Podcasts You Should Check Out if You Want to Be Cool

If you enjoy emotions like happiness and glee, then you're totally going to dig these podcasts.


Comedy and Everything Else- Comedy greats Jimmy Dore, Stefane Zamorano and Todd Glass deliver the goods in this hilarious and thought provoking podcast. I'm partial to episode 14 featuring the always brilliant Paul F. Tomkins (if you don't yet have his cd Impersonal, go buy it immediately, then come back because I have more podcasts to tell you about).

The Sound of Young America- Great comedians, hip new bands, authors and s bunch of other stuff you're gonna love brought to you by "America's Radio Sweetheart," Jesse Thorn.

Here are some upcoming guests. (told you so.)
Actress and comic Janeane Garofalo
Comic Tig Notaro
Comic Greg Behrendt
The Human Giant
Author and designer Chip Kidd
Comic artist Adrian Tomine
Rhett Miller of The Old 97s
Musician PWRFL Power
And many more...

Real Time With Bill Maher- Don't have HBO? Don't worry you can listen to the show instead.

Here are some more excellent free podcasts I bet you'll like-
This American Life
KCRW's Top Tune- free songs!
Slate Magazine's Daily Podcast

Want to Know About Some Cool Movies?

I thought so.

Here's a great interview from salon.com with director Mike Leigh (Secrets & Lies, Vera Drake) about his new film Happy Go Lucky (10/10). Here's the trailer.

In the same article Stephanie Zacharek gives David Koepp's "Ghost Town," kudos, referring to it as "breezy and smart." I will see any movie that's referred to as breezy. Here's the trailer.

I ran across another great piece from Zacharek on the sad state of romantic comedies. The article is from '99, but guess what? It's nearly a decade later and romantic comedies still suck.

Here's a few other movies you'll probably want to see.

John Patrick Shanley's Doubt. (It was a play first, but you probably know this because you are smart.)

Jonathon Demme's Rachel Getting Married on October 3rd.

Here's an article about upcoming indie flick Gigantic. Zooey Deschanel is in it. Need I say more?

I Miss Underoos

I miss Underoos. I think I might start wearing them again. I loved Underoos when I was a kid. I had Archie Comics Underoos and I am almost positive I had Supergirl Underoos too. Otherwise I was just running around in regular underwear with a towel tied around my neck screaming “I’m Supergirl!" And jumping on the furniture. Which is just as likely. How does Grover become SuperGrover? It only takes a dishtowel people.

I miss that magical feeling of being a Superhero. Who needs facials, manicures or painful bikini waxes? Underoos are the answer. C’mon, what oxygen breathing male isn’t going to be (1.) totally turned on and (2.) delighted by the surprise and whimsical nostalgia you're bright red and blue polyester underwear induces.

It could be a litmus test of sorts. If a guy is peeling off my jeans and goes- “Uh, what are THOSE?” I’ll know he’s too young for me and I'll exit his Silver Lake bungalow immediately with Underoo’s firmly in place. I suppose if a guy’s pulling off my jeans, I should probably be at the point of at least knowing his age. Look, I’m learning as I go. There’s no book on this people.

Just kidding, there a tons of fucking books on this! But who has time to read. I have Underoos shopping to do.

If You Think California Sucks, You Suck

Welcome to Thursday's Playlist Spectacular Fantastic. This is a new feature on the Kris Kimmel Show and certain to be a big hit with my core audience. Am I right core?

As you can see by the catchy headline of this post, this playlist is thematic in nature, so throw on your flip-flops, put the top down* and head to the beach for some California grooves.

*Convertible and computer not included.

You Might Be Too Old To Watch Gossip Girl If...

10. When Lisa Loeb sang "Stay," on tonights episode it reminded you of the Ethan Hawke obsession you had in college.
9. You have an unusual fixation with Serena and Blair's smooth and dewy skin.
8. All you keep thinking is "These kids are too gosh darn young too be f*cking so much!"
7. You really wish they would be a little more respectful of their parents
6. You can't remember guys ever being that cool in High School.
5. You are 100% certain though, that you were definitely that smokin' hot.
4. Oh, that's right you just remembered. People did f*ck that much in high school!
3. You wish they would delve more into the Lily-Rufus storyline...what is up with those PARENT'S lives already?
2. The only person you have the hots for on the show is THE DAD.

Drumroll please...

1. You are in bed soon after Gossip Girl ends writing a blog about being too old to watch Gossip Girl.

If you are not tuned in to the indulgent pleasure that is Gossip Girl, well I guess this list won't make much sense, but this clip from last weeks show might just convert you.

Free Coldplay Show

If you live in New York, you can see Coldplay for the low low price of free on June 23. If you don't live in New York, maybe you should stop listening to Coldplay. It's your choice.

There are a plethora of cool bands playing at the Hollywood Bowl this summer including Thievery Corporation, Fiest, Gnarls Barkley, Radiohead and Beck. That's right. BECK.

Back to Coldplay, for just a sec, you can go to their website RIGHT NOW and download their new single Violet Hill. I'm attempting to do this, but having some technical difficulties. I'm not sure why as I'm not even into Coldplay, but whatever, I like free stuff.

A Few More Words About Coachella and Then I'll Drop It

Check out this pic from Coachella. If you look closely, you'll notice only one dude actually had a good time. So if you didn't go, you don't have to feel bad.

For more cool pics and for full coverage of the event head to rollingstone.com. I'm pretty sure they were there and can give you a better idea of what went down than I can. I spent most of the weekend looking for an apartment in Silver Lake

Photo: Winter/Getty

I attempted to check into the event over the weekend, but I kept getting Rosanna Arquette interviewing skinny pale dudes that I didn't recognize. MGMT is probably already writing a song about her. That would make it three, which I think is some sort of record. Pattie Boyd is going to be so pissed.

So far this is my favorite clip from Coachella- Prince covering Radiohead. Feel free to send me any clips you especially dig.

This Post is for Comedy Nerds ONLY

For all you Mr. Show fans, I'm sure I don't have to tell you that the dynamic comedy duo have reunited for David's Situation. I am planning to get my act together so by the time the show airs I will have HBO. Step one in my plan is to get a television.

I absolutely know what I'm doing.

Read the recent Vanity Fair interview with Bob and David. Or David and Bob depending on how you see the world.

While enjoying the above mentioned interview, I noticed another article I thought I'd pass along. This one's about the current worrisome situation of our fish population. I didn't laugh once, but still a pretty good read.

The Kind of Girl You Wanna Bring Home to Mom!

I'm heading out to see Baby Mama in a few minutes, but not before I leave you with this great missed connection from Craigslist.

The Bands are So Great at Coachella I Almost Wish I Was Going

Coachella is this weekend. If you're going...awesome! If you've been to the festival before, you must know you are a person who thrives on huge crowds of people on ecstasy and assorted other drugs, enjoy the fiery hot burning rays of the desert sun and delight in warm beer in plastic cups.

If this is your first time in Indio, I hope you LOVE the smell of patchouli!

For the rest of us, not heading to the event we can enjoy live streams through the weekend here.

Tomorrows highlights in the AT & T Blue Room include Rogue Wave, Tegan & Sara and the Raconteurs.
Saturday check out The Bird and the Bee, Hot Chip, DeVotchka and Portishead
Sunday I'll definitely be tuning in for the Stars set.

I have to admit, part of me (the clearly insane part that has blocked out how miserable I was the last time I was there) wishes I was going. The line-up is AMAZING.

Monster Induced Insomnia

I finally saw Cloverfield last night. I screamed out loud twice and was wide awake until about 3 am, so mission accomplished.

It was so fun being scared, I didn't mind how cheesy the character names were. "Miranda Diamond," as the funny, sarcastic not quite as hot but still pretty smokin' girl. Ha ha! Did the screenwriter pull his character names from softcore porn? I couldn't help thinking the whole time I was watching it that I was in my old West Hollywood acting class. But it was fun in a cheesy, this is a pretty badly written movie sorta way.

Was it just me or were the alternate endings totally lame? Maybe I missed something. If I did, please email me immediately so that I can watch them again before I mail back the dvd.

Speaking of DVD's here are some other new releases you may want to check out.

The Savages- Phillip Seymour Hoffman AND Laura Linney. C'mon, it's a mathmatical impossiblity that you can go wrong with that combo. I gotta go put that in my queue, I'll be right back. In the meantime watch this.

Charlie Wilson's War- Um, I wanted to like it. Mike Nichols. Maybe you'll like it. I'm not saying DON'T see it. I'm just saying.....oh sorry, I think I dozed off for a second.

One Missed Call- Too scary for me.


None of them are coming to my house today because I have the entire first season of The Wire coming. People say I should watch it. And I listen to people when they tell me what to do.

This Post is Earth Friendly!

In Honor of Earth Day, I did NOT cut down any Rain Forests. I did unplug all of my appliances not currently being used. Please do the same.

For a list of other cool and easy things you can do Al Gore's site is great. Also, I found this other super cool site called Earth911 that lists places to take your electronics, paint and other kooky items you should NOT be throwing in the trash. For my lovely Angeleno's, UCLA has a great e waste program. Check it out.

Now that THAT'S out of the way, let us all relax and enjoy this killer "green," performance of Radiohead on Conan last night. The band was sorta live in that via satellite way. Thom and the band elected to forgo the flight to NYC as the carbon footprint would have been the same as driving a car for one year in London.

One more reason to love them. As if we needed it.

My Absolute Favorite Movie EVER About a Sex Doll is Now on DVD!

If you like endearing indie films and you LOVE anatomically correct sex dolls, then I've got a pic for you! Lars and the Real Girl, one of my favorite films of 2007 was released on DVD today.

Another sweet indie favorite, except for the people that hated it, Juno also hits today. I thought it was adorable. Stop being a jerk about it already.

Cloverfield doesn't come out until the 22nd. Sorry monster freaks.

Motley Crue in Hollywood Today! Well, They Were Probably Here Yesterday Too, But Now They Have a Big Announcement!

Motley Crue has big news at 4 pm!

They already made headlines earlier by being the first band to release a single through crazy popular video game Rock Band. The song, Saints of Los Angeles is the first release from their upcoming album. If you read The Dirt you know the single is not self-referential.

I have a sneaking suspicion that the Hollywood news conference is going to be a tour announcement. I am totally going! To the concert, not the conference. I have an aversion to crowds of tattooed Hepatitis B carriers. That makes going to the concert tricky. I guess that's why God invented Xanax.

You can get the announcement via the Crue fanclub for $40. Or you can pay zero dollars and check back with me as I am your one stop Crue News Network! Today anyway. Maybe I should go to the conference. I have yet to realize my girlhood dream of meeting Nikki Sixx. Think about it- me and Nikki Sixx having Jamba Juice together? Paradise.

Please enjoy some classic Motley Crue circa 1984! Back in those days a tiny version of myself slept on Holly Hobby sheets while the Crue were busy shooting up heroin, raping groupies (totally an accident!) and crashing Ferrari's.

A Funny Thing Happened on SNL...

In case you missed SNL last night, here is all you need to know.

Music to Itemize Your Deductions To

If you're anything like me, (super awesome) you've waited until the last minute to do taxes. If you are also like me, you are huddled over your laptop doing them yourself.

Because I think you are very cuddly and adorable, I am here to help!

Here are some bands to rock you through your tax woes.

Start off with Brooklyn funksters MGMT, these are the best guys to get you through the early stage monotony of W2 entry, especially if you're an artist-type person and worked 57 different jobs in 2007.

When your moving into the more complicated area of 1099's & deductions, I suggest the mellow grooves of Meredith Bragg & the Terminals.

You totally did your taxes! Celebrate with my new favorite indie happy fun time band Vampire Weekend.

I'm Just About Ready to Have That Conversation About Daniel Day Lewis

There Will Be Blood is now out on DVD! For the two of you who haven't seen this movie (yes I am one of them) feel free to add it to your Netflix queue. Now you can finally add to all those annoying pseudo-intellectual conversations about Daniel Day Lewis' "method," and Paul Thomas Anderson's "visionary genius," you had to listen to months ago.

Dear Radiohead, Could You Please Stop Going on Tour When I'm Broke?

Radiohead announced it's first tour in three years, and ironically...I am broke this time too. It's like they plan their world tours just to spite me. Very funny guys, you got me AGAIN!

For the rest of you out there, tickets for the August 24th and 25th Hollywood Bowl shows go on sale THIS SATURDAY April 12th.

More Girl News!

Today I am listening to She and Him- Volume 1, the anxiously awaited collaboration between Zooey Deschanel and M.Ward. I've been lucky enough to catch this dreamy indie collaboration twice, once last year at the El Rey and earlier this year at the Disney Concert Hall. Both times I was blown away, not just by Ms. Deschanel's enviable fashion style and what are undeniably the coolest bangs ever sported, but I am in love with her voice. Watch this clip and you will see why.



Listen to She and Him

Rolling stone digs She & Him almost as much as I do.

Did I Say She's Big F*cking Whore? Oh Wait, I Meant She's a Monster. Am I Still Suspended?

Air America radio personality Randi Rhodes was suspended from the station for calling Hillary Clinton a "Big F*cking Whore," at a recent Air America Radio sponsored event in San Francisco. She also called Geraldine Ferraro a whore, but mostly everybody's mad about the Clinton comment.

But my question is this: Is the following clip inappropriate and worthy of suspension? Or the best Ann Coulter imitation to ever be captured on film?