Around the Tubes: March 8, 2025

  

I have gotten a plethora of cool press releases flooding my inbox recently that you may find interesting. This post includes blurbs on Am I Being Unreasonable?, Kelsea Ballerini, Rick and Morty, Lyn Lapid, Erin Gibney, and Stefanie Michaela.

- Created by and starring Daisy May Cooper and Selin Hizli, the complete second season of Hulu Original series “Am I Being Unreasonable?” will premiere on March 12, 2025.   Season 2 will begin where season 1 left off, mid panic attack. Has Nic got away with murder? Quite possibly. Has she raised her son Ollie to follow in her murky footsteps? Kicked out of the family home for brotherly love – loving the wrong brother – Nic is reduced to sharing a caravan with not so trustworthy best friend Jen. Husband Dan has taken up roller-blading to channel his mid-life crisis. Shunned at the school gates and cast as the witch at the school re-enactment Nic is experiencing hallucinations. Or is the someone playing tricks on her?

- Five-time GRAMMY® Award nominated and multiple ACM and CMA Award winning multiplatinum songwriter, producer and author Kelsea Ballerini releases the highly anticipated deluxe edition of her 2024 album, PATTERNS. PATTERNS (DELUXE), available now via Black River, features five new songs—including the hooky and sleek “Future Tripping,” which she debuted live on Feb. 26 during a show in Fort Worth, Texas.  The wistful “Future Tripping” explores the anxiety and uncertainty that accompanies the passage of time: “I don’t want to impose / Some things we’re not supposed to know yet / But my head won’t stop,” Ballerini sings over snappy guitar licks and bright programmed drums. The 20-track edition also includes the fingerpicked ballad (and previously issued digital bonus track) “To The Men That Love Women After Heartbreak,” the punchy and atmospheric “Put It To Bed,” the soulful and sonically shifting “Cut Me Up,” and the earnestly strummed “Hindsight Is Happiness.”

- Are you ready for a brand-new adventure across the multi-verse? Rick and Morty: The Anime will be available to own on Blu-ray and DVD from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment on April 29, 2025. The Rick and Morty universe is expanded with the all-new Japanese adult anime sci-fi television series from visionary director Takashi Sano. The 10-episode series follows Rick, Morty and the rest of the Smith family in a new intergalactic adventure. Pre-order your copy today.  From the world of “Rick and Morty,” Rick relaxes in a pseudo-world between multiverses, Summer helps Space Beth fight the evil Galactic Federation, and Morty falls in love with a mysterious girl who happens to be an atemporal being.

- Following the announcement of her highly anticipated debut album BUZZKILL coming out on April 25th, rising singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Lyn Lapid reveals she will embark on the “BUZZKILL World Tour” this summer following the album’s release. Kicking off May 6th in Berlin, the tour will first see Lyn headline shows across Europe and the UK before heading back to North America, where she’ll perform in major cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Chicago, Washington, DC, San Francisco, Vancouver, and more through the end of June. See the full list of tour dates below and at www.lynlapidtour.com.

- Country-pop singer-songwriter Erin Gibney just released her new single, "Leave the Pieces," this week via Rock Ridge Music. It is a cover of a song by The Wreckers.  Says Gibney about the song: "'Leave the Pieces' is an incredibly nostalgic song for me. I remember singing this in my room as a little kid and fantasizing about being a country singer one day. I included this song in my set on my very first tour opening for Sister Hazel and took it with me on my first headlining tour this summer. I have always wanted to cover this song because it is an ode to my past and is a reminder of how far I have come since singing it as an 11-year-old girl. I wanted to honor this song and The Wreckers by keeping some elements, like the guitar, similar in the track. I am so excited to finally have my own version of 'Leave the Pieces' in my catalog!"

- Soulful Pop R&B artist Stefanie Michaela unveils the highly anticipated music video for her emotional single, “Found in You.” Filmed at the iconic Parthenon in Nashville, Tennessee, the video captures the raw beauty and vulnerability behind the song’s heartfelt message of love and resilience. The video was expertly directed and filmed by the talented Melissa Core and Rick Caballo. WATCH HERE  In the music video, Stefanie shines in a stunning long blue dress, a visual representation of the song’s elegance and emotional depth. The striking imagery, paired with the breathtaking location, highlights the song's theme of love found in the strength and unwavering connection between two people.

57 Channels and Only This Is On: March 2, 2025

 

The White Lotus:  So are we just going to have a new pairing of the blonde blog every week trashing the missing one?  Granted there is only one pairing left.  I guess after that, somebody is going to have to fork someone outside the trio… unless they will start hooking up with each other.  At what point in the series are we going to learn that happened in college?  Is Leslie Bibb going to hook up with one of Parker Posey’s kids out of spite?  This does feel like a hornier season, so it seems like any iteration of these people could hook up at any point, even two of Posey’s kids.

 

Mayfair Witches:  Well, that was an… um, interesting wedding ritual.  But are they actually suggesting Lasher is a good demon?  Dude has literally killed multiple people.

 

Grosse Point Garden Society:  That was fun in a shameless rip-off of Desperate Housewives kind of way.  It is weird how trashy, nighttime soaps have almost gone away since that show went off the air.  I guess trashy TV has morphed into reality shows.  But the dead body better be the dog killer, who I am not convinced is the student who the show is wanting us to believe did it.

 

The Hunting Party:  Oh wow, they killed the lady agent.  Kind of bold for episode four even if she was revived.  I am surprised none of the escapes have tied to kidnap her daughter yet.  Maybe they are saving that for the finale.

 

Paradise:  So Xavier has been holding a grudge with the president this whole time, but he just looks petty now.  The president literally told him to stop letting his wife go to Atlanta.  If you know something bad is coming, and the guy who knows more about it than anyone on the planet tells you to put your foot down with your wife, it is on you to make sure she stays close.

 

But I am confused with the nuclear football with the EMP code.  Umm, were they not on the plane when the president put in that code?  And how does the EMP not affect all the electronics in the bunker?  Those seem like massive plot holes.

 

The Challenge All Stars: Rivals:  Oh joy, another week and another week where Adam and Steve are the house vote, and another week they send someone home.  Does no one want a star>  I get not going in early, but it is time for non-star holders to think about ways to get one. 

 

Survivor:  You know, maybe it is not the best idea to take a bunch of people we do not know and instantly covering them in mud, making it even harder to figure out who these people are.  But at least this is one of the rare season where one of the most annoying people went home first.