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Author: Eric Berlin
I'm Eric Berlin, a terminally online writer, digital product guy, and pop culture nerd. Pop Thruster is my vehicle to showcase absurdly ambitious projects like the best 1,000 albums ever, ranking every Key & Peele sketch, and coverage of TV, movies, and music with weirdly obsessive passion.
How To Make it in America, “Unhappy Birthday”: can we please go to Veselka?
There just might be a winning show here yet.
The Beatnuts – Take It Or Squeeze It: #179 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Everybody let’s git doe.
How to Make It in America, “Money, Power, Private School”: rich kids run ish
“Girl, if he ain’t in love with you now, he ain’t never gonna fall in love with you.” – Woman on subway platform to Rachel
How to Make It in America, “Never Say Die”: chalk headboards
“Sometimes there’s greater forces at work than we’re aware of.” – Domingo
How to Make It in America, “Paper, Denim + Dollars”: patterns not hanging together
When you’re starting to ask yourself, “should I be caring?”
R.E.M. – Green: #180 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Hello, my friend, are you visible today? You know I never knew that it could be so strange.
How to Make It in America, “Keep On Truck’n”: rasta monsta stompa
This is a show that’s finding its sea legs.
How to Make It in America, “Good Vintage”: Dominican Ewoks
“Don’t think of it as ‘you’re fired.’ Think of it as ‘you’re free.’” – Alex to Ben
How to Make It in America, “Crisp”: like bacon or high fashion?
“I look like I make jeans to you, pal?” – Butcher dude
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder brings the best-selling YA novel to Netflix
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder premieres on Thursday, August 1st, 2024 on Netflix.
Gorillaz – Gorillaz: #181 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I ain’t happy, I’m feeling glad. I got sunshine in a bag.
How to Make It in America, “Big In Japan”: skinny jeans
How to Make It in America, “Big In Japan”: skinny jeans
The Americans, “The Colonel”: smoke screens
You never know who you are dealing with.
The Americans, “Trust Me”: it’s easier said than done
Alliances are made, tested, broken.
Wu-Tang Clan – Chamber Music: #182 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Ain’t nothing gon’ stop kid from getting his due. No, your feets not big enough to fit in his shoe.
The Americans, “Only You”: choosing your destiny
Do svidaniya, Gregory.
The Americans, “Pilot”: KGB in the USA
From kissing necks to knifing necks.
The Americans, “The Clock”: tick-tock goes the clock
Is time running out for Philip and Elizabeth?
The Beatles – Anthology 2: #183 of best 1,000 albums ever!
After a while you start to smile, now you feel cool. Then you decide to take a walk by the old school.
Forbidden Love: TLC docuseries explores interfaith relationships
Forbidden Love premieres on TLC on Sunday, July 21st, 2024 at 10p.
The Americans, “Gregory”: facing the truth
The woman who knew too much.
The Americans, “In Control”: who has it?
A long day.
The Americans, “Mutually Assured Destruction”: who’s fooling who?
It’s all about staying one step ahead.
Mad Caddies – Keep It Going: #184 of best 1,000 albums ever!
You’ve got the answers that you need right up in your backyard.
The Americans, “COMINT”: Communications Intelligence
It’s all about the encryption codes.
The Americans, “Covert War”: eye for an eye
We should always think before we jump.
The Americans, “Duty and Honor”: the only real things’
Relationships are tested.
Voodoo Glow Skulls – Who Is, This Is? #185 of best 1,000 albums ever!
There’s no need for violence against your fellow man. We must live together in this corrupted land.
The League, “The White Knuckler”: the perfect handcuff for Always Sunny
Scoop up this sleeper pick while it’s still available on the waiver wire.
The Americans, “Safe House”: irony of all ironies
One decision changes everything.
The Americans “The Oath”: broken promises
Doing what is right versus what is promised.
Harry Nilsson – Nilsson Schmilsson: #186 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Gotta get up, gotta get out, gotta get home before the morning comes.
The League, “The Lockout”: Shiva Bowl Shuffle
“Bang, bang. What’s the hang?” – Taco
The League, “The Sukkah”: a brush with thrush
“There’s nothing racially insensitive about a dragon with a chainsaw penis.” – Taco
The League, “The Tie”: unmentionables
“The Tie” = the most bro-tastic, fantasy football-centric episode of The League to date.
Jersey Shore Soundtrack: #326 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I’m in the house.
The League, “The Au Pair”: when vultures attack
“I bet if you checked her her out, she’d have a big old retrograde uterus in there.” – Andre
The League, “The Kluneberg”: pulling triggers
“What if tonight we go out and get matching tattoos?!” – Rafi
The League, “The Light of Genesis”: pleasure chest
“Sounds like she has a wicked case of The Kevins.” – Jenny
The Millionaire Matchmaker – “Xander/Joseph”: psychic sixth sense
“We’re gonna get you two to not pick these drama girls, these whackadoos.” – Patti
Apple TV+ show Me features pre-teen shapeshifting (and life-shifting too?)
Me premiered on Apple TV+ on Friday, July 12th. Its first season includes ten episodes.
Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols: #188 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I wanna be anarchy.
The League, “Ol’ Smoke Crotch”: somebody grab a fire extinguisher
“My crotch is getting so old, it hasn’t even lived yet.” – Kevin
The League, “Ramona Neopolitano”: sketchy comedy
“Pete, no last name, died in 2072. He loved to watch TV.” – Pete’s obituary as written by Taco
The League, “The Anniversary Party”: plus one
“It’s like a train wreck. I can’t look away.” – Jenny
Exploding Kittens unleashes God unto the masses… in kitten form
Exploding Kittens premieres on Netflix on Friday, July 12th, 2024.
The Black Crowes – The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion: #189 of best 1,000 albums ever!
If you feel like a riot, then don’t you deny it – put your good foot forward.
The League, “Kegel the Elf” and “The Sacko Bowl”: season ending double-header
“Six points from Flacco, means you get the Sacko, from Taco” – Taco
The League, “High School Reunion”: vinegar strokes
“Why do we have to ridicule? Why can’t we just embrace the amazing night?” – Andre