Best of the Week: January 30 - February 3, 2012

April Yorke — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:18:43 +0100

At (Cult)ure we're in the business of producing written words, but that doesn't mean that we don't enjoy things like spoken words or words set to music or things that don't have words at all. So each week we'll bring you a small collection of non-written things that we enjoyed.

Best Podcas...

This Week in Ron Swanson Awesomeness

Lauren Cheal — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:42:19 +0100

A great show called Parks and Recreation features a great mustachioed man named Ronald Swanson. He is a libertarian government official, a lover of breakfast food, a high-and-tight haircut enthusiast, and an all-around man's man.

Ron has not one, but two ex-wives named Tammy ("both bitches"). Tammy 2 is played by Megan Mullally, real-life wife of the great Nick Offerman who brings Ron to life. Talk about a Hollywood power couple. Clearly they are the best, and ...

Women's Soccer Olympic Qualifiers (CONCACAF), Vancouver Day 1

Lauren Cheal — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:58:47 +0100

Vancouver is playing host to the top female soccer players in North and Central America this week and next, and I will be sharing my thoughts on the tournament in this blog. I don't promise a report everyday, but certainly a few updates will be coming. First let me say that there are plen...

Ok, the bacon trend is officially out of control

Emily Goodacre — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:17:15 +0100

I've written before about my distaste for the hipster-y bacon trend of the past few years. But with baconlube I think we can all agree that it's time for it to end. Stop the madness, people.

Best of the Week: January 9-13, 2011

April Yorke — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:26:18 +0100

Best Podcast: On Being, "Roseanne Cash"

Maybe I was always...

2011 (Cult)y TV Outliers: Treme's Sonny

April Yorke — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:44:27 +0100

No sooner did we publish the (Cult)ys, our first annual ridiculously specific TV and cinema awards, than all manner of other awards I could have given started to flow freely in my brain. I've decided to call these forgotten awards "outliers"* and post them as they come to me, so they can live in infamy (or just on the internet. One or the other). So, let's kick it off with . . .

Boardwalk Empire Just Painted Itself into a Corner

April Yorke — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:00:32 +0100

In last night's Season 2 finale of Boardwalk Empire, Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi) finally put paid to the paradox Jimmy Darmody (Michael Pitt) laid out in way, way back in the pilot: "You can't be half a gangster." He did this in two ways, one big, one small, both with devestating consequences.

1. Nucky marrie...

When did Jesus become a shoe snob?

Emily Goodacre — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:43:29 +0100

If any of you have been subjected this holiday season to the world's worst Christmas song "the Christmas Shoes", please do yourselves a favour and listen to Patton Oswalt's hilarious takedown of it here, you won't be sorry (after the jump):

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Gossip Girl's Sorry, But Her Love For You is Unconditional

April Yorke — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:06:28 +0100

CHAIR! So close, and yet so far. Yup, that's about what I got out to last night's Gossip Girl, "Riding in Town Cars with Boys." Otherwise, Nate and Serena make the same plan they always make, only Dan's in this time; Ivy finally finds a reason to get out of Dodge already; and Rufus cont...

Tuesday Music Guide - December 6, 2011

Administrator — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:27:53 +0100

AMY WINEHOUSE
Lioness: Hidden Treasures
www.amywinehouse.com
Dist: Universal Music Canada

Following her tragic passing in July, some of the producers and musicians who worked closely with Amy Winehouse spent time listening...

Boardwalk Empire makes for easy incest jokes

Emily Goodacre — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 23:26:11 +0100

Last Sunday night April and I were watching Boardwalk Empire when (MAJOR SPOILERS) Angela was murdered. A short re-enacement of our reaction:

Me: "Aw, sorry about your sad life, Jimmy."

April and I, in unison: "I guess now you'll go fuck your mom!"

(we both dissolve into helpless giggles,...

Weekend Streaming: Roller Derby World Cup!

April Yorke — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:13:22 +0100

Team Canada has been AMAZING in the preliminaries for the FIRST EVER Roller Derby World Cup, winning all three games (against France, Sweden, and Brazil) to be seeded second (2nd!). You can find the schedule here (hopefully updated soon), and you can stream it live on Derby News Network here.

Fun fact: Two Rideau Valley R...

Merry Christmas Music!

April Yorke — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:26:40 +0100

Lauren's already kicked it off in the comments on the latest Mayfair chat, but, since it's December 1st and therefore the day I officially start listening to Christmas music of my own accord,* let's take a minute to share a couple of faves, shall we?

Up first is my personal favourite from A Muppet Christmas Carol, the Ghost of Christmas Present's song, "It Feels Like Christmas:"

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Secon...

Get Bella's vampire blow out for only $29.99!

April Yorke — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:15:45 +0100

Now, if there's one thing you noticed in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1, wait . . . if there's one thing you noticed besides headboard breaking, Tebowing, and Edward cutting his child out of his wife's womb with his own teeth, it was that vampire Bella had one helluva blow out, right? She goes from beaten, malnourished famin...

Gossip Girl: Dair is a Distraction

April Yorke — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:27:44 +0100

Last night’s Gossip Girl, “Rhodes to Perdition,” didn’t follow up on the end of “All the Pretty Sources” even a little bit. You know, when Blair showed up at Empire and asked without really asking if Chuck was good all along, and Ed Westwick’s exquisitely exp...

Dancing With The Stars: The Brawl for the Mirror Ball

Lauren Cheal — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:10:50 +0100

The finals are here! It seems like we have been at this for a very long time. And by we, I mean me. Hope Solo was thankfully sent home last week, leaving us with three deserving finalists. We have the inspiring J.R. Martinez (a veteran who was badly injured while serving the U.S. m...

Got $160? Better get Bella and Edward's place setting.

April Yorke — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:46:38 +0100

Oh, you guys. I know we're all in a tizzy to attend the nuptials of those two crazy kids (using the term loosely, of course), so I bet you're wondering what to get the couple who has everything (or can afford to buy it). The answer, I don't mind tell you, is a 10 piece dinner set for two for $160. I've been to...

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