SMART LIST: Pop culture talking points (Week of Dec. 14-20)
My friend Todd, who knows a lot more about music than I do, swears we should talk about: “Folie A Deux.”
Forget that Fall Out Boy lead singer Pete Wentz named his son Mowgli. Todd says the band’s new album, which in English translates to “a madness shared by two,” is a score for fans of “Midwestern power pop.” Standout track, “She’s My Winona,” is a whiz-bang, sugarcoated, power-pop run-down, and this apparently is a good thing.
(Tuesday) (Charles Rex Arbogast / Associated Press)
A sickly, big-eared mouse is thrown into the dungeon with the rats after he falls in love with a human princess. Do you even want to know more? This is the same problem that plagued “Bee Movie,” no?