The Zune also didn’t use iTunes, which meant it was a much better device for playing and organizing music than the iPod — but not as good a device for buying music.

(It’s a little frightening that this is still true 15 years later, but that’s what being the Industry Leader gets you.)

If you’re not watching Corporate, on Comedy Central, you’re missing the next best thing to a Better Off Ted revival.

I swear upon my life ‘tis so.

It’s been a day so I’m probably not the first to suggest this, but — is Adler a meta? The editing of that sequence strongly suggested that Nora was using her super-speed to invisibly open the door to the cafe and thereby give Sherloque more personal stakes in the Cicada investigation.

About 15 years ago I purchased a subscription to Entertainment Weekly as a surprise* gift for a friend of mine for Christmas. Since it’s through Amazon, it’s a pretty good rate and kind of a no-brainer to renew every year.

The trouble is, it’s such a no-brainer that we never discuss it, and thus I have no idea if she’s…

Directed by Abbi Jacobson, like last year’s “Witches” and “House-Sitting”!  Like a boss.

Government shutdowns and related crapulence had me hungering for some optimism lately, so I started rewatching Parks & Recreation on Netflix a few weeks ago — remembering to start with Season 2 because S1 sucks; but forgetting that S2 starts with a long romantic arc between Leslie and Louis C.K.’s cop character, sigh…

To borrow an analogy from Dungeons & Dragons, a remake of/sequel to a beloved property is like being promised the resurrection of a favorite character — a chance for old friends to reunite, and newcomers to form their own relationship with a truly legendary figure out of the past.

Thor and his people live in Asgard, which is distinct from Valhalla.  There’s been no indication that Valhalla is anything other than a Viking myth in the MCU.

Damn. I knew that TMNT-baddies The Foot were an obvious parody of The Hand, but I never thought to connect the goop that made Murdock Daredevil to the Turtles, Splinter, etc.  Deep cut!

I just don’t understand this idea that the late-night formula is in desperate need of reinvention. It’s the 12-bar blues of television — plug in a great performer and it’s as enjoyable as it ever was — see Stephen Colbert’s show for proof.

Also why do they have next-gen stun weaponry, body armor, etc. and still keep the top-secret files on Mark 1 legal pads, physical photographs, etc.

Related: the word “victuals” is pronounced “vittles” and always has been.

See, this is why socialism will never work in this country. You turned a $70M job into a $10M job in less than twelve hours. Solidarity, people!

A ballad of buffoonery!

Yes, it was that dastardly McGuffin rock that was be-Heimdall along.

Sorry Sam, you had a kid and you’re not cool now. The next 10+ years of your life will be spent in restaurants that feature chicken nuggets and birthday clowns, not craft beers and flirty waitstaff. And you’ll manage to get out to them maybe once a month. Let go of that brewpub single-person lifestyle; that person is…

I caught a stand-up routine he did in the ‘80s or early ‘90s — the excerpt I remember is a tight five entirely on the topic of a fart laid down by a sleeping passenger in the airplane seat next to him.

Murder on fantasy leagues, though — Weeks 8-9 go a long way toward determining whether you’re going to the post-season or cursing your fate. Having 16 squads down would be a nightmare.

How about we kill one of the preseason games, start the season a week earlier, and everybody takes the week of the World Series off (no…

I was dead certain that the capper for the pee ceremony would be a loud water-draining-into-a-bucket sound that just went on and on and on, with all the non-Moclans getting increasingly uncomfortable and maybe even having to go themselves. (It’s a year of pee, after all!)

I actually like it better than Blues for the Red Sun, which is tantamount to blasphemy in Kyuss fandom — or used to be, anyway. And it’s probably no coincidence that my two favorite tracks (“Whitewater” and “Gardenia”) were both written by Brant Bjork rather than Homme, who I do enjoy but is kind of the Paul McCartney…