Saturday Night Live: John Mulaney & the Strokes, October 31, 2020

Published Nov 01, 2020

Well, after some less than stellar writing over the past couple of weeks, everyone at Saturday Night Live stepped up for townies, John Mulan...

This Funny Week in Funny Tweets: October 30, 2020

Published Oct 30, 2020

Canadian Pizza Pizza dough, au revoir Le Château, Santa Claus judges in the land of snow, where did my wife go, and much more from this week...

Saturday Night Live: Adele & H.E.R. October 24, 2020

Published Oct 25, 2020

Adele only hosted instead of hosting and singing but was also able to please her audience during one specific sketch, and H.E.R. took full c...

This Funny Week in Funny Tweets: October 23, 2020

Published Oct 23, 2020

Probably shouldn't fly on a plane, we shouldn't have rooted for Bruce Wayne, just drop me off already, train, Rudy Giuliani cannot tucking e...

Jeff Tweedy Wrings Joy from Today's Wilderness on 'Love Is the King'

Published Oct 22, 2020

Wilco vocalist Jeff Tweedy, backed up by his sons Sammy and Spencer, spends most of the pandemic-produced, Love Is the King, crying out from...

Bruce Springsteen Is at His Rawest and Most Reflective on 'Letter to You'

Published Oct 22, 2020

A reverential, loyal dude, Bruce Springsteen has long carried himself like someone who owes his good fortune to those who came before him. A...

Saturday Night Live: Issa Rae & Justin Bieber October 17, 2020

Published Oct 18, 2020

In spite of Issa Rae's first-time-hosting enthusiasm and two strong performances by Justin Bieber, overall Saturday Night Live was rather of...

This Funny Week in Funny Tweets: October 16, 2020

Published Oct 16, 2020

The president's Operation, parental tablet frustration, Spiderman multiplication, NBC ratings desperation, and much more from this week in f...

Saturday Night Live: Bill Burr & Jack White October 10, 2020

Published Oct 11, 2020

Bill Burr was a game and great host who had some good stuff to work with and Jack White's two performances were among the strongest in the s...

This Funny Week in Funny Tweets: October 9, 2020

Published Oct 09, 2020

Debate recap, October fills the gap, a presidential funeral lap, teaching your grandma about WAP, and much more from this week in funny twee...

Saturday Night Live: Chris Rock & Megan Thee Stallion October 3, 2020

Published Oct 04, 2020

It was all kind of surreal, watching Saturday Night Live stage its show before an actual, masked audience, in their usual studio 8H, instead...

This Funny Week in Funny Tweets: October 1, 2020

Published Oct 02, 2020

Johnny's rotten and Sid's ferocious, a math wiz who's precocious, the presidential debate is atrocious, '90s kids shouldn't be braggadocious...

This Funny Week in Funny Tweets: September 25, 2020

Published Sep 25, 2020

Too much work to shoot a beaver, pondering Bruno Mars's retriever, people catch 21st day of September fever, the Doobie Brothers call Bill M...

With 'Fear of Death,' Tim Heidecker Proves That He's Dead Serious About Music

Published Sep 24, 2020

As Fear of Death goes on, it becomes an increasingly special and heartfelt album, and a masterpiece from Tim Heidecker. Spurred on by a quic...

Regina Gently Channels the Joy of 'Electric Circus' on 'Don't Wait to Love Me'

Published Sep 23, 2020

After playing some truly incendiary sets and releasing an album as Light Fires, Regina Gently is really, really ready for her close up. With...

Yves Jarvis Is Both Puzzling and Totally Brilliant on 'Sundry Rock Song Stock'

Published Sep 23, 2020

It's hard to know how Yves Jarvis does it. His instrumentation and approach to singing all seem familiar enough, but on songs like "In Every...

This Funny Week in Funny Tweets: September 17, 2020

Published Sep 18, 2020

Wonder Woman has had enough, a camera exchange gets rough, iPhones keep giving us guff, what is with that cough, and much more from this wee...

Neil Young's 'The Times' Is Timeless, and That's Why It's So Depressing

Published Sep 17, 2020

It's weird (and sad) how timeless this is. Hearing Neil Young sing some of his most politically charged songs, on his own, during a pande...

Daniel Romano's Staggering 2020 Fully Pays Off on 'How Ill Thy World is Ordered'

Published Sep 17, 2020

To fixate on the quantity of Daniel Romano's output in 2020, instead of the high quality of it, is to be blinded by volume. So, never min...

This Funny Week in Funny Tweets: September 10, 2020

Published Sep 11, 2020

Only you can prevent gender, the end of Ford Summer Sales splendour, the politician sports fan pretender, the skies look like fruit in a ble...