I normally reserve this for reviewing official singles, but the three recomendations here deserve a special mention as well. Let's face it, things are pretty tough right now, and you want/need an escape; a piece of entertainment to put a smile on your face, if only for a few minutes. For that reason, I am recomending one non-single track, one TV performance and one YouTube video.
Words: the building blocks of conversations; the essence of literary art; the basis of world religions. Yet so often misused, abused, tossed around in sinful, tacky syntax. Casual speech and writing are one thing, but we need a hero – or heroine – to restore passion to our collective use of language! Enter Marina Orlova. After spending two and a half years building a fanbase through YouTube, Ms. Orlova seems to have built a solid business based on the premise: "Intelligence is sexy." Nerds like me have known this for a long time, but Ms.
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again, I’ll say it again, you’ll get sick of hearing it, then I’ll say it one more time: Patton Oswalt is the best stand-up comedian currently working in America.