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Past seasons of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia arrive on Netflix

Past seasons of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia arrive on Netflix

Netflix announced that it now has all seven past seasons of the irreverent FX sitcom It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia available for U.S. members. The wildly inappropriate show, now in its eighth season, may be the perfect antidote to all the sappy holiday fluff appearing on TV this time of year. The show follows the exploits of “The Gang,” the [...]

Spotify announces a web player and much-improved song discovery tools

Spotify announces a web player and much-improved song discovery tools

Spotify held a big press event in New York today to make a whole slew of major announcements, the most notable of which is that Spotify is on the cusp of finally launching an Rdio-like web-based player, after months of requiring you to download software to play music from its service. The web player will let you stream the music [...]

Mixing presidential debates and streaming video off to shaky start

Mixing presidential debates and streaming video off to shaky start

Whatever your opinions are about the upcoming presidential elections, the 2012 vote is shaping up to be another breakthrough year for getting voters involved online. This month’s debates are going to be streaming on two platforms: YouTube and Xbox Live. Last night they got their initial test as the presidential candidates took to their podiums for the first of four wars [...]

Here’s where you can download or stream Green Day’s new album ¡Uno!

Here’s where you can download or stream Green Day’s new album ¡Uno!

Green Day has a new album out — the first in a trilogy of albums, in fact. ¡Uno! will presumably be followed by ¡Dos! and ¡Tres! — both relatively quickly. It’s a big influx of new music from a band that’s been silent for a while, and you can listen to the first chapter online by downloading it or streaming it from various [...]

Serious Jibber-Jabber: Conan O’Brien’s new web-based interview show

Serious Jibber-Jabber: Conan O’Brien’s new web-based interview show

Comedy talk show host Conan O’Brien has a new, web-exclusive series that’s more similar to the PBS series Charlie Rose than it is to The Tonight Show. The series is titled Serious Jibber-Jibber, and in it, Conan carries out extended interviews with important people about serious issues. This really isn’t a joke! The first episode just premiered at Conan’s website, [...]