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An Open Letter to The Lonely Island on the Cusp of Incredibad's Second Anniversary

by | February 7th, 2012

To: The Lonely Island, Inc.
From: Abraham Riesman, analyst
Subject: Acknowledging your children
Priority: Urgent

Messrs. Andy, Jorm, and Kiv—

We need to talk about Incredibad.

First off, congratulations — your debut masterpiece turns two on Friday. It remains that rarest of jewels: a comedy album comprised of original songs that you can find yourself humming during idle moments alone.

But you guys have to take some ownership. You’ve been neglectful parents to some of your jams. READ MORE

Live Reviews
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When Portlandia Comes to Town

by | January 23rd, 2012

What the hell happened at the Music Hall of Williamsburg last Friday night?

Ostensibly, a sold-out crowd saw something called “Portlandia: The Tour,” but that title doesn’t tell us much. Sure, it starred Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, the creators and stars of IFC’s Portlandia. But it wasn’t a stage adaptation of an episode in the vein of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s “The Nightman Cometh” tour. Nor was it an all-new set of stories like those creepy Glee stadium blowouts. In fact, virtually none of the evening was fictional or in character, at all.

The very existence of the tour is baffling, in a way: what would it even mean to take something as subtle and strange as Portlandia on tour? READ MORE

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