The Town (Warner Bros., 2010) Less than a decade after he went from marquee idol to laughingstock, Ben Affleck regained his mojo by reinventing himself as a director with Gone…
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By the cold light of Mellowmas morn, Fred Schneider returns to make us all sick. So very, very sick.
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Just in time for Mellowmas Eve, Wing has given us the world’s first song about Santa and a helicopter. Wait, what?
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Cyrus (20th Century Fox, 2010) Jonah Hill and John C. Reilly co-starring in a film — it’s gotta be a raunchy, Apatow-style comedy, right? You’d think so, but as Cyrus…
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¡Hola, amigos y amigas! Charo ees here to help all you fine mamacitas find Thanta Claw!
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Turn around, bright eyes — Bonnie Tyler is here with a Mellowmas tune that has Jason scratching his head and Jeff holding out for a burst eardrum.
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In which two of Toto’s many former lead singers wish you a very merry Mellowmas — or a maudlin, senselessly overblown one, whichever comes first.
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Armed with a drum loop and enough Viagra to kill a horse, the O’Jays have returned to sex you up for Mellowmas.
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Kenny Rogers takes a break from his busy plastic surgery schedule to record yet another Christmas album, and all of us are poorer for it.
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Because when you’re calling yourselves the New Monkees, you might as well just go ahead and sing Christmas lyrics over one of your songs.
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What if “The First Noel” happened at a Hot Topic in Orange County? Today, the dorks in Eve 6 give us their “Very Special” answer.
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Today, the Kidz Bop delinquents invade Mellowmas and desecrate a holiday classic.
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The mood is right and the spirit’s up — or at least they were until we heard this double dose of “Wonderful Christmastime” covers.
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In today’s post, Jeff and Jason uncover long-suppressed memories of cold British seascapes and synthy dread.
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Just in time for Mariah Carey’s new Christmas special, here’s a peek inside her latest holiday music cash-in.
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Amy Keys looks like a nice enough person…but beneath that friendly smile lurks a heart of pure, sax-wielding evil.
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Would you believe that a self-referencing Wang Chung giveaway could end up being one of the year’s best Mellowmas songs? Neither could Jeff and Jason.
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Just in case your holidays weren’t bland enough, Train and Coca-Cola have joined forces to “shake” them “up.”
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We don’t agree with Willie Nelson’s decision to cut a Christmas duet with Jessica Simpson…but we understand.
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Flipped (Warner Bros., 2010) Remember the pre-North era, when Rob Reiner could do no wrong? Those days were long ago. Now, we count ourselves lucky if a Reiner movie is…
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On the eighth day of Mellowmas, Laura from General Hospital recorded a holiday album and we are totally not making this up.
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Going the Distance (Warner Bros., 2010) Romantic comedies are as plentiful as the rain, and no matter how many postmodern wrinkles Hollywood ever adds to the genre, it’s always gonna…
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Have you ever wondered what inspired the images on your favorite album covers? With Uncovered, we discuss the stories behind the artwork with the people who made them. This week,…
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Yesterday, Jeff promised not to send Jason any more versions of “Last Christmas” for a year. Yesterday, Jeff lied.
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On the sixth day of Mellowmas, the cast of Glee take Jason’s favorite holiday song and wrap it in sheets of Auto-Tune.
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Most Christmas albums contain the same old songs, but this year, Susan Boyle has brought us a rather unusual Gift.
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On the fourth day of Mellowmas, Jeff and Jason wander into a dark, cold place where pitch, intelligible lyrics, melody, and steady tempo have ceased to exist.
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How do you take the most annoying Christmas standard and make it even worse? Today, we find out!
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Mellowmas has just begun and already Jason has become weak (and nauseous). See why as the dynamic duo listen to some warm lovin’ Wilson Phillips on Day Two!
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He’s never been a household name, but since releasing his debut album in 1999, David Mead has become a trusted source of beautiful melodies and unforgettable hooks for a persistent…