MUSIC

We've got a bit of 90's nostalgia in the works this weekend. First off is Shudder to Think—the D.C. quartet responsible for early-decade classics like Funeral at the Movies and the1994 major-label breakthrough Pony Express Record with its semi-hit "X-French Tee Shirt." Though the seminal D.C. punk label Dischord put out their first few records and the band later toured with Dischord's Fugazi, front man Craig Wedren's tremulous falsetto and off-kilter song structures set Shudder to Think apart from their post-hardcore peers. After a warm-up show of sorts at the Mercury Lounge last September, the quartet begins its official reunion tour at Webster Hall on October 4.  read more »

But cool your Japanese jets, the Bluths aren't making a comeback. There's a new rumor to that effect every six months or so, ever since the show about a wealthy family who lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together, was canceled after three seasons, in 2006. Still, maybe some of the magic will return with Sit Down, Shut Up, AD creator Mitch Hurwitz's new show for Fox. AD's top bananas--including Jason Bateman (swooooon), Will Arnett and Henry Winkler--will provide voices for the animated comedy, which Reuters describes as "based on a live-action Australian series, [and] center[ed] on staff members at a high school who are preoccupied with their own needs and agendas, which means the students come second." Sounds like A+ Hurwitz material right there.

A few weeks’ work on a kiddy flick in exchange for the down payment on a house with a stream seemed logical enough to 43-year-old comedian David Cross, but to a certain Internet-empowered subset of his fans, this was nothing short of a betrayal.  read more »