Another long break from the site, which can mostly be blamed on—well, this was going to be a clever paragraph about Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, but it’d probably just end up making me seem bitter. Instead, enjoy this interview with Richard Barone, who’s pushing a fine new album. Don’t take that for granted, either. A lot of old favorites have made horrible albums this year. And here’s a rare e-mail interview that actually works—mostly because it’s with the sci-fi surf-rockers of Daikaiju. They’re the best of what’s become a surprisingly crowded field.

In further news, things look uncertain for the most conservative new TV show of the Fall season. Running Wilde is FOX’s throwback of a sitcom about a nutty self-obsessed millionaire who’s chasing after the girl of his teenage dreams. The catch is that the girl has grown into a dedicated Leftist woman who’s equally nutty and self-obsessed. She can’t even figure out that her adolescent daughter doesn’t really want to keep living with an Amazon rainforest tribe. Even the tribe knows to be happy when the millionaire relocates them all into a luxury hotel as a goodwill gesture.

A lot of people are disappointed that Running Wilde isn’t as innovative as Arrested Development, since the two shows share cast members—including Will Arnett as the title character and David Cross as another loyal Leftist who’s also his romantic rival. Cross may be pretty annoying politically, but he’s great at playing annoying Leftists—which reminds us that Arrested Development was a fairly conservative show, too.

 

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