick with songs that were released as singles, but it’s okay if they weren’t.
Anyway, here’s the music that happily stuck with me in 2024:
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March 15, 2024
jmunney
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Sports, Television
Arthur the King, Deeper Well, Everything I Thought I Was, Happiness Bastards, Irish Wish, Justin Timberlake, Kacey Musgraves, March Madness, The American Society of Magical Negroes, The Black Crowes, Tierra Whack, World Wide Whack, X-Men '97
Baller. (CREDIT: Marvel Animation. © 2024 MARVEL)
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 American Society of Magical Negroes (Theaters)
–Arthur the King (Theaters) – Dog.
–Irish Wish (Streaming on Netflix) – Starring Lindsay Lohan!
TV
–X-Men ’97 Series Premiere (March 20 on Disney+) – A sequel to the 90s cartoon!
Music
-The Black Crowes, Happiness Bastards
-Kacey Musgraves, Deeper Well
-Justin Timberlake, Everything I Thought I Was
-Tierra Whack, World Wide Whack
Sports
-Men’s March Madness (March 19-April 8 on CBS, TBS, TNT, and truTV) – Selection Sunday is on the 17th on CBS.
-Women’s March Madness (March 20-April 7 on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and ESPNEWS) – Selection Sunday is on the 17th on ESPN.
March 3, 2024
jmunney
Saturday Night Live, SNL Weekly Recaps, Television
Kacey Musgraves, Saturday Night Live Season 49, SNL, SNL Season 49, Sydney Sweeney
Kacey and the Sunshine Sweeney (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)
Jeff “jmunney” Malone watches every new episode of Saturday Night Live and then reviews all the sketches and segments according to a “wacky” theme.
Excellent! March is my favorite month. And the 2024 edition is off to a promising start with a couple of new Saturday Night Live episodes on the docket. The 3/2 show was hosted by Sydney Sweeney, who you might know from the rom-com hit Anyone But You, the wacky superhero flick Madame Web, and the upcoming pregnant nun horror movie Immaculate. I’ve seen two of those, and I’m excited for the third! I might also start watching that HBO show that she stars on.
Kacey Musgraves was the musical guest, which she’s done twice before. She hails from a magical land named “Golden,” Texas.
And since this episode was indeed hosted by Sydney Sweeney, I’m going to include as much alliteration in my review as I can muster.
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October 3, 2021
jmunney
Saturday Night Live, SNL Weekly Recaps, Television
Kacey Musgraves, Owen Wilson, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Season 47, SNL, SNL Season 47
SNL: Kacey Musgraves, Owen Wilson, Kenan Thompson (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)
Hello, readers, you are now about to read my review of Saturday Night Live‘s Season 47 premiere, which was hosted by Mr. Owen Wilson with musical guest Ms. Kacey Musgraves. I like to mix up my review style every once in a while, so for this episode, I will talk about the sketches in the reverse order in which they aired. I don’t think I’ll be doing that for every episode this season; instead, I’ll be mixing it up … we’ll see how it goes!
Also, I should mention that I’m in the midst of training for the New York City Marathon, so if it feels like my review was written after running double-digit miles, now you know why.
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September 10, 2021
jmunney
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Television
Andrew WK, God is Partying, Jeopardy!, Kacey Musgraves, Malignant, Sleigh Bells, Star-Crossed, Texis, The Card Counter, Ultra City Smiths, Video Music Awards, VMAs, Y: The Last Man
Y: The Last Man (CREDIT: FX/Screenshot)
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 Card Counter (Theaters) – Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, and Paul Schrader, oh my!
–Malignant (Theaters and HBO Max) – Another horrific directorial effort from James Wan.
TV
-2021 MTV Video Music Awards (September 12 on MTV)
–Ultra City Smiths Linear TV Premiere (September 13 on AMC) – Wild-sounding stop-motion show that previously aired on AMC+.
–Jeopardy! Season 38 Premiere (Check local listings)
–Y: The Last Man Series Premiere (September 13 on Hulu) – Finally!
Music
-Andrew W.K., God is Partying
-Kacey Musgraves, Star-Crossed
-Sleigh Bells, Texis
May 13, 2018
jmunney
Saturday Night Live, SNL Weekly Recaps, Television
Amy Schumer, Kacey Musgraves, Melissa McCarthy, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Season 43, SNL, SNL review, SNL Season 43
CREDIT: Will Heath/NBC
My letter grades for each sketch and segment is below. My in-depth review is on NewsCult: http://newscult.com/snl-love-itkeep-itleave-amy-schumerkacey-musgraves/
A Mother’s Day Message From the Cast of SNL – B-
Amy Schumer’s Monologue – B-
Mother Knows Best – B-
Handmaids in the City – C+
The Day You Were Born – C-
Gospel Brunch – C-
Kacey Musgraves performs “High Horse” – B
Weekend Update
The Jokes – B-
Bailey Gismert – B-
Michael Che’s Stepmom – C+
Wake Up Denver – B+
Kacey Musgraves performs “Slow Burn” – B-
Last Call – B-
James Madison High School Graduation (BEST OF THE NIGHT) – B+
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