Oh, this one stings. I was in high school in the ‘80s, and there wasn’t anyone who didn’t like at least one Cars song. Even my metal stoner friends (probably because of the scene from Fast Times that showed Phoebe Cates getting topless to Moving in Stereo) liked them. I have fond memories of driving around aimlessly…

For us old folks out there, it’s really hard to describe what it was like when the Cars first album came out and how every song just took over the radio. Not to mention malls and dances and parties. There’s not many albums, especially debut albums, that just exploded like that. Those songs still sound really good now…

I feel like most artists pay lip service to that stuff about needing to take a stand and show a conscience, but Bono actually put on his sunglasses and tried to go to the White House.

After 10 years as a nanny, and having therefore seen it at least 100 times (without exaggeration),  find that (as much as I love it) I cannot bear one more viewing of ‘Beauty and the Beast’.

Alcohol. I formerly loved beer (and several years living in Germany and Belgium helped expose me to some truly excellent brews). Then... I stopped enjoying it. The pleasent buzz of a drink gradually morphed into nothing, then turned into nausea. Then, I started experiencing severe hang overs without even getting…

This was me too. I burnt myself out on Led Zeppelin as a teen but then revisited them a couple of years ago and was pleasantly surprised what a 10 year break did for me. Really enjoyed revisiting them, but I’m still more likely to relisten to Plant’s solo work.

I’ve never quite gotten to that point, because it seemed unnecessary to rewatch when I realized that dropping a line into casual conversation in certain nerdy circles would trigger a reenactment of said scene in its entirety.

U2 - Faithful listener for 20 years from Boy through All You Can Leave Behind. And then I just lost interest. The songs had become more competent than inspired, but that wasn’t the only reason. I just couldn’t relate to the band members anymore. They seemed more like CEOs in a billionaires club than peers. Around the…

Monty Python.

Comic book superheroes. There, I said it. I grew up on comic books, I was as big a superhero fan as anyone. But enough already. Also post-apocalypse dystopian society stories. These two genres used to be at (least nominally) metaphors for real world issues. Now they’re just endlessly self-referential circle jerks.

“Conspiracy theorist who thinks Kurt Cobain was murdered” probably doesn’t need to write for the AV Club.

Hey as someone with terrible recurring insomnia you just gave me a great idea.

Otherwise known as the Gish Gallop, “a technique used during debating that focuses on overwhelming an opponent with as many arguments as possible, without regard for accuracy or strength of the arguments.”

There is a single outpatient psychiatrist in my county of 250k odd people. She’s not very good, and your care will consist mostly of 15 min sessions where she checks to make sure your medications aren’t causing severe side effects. Better hope your insurance will pay for those pointless 15 minutes every 3 months.

So, just to clarify ... you are saying that this *is* an intentional direct attack on Biden’s age and mental acuity then? That’s how I read it too.

Are you kidding me here?

I thought Harry or somebody said Granny watched it.

Bullshit. It was a personal attack, a calculated attack, and it was a low blow, and it was disqualifying. Did you not hear the gasps from the audience? Castro was obviously waiting for an opportunity to work that angle, and it was ugly and low. The consensus I saw on social media was that it was way beyond the pale.

It’s pretty clear that Splinter is still pissed about Hillary demolishing Bernie in the 2016 primary. They now pretend that any and all non-fringe candidates are Hillary reincarnate and deserve to be jerked around and whacked at every opportunity. Biden did a legit good job last night, objectively.

I know Splinter’s on a desperate “bash Biden all the time” mission- and if you seriously doubt this check the nearly half dozen negative Biden headlines and the absence of a single one about the other man who looked every but as old up on the stage but the problem with Castro’s attsck is that he’s basically going…