Songs:
5. "The House That Heaven Built" - Japandroids 4. "Hey Jane" - Spiritualized 3. "Briefest Moment" - Bob Mould 2. "Yet Again" - Grizzly Bear 1. "The Magic Clap" - The Coup. It's a musical 5-Hour Energy, it's an entire party condensed into three minutes, it's more infectious than a Jersey Shore cast member. Play this song and try to be in a bad mood.
Top 5 TV Shows: 5. "Homeland". After an outstanding rookie season, "Homeland" suffered through a serious sophomore slump, as some of the leaps-in-logic one expects to take for a show like this require a Michael Jordan-esque effort. The show still entertains, but Nicholas Brody might be an octuple agent at this point and his relationship with Carrie Matheson is more volatile than enriched uranium. 4. "Mad Men". The show isn't nearly as interesting now that the secret of Don Draper's real identity has been dealt with and he is taking his fidelity oath more seriously in his second marriage, but "Mad Men" remains a great period piece and will make my top five for as long as Roger Sterling is on the show. 3. "Louie". The perpetually glum comedian continues to produce the most unique show on television. Not really a comedy, not really a dramedy, just a fascinating semi-autobiographical look at Louie C.K.'s life as a stand-up comic and divorced father of two young girls. 2. "Parks and Recreation". The most reliable comedy on television, the lovable misfit government employees of Pawnee, Indiana bring the funny each and every week. 1. "Breaking Bad". Someday the world will look back on "Homeland" winning the Emmy for best TV Drama over "Breaking Bad" the way it does Marissa Tomei's Oscar or Milli Vanilli's Grammys. In the first eight episodes of its final season, Breaking Bad expertly set the stage for what will certainly be an epic conclusion, as former milquetoast chemistry teacher Walter White continues his self-induced moral decay.
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