Coldplay's Chris Martin To Appear On The Simpsons

Superhero Chris Martin lends his voice to a Season 21 episode involving Homer winning the lottery and hiring Coldplay to give a private performance to he and Bart. "When Bart goes to the bathroom, Coldplay has to stop."... CONTINUE READING COLDPLAY'S CHRIS MARTIN TO APPEAR ON THE SIMPSONS»

Posted on July 27, 2009 (9 comments)
Tags: Coldplay | Death Cab For Cutie | The Simpsons | Twilight

The Simpsons Revisit The '90s, Reveal Homer Invented Grunge

Fresh premises don't come easy for a show 19 years into its existence, but hats off to last night's The Simpsons, mining nostalgia for the decade after the show was created. It was That '90s Show: Marge and Homer taught... CONTINUE READING THE SIMPSONS REVISIT THE '90S, REVEAL HOMER INVENTED GRUNGE»

Posted on January 28, 2008 in Show Tunes, Video (39 comments)
Tags: Bush | Nirvana | The Simpsons | Weird Al Yankovic

New Oh Astro - "Hello Fuji Boy"

The sample happy Illegal Art roster recently made a four-song sampler available for the price of free online, featuring the likes of patron saint Girl Talk, Realistic, and Steinski. Good stuff and worth your bandwith all around, but it's Oh... CONTINUE READING NEW OH ASTRO - "HELLO FUJI BOY"»

Posted on October 15, 2007 (0 comments)
Tags: Free Energy | Hot Chip | Lionel Richie | Oh Astro | The Simpsons

Green Day Play Springfield, "Chocolate Rain"

Anecdotal evidence and box office stats indicate that there are two or three of you that have yet to see The Simpsons Movie, but this is the no child left behind era, and we don't want the theater-averse among you... CONTINUE READING GREEN DAY PLAY SPRINGFIELD, "CHOCOLATE RAIN"»

Posted on August 13, 2007 in Video (7 comments)
Tags: Green Day | Tay Zonday | The Simpsons

Perfectly Cromulent Post, Five Days Late

Anybody heard anything about that new film that came out this past weekend? You know, the one with the jaundiced, four-fingered wisecrackers? Samp-something. The Stimfields? We remember digging it back in the mid-'90s, and by digging we mean: memorizing and... CONTINUE READING PERFECTLY CROMULENT POST, FIVE DAYS LATE»

Posted on July 31, 2007 (15 comments)
Tags: The Simpsons

Green Day Cover "The Simpsons Theme"

Remember that will-not-confirm-or-deny-anything 20th Century Fox intrigue over whether Green Day were in fact getting Groening'd? That lasted about two minutes? Internet's fun like that. The internet's also really good for radio rips, though this one's really only a few... The Simpsons Theme"'">CONTINUE READING GREEN DAY COVER "THE SIMPSONS THEME"»

Yellow Green Day

The hot rumor in animated pop-punk circles over the past few weeks is that Green Day will make a cartoon-cameo in The Simpsons Movie. NME did a little leg work and file this report:A spokesperson for 20th Century Fox would... CONTINUE READING YELLOW GREEN DAY»

Posted on March 6, 2007 (13 comments)
Tags: Green Day | The Simpsons