50 Favorite Albums: 39

Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All-Time featured Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band as the greatest album ever made. Obviously, I disagree with that sentiment, but there is no doubting its status as iconic and one of the best ever. I would even go so far as to put it in my top thirty-nine. Which I did! It is, of course, a natural progression in the canon of The Beatles and it even served as somewhat of the "during" stage for their facial hair. Ringo gets a turn at writing some more songs than he did before (With a Little Help from My Friends) and while there is a good blend of their classic pop (When I'm 64) and psychedelic rock (Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds), it just doesn't feature some of my top tier Beatles songs. And that's okay! Because it's still incredible.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: 1967 pop rock album from The Beatles.

Waiting for My Real Life

Well, this is a pretty interesting thing. The video above is the trailer for a new documentary titled, Waiting for My Real Life, which is set to debut at the Melbourne International Film Festival. The cool part of all this? The documentary is about the life and career of one of the all-time greatest singers and former frontman for Men at Work, Colin Hay. That's a life story I'd devote some time to learning more about!

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50 Favorite Albums: 40

Say what you will, but I am a sucker for Schoolhouse Rock! Their songs are educational and that's how I received my first exposure to them because, you know, school and such. But I stuck around and kept listening to them for the catchy rhythms and the nostalgia. On this album, sort of, to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of Schoolhouse Rock, the top thirty-three songs from the industry were counted down. All the classics are here. Conjunction Junction, I'm Just a Bill, The Preamble. But just because those are the most well-known doesn't mean they're the best. Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here, Three Is a Magic Number, Interplanet Janet, Figure Eight. Those are some of my favorites, but I'm not even scratching the surface of the genius that came from this.

The Best of Schoolhouse Rock!: 2002 educational pop rock album from Schoolhouse Rock!

Ant-Man

The newest Marvel movie is also one of the best Marvel movies. After the huge behemoth of a tentpole movie that was Avengers: Age of Ultron, Marvel Studios decided to go much smaller with their next cinematic installment. But they also managed to create a film that vaulted itself into my top five favorite films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The two Avengers movies, The Winter Soldier, and Guardians of the Galaxy all join Ant-Man up there, but this post isn't about them. Paul Rudd (and I may be biased here) absolutely kills it as Scott Lang and Michael Douglas and Evangeline Lily are very welcome additions to the MCU. But it's Michael Pena, my boy, my Puerto Rican Mohegan from Tower Heist, that stole the show. There were a lot of aspects that bucked the common tropes of superhero films that I won't spoil, but my favorite part of the movie was the completely unique aspects of fighting (including a certain winged superhero). I can't wait to see how Ant-Man will hold his own when he joins The Avengers. The comedy was great and I think Edgar Wright, Adam McKay, and Rudd created a great story and a great script, respectively. Peyton Reed was an excellent choice to fill in. Lastly, the third act was one of the most inventive and entertaining acts I've seen in a superhero movie. I, of course, recommend.

Sisters Trailer

While on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler dropped the first full-length trailer for their new comedy, Sisters, which comes to theaters on December 18th. And I think I'm digging it. There were some humorous portions, as you would probably assume, but it's really Amy Poehler and Ike Barinholtz that kill it at the end. Looking forward to seeing these two on the big screen together again!

50 Favorite Albums: 41

Queen's music is very polarizing for me. Most of their songs are generic anthems, novelty songs if you will, that lose their luster very quickly. But they also have some gems like Don't Stop Me Now. Two of the songs I can enjoy, rather than tolerate or loathe, from Queen are on their album, A Night at the Opera, which served as somewhat of a showcase as to how great they really could have been. You're My Best Friend and Bohemian Rhapsody are two of their biggest hits and featured on this album and, of course, the latter has become recognized as what some music critics refer to as the greatest song ever made. I disagree, but I get where that comes from. It's a pretty good album in that sense.

A Night at the Opera: 1975 progressive rock album from Queen.