Baruchel's character, Josh Greenberg, has a crush on a female co-worker named Rosa ( Rosa Salazar), who's just broken up with her boyfriend. 7, "Cactus") takes on the concept of entitled nice guys in a way I've never seen on television before. And like Seinfeld before it, practically every episode captures an essential truth about relationships or modern life that makes me shake my head in awe at how perfectly it managed to pinpoint that specific idea.Ĭase in point: this week's episode (Season 2, Ep. The show features a terrific lead performance from Jay Baruchel, who's brought shades of humor and soulfulness to his character that he's never been given the opportunity to play before. This kind of thing happens multiple times per episode.) The meteor is diverted at the last minute, and the incident will likely never be referenced again. They're watching a movie together on TV, when a breaking news bulletin interrupts the broadcast and informs them that a meteor is about to hit the Earth, and the anchors implore the viewers that if there's anything they're waiting to do, now's the time to do it. (A quick example: The main character desperately wants to make a move on a girl he's interested in, but he's nervous and scared. The premise of the show is genius: based on a book by creator and showrunner Simon Rich, it comically embellishes and literalizes aspects of life in order to make its points about life and love in your late twenties. I think it's one of the most underrated comedies on TV right now, and it certainly isn't getting the praise or attention it deserves. If you're not watching Man Seeking Woman, I urge you to check it out. The lyrics of this song and others can be purposely vague (“We’ve seen ourselves at last / In bits of broken glass / We really have come so far / To even get to where we are”) but can also be richly poetic (“The city is a prairie / that combs its hair / shaves its face”).This article contains spoilers for S2, E7, entitled "Cactus." The lovers feel alone even when they are together and feel most together when they are by themselves. The song reeks of quiet desperation in a strange way. The female voice functions to remind one that everyone is lonely and wants connection. The sound of the songs suggests a sort of contentment with the way things are. Several of the tracks suggest the narrator could break down and cry at any time. They use their voices to deepen the emotional content. That awareness of being alone when with others brings comfort as well as alienation. “I know I’m not the only one,” they sing together. The Minnesota brothers use their separate voices to express different perspectives and then blend them together to show how it’s just two sides of the same coin. The narrators look forward and back to understand their situation, but often they don’t reach clarity. They travel the interstate of broken dreams and the promise of a better future on 11 songs about lonely hearts, future love, and what happens in between. The Everlys’ influence is evident and deliberately pronounced even though specific references to particular songs are minimal.įrom the first utterance of “Hey baby” that begins the record, the Cactus Blossoms magically travel to that timeless place where innocence and experience coexist in the front seat of a car moving through the heart of America. They write original music that captures the country-folk-pop spirit of the Everlys without mimicking the originals. The Cactus Blossoms have somehow intuited this magic. Sure, Don and Phil had great voices, but a large part of what separated them from other vocal harmony duos from the era was how their voices blended, often in surprisingly beautiful and unexpected ways. They could help explain such things as what it means when the Everlys chose to drop their voices to express emotion on one line and follow it by raising their tone to a higher place the next. That’s just as true today on their third release, One Day, as it was when they self-released their debut album, The Cactus Blossoms, back in 2011. However, the Cactus Blossoms clearly base their sound on the harmonies of the Everly Brothers. As far as I know, the two brothers (Jack Torrey and Page Burkum) do not have any personal stories about the Everlys. He should contact the Minneapolis duo, the Cactus Blossoms. He was looking for sources of information about the two men, their lives, and music. A hard-working rock critic recently posted on social media that he had just signed a contract to write a new book about the Everly Brothers.
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