Revisiting Fall Out Boy's From Under the Cork Tree 20 Years Later
Following the 20th anniversary of one of the biggest pop punk albums of the Myspace era, Paste looks back at what makes new generations of teens still flock to it.
Joe Pera Talks With You Is Ending When We Need It Most
What makes Joe Pera Talks With You so special is that it can make you feel hopeful in the toughest times. So when Pera announced that Adult Swim decided to not renew the show, it felt like a gut-punch. With the news becoming more distressing each day and the need for a glimmer of hope, this would’ve been the perfect time for a fourth season.
Falling in love with Yankee Hotel Foxtrot on its 20th anniversary
Two decades later, the record feels ageless, with wrenching and brutally honest lyrics that still ring true.
We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank is one of Modest Mouse's best
Good News For People Who Love Bad News marked the beginning of Modest Mouse’s divisive turn from experimental mid-tier indie band to becoming a globally known name. With that surging popularity, there was bigger pressure to create a follow-up that would match the success of Good News and appeal to new fans, while still not alienating those who’d been following the band—and its formerly lo-fi, rough-around-the-edges sound—since the beginning.
Wildboyz is the Jackass spin-off worth revisiting
Though Wildboyz ran longer than the original Jackass, it was eclipsed by the success of Viva La Bam: While the latter grew into a franchise-within-the-franchise with its own series of spin-offs, Wildboyz was shuttled off to sister channel MTV2 for its third season, and concluded with its fourth in 2006. In his memoir Professional Idiot, Steve-O wrote about the decision to end Wildboyz, saying the show probably could’ve kept going after its fourth season but “it just didn’t seem like there was a point” because it had “essentially evolved back into Jackass.” But the series didn’t turn out to be a step backward for Steve-O, Pontius, and Tremaine. What were once perceived as weaknesses now look like strengths, and 15 years and three movie sequels later, it’s clear that Wildboyz paved the way for the future of Jackass.
Leave it to the beaver to be Sexy Beasts’ most heinous contestant
In the past couple of years, Netflix has really stepped up production of entertaining trash like Love Is Blind, The Circle, Too Hot To Handle, and Dating Around. But Sexy Beasts is unlike any other dating show the streaming giant has released. Singles go on speed dates with three contestants, pick two people to take on dates from there, and ultimately choose one lucky winner.
Our takeaways after watching that failed How I Met Your Dad pilot
In another timeline, Greta Gerwig would’ve been a sitcom star instead of one of the most sought after filmmakers in Hollywood. Gerwig starred in the pilot for the 2014 How I Met Your Mother spin-off How I Met Your Dad, but the series wasn’t picked up by CBS. Rather than Gerwig getting her first major TV role, she got to use her talents to make the Oscar-nominated films Lady Bird and Little Women instead.
As for the failed pilot? Well, CBS Entertainment president Nina Tassler previously said t
As for the failed pilot? Well, CBS Entertainment president Nina Tassler previously said t
When it comes to villain team-ups, Harley Quinn rivals The Suicide Squad
For someone who thinks superhero movies are “mostly boring” to him at the moment, James Gunn sure excels at making them. With the incredibly fun The Suicide Squad, he made fans forget David Ayer’s Suicide Squad ever happened. Gunn’s first venture into the DC universe falls more in line with Cathy Yan’s standalone Harley Quinn flick Birds Of Prey than the first movie, showing how Harley can shine when she’s not in her Puddin’s shadow.
Neutral Milk Hotel's On Avery Island is underrated brilliance
Neutral Milk Hotel’s first LP is just as brilliant as Aeroplane, but often gets neglected in the conversation about the band’s legacy. While Aeroplane thrives in its strangeness, On Avery Island hits hard because it’s more rooted in reality, possessing rich storytelling with which anyone can identify.
Jessica Walter’s stardom only grew bigger as she grew older
Jessica Walter had a rare Hollywood career, which spanned over five decades. Aside from notable exceptions like Meryl Streep, Judi Dench, and Helen Mirren, women in Hollywood so often “age out” in middle age, losing the opportunity for meatier work. But Walter, who died on Wednesday at the age of 80, would get her most significant roles over 30 years into her career, showing what can happen when Hollywood lets women have their moment to shine later in life.
Rilo Kiley, Jenny Lewis, Taylor Swift, And The Trail Of Heartbreak Pop
ONLY NOISE: How I Turned COVID Blues Into The First Virtual Emo Nite Hosted By Non-Male DJs
Celebrating the arrival of 2020 immediately took me to 2010. I rang in the new year at Barclays Center with a friend, seeing The Strokes for the first time. It felt appropriate, given how at the end of 2019, I had mentally regressed to feeling like my teenage self.
'Big Little Lies' Season 2 Accurately Captures What it Feels Like When Your Abuser Dies
At the beginning of the second season of Big Little Lies, Jane (Shailene Woodley) asks Celeste (Nicole Kidman) if she's glad Perry (Alexander Skarsgard) is dead. Celeste pauses, and then says "It's complicated." When the new season of Big Little Lies premiered, I saw so many people tweet that they wished they were in Celeste's position of their abuser being dead. I used to wish the same thing all the time.
The Complicated Role of Puerto Rico In Pixies' 'Surfer Rosa'
This year, Pixies celebrate the 30th anniversary of their debut album Surfer Rosa with intimate performances in London and New York City, and Come On Pilgrim…It’s Surfer Rosa, a deluxe box set of both the LP and their mini-abum Come On Pilgrim. But without Puerto Rico, Pixies’ debut album Surfer Rosa would not exist.
All You See In Me Is Death: The Importance of Latina Feminist Rock Bands
Growing up in Puerto Rico as a teenage feminist misfit, I didn’t have many iconic rock figures to look up to, or at least any of my gender. At the peak of my teen angst, Kurt Cobain was my everything. I played Nevermind in my mother’s car every day after school during my freshman year of high school and connected on a weird level that I hadn’t with any artist before.
