Wow, that list starts getting really fuckin' screwy the farther down you go.

Scientists now believe
that if Robert Van Winkle were to ever one day have the concept of irony sufficiently explained to him, to the point where he could even tenuously grasp it, the Universe would collapse inward upon itself and be replaced by something infinitely more bizarre.

Jesse Thorn sez:
"A perfect example of the New Sincerity is Evel Knievel. There's no way to take Evel Knievel literally. It's impossible. The man has a leather jumpsuit and he drives a rocket car. The leather jumpsuit has red, white, and blue stars and stripes on it. It's absolutely preposterous. On the other hand,…

Backwards Man, I used to work in a grocery store that had a Christmas mix cd with about the same lineup you just described. And you described that uncanny feeling perfectly.

All joking aside, I rented this about a week ago and I think her review is spot-fucking-on. Definitely a keeper.

Hooray for female gamers! Friend me on Xbox Live so I can sexually harass you!

My love for the Ref (and The Job) has been tempered over the years by the slow realizations that Denis Leary A. really did rip off Bill Hicks and B. really is a big a-hole (the Cam Neely Fund nonwithstanding)

That's fucking awful too. But I was talking about the "Holy Crap here comes Jesus" version.

Bells
You know what's NOT funny?

A Japanese?! Here!?

NSFW
Dude, that Joggs.com link needs a disclaimer. I opened it with my mother right behind me, decorating the christmas tree. Not cool, Avclub.

"the moment?"

What other villain would fit his "realistic" approach, though? The Penguin? The Riddler? Fucking Calendar Man?

Mr. Thorn is an associate of the Hodg-Man

He was whacking it to the guy being tied up and set on fire.

ZoMoFo is such a phenomenon because his prose is basically our collective distilled cultural id. Everything he says is true, on some level. He -is- the "New Sincerity". Not a whit of irony about him. His language is universal, and loud.

I think he actually died with a hoagie in one hand and an eightball in the other.

Sensei, that is the most spectacular thing I've ever heard.

I know, right? I am also intrigued.

No it's not: