Silversun Pickups
I really dig their sound (you say "Smashing Pumpkins ripoff," I say "Smashing Pumpkins reboot without Billy Corgan's nasal whine"), but holy hell their lyrics are terrible. I don't think I could tell you what a single one of their songs means. The phrase "word salad" could have been invented just to…

Also, regarding the "love lyrics/hate music" thing: Sufjan Stevens for me. Well, I don't HATE his music per se, but it's the sort of stuff I'd put on if I were having trouble sleeping.

Yeah, metal lyrics are almost universally terrible, especially mope-metal (Insomnium is the first band that springs to mind for me). There are exceptions, though. I don't know if you'd count Tool as metal (I would), but the lyrics to "Aenema" (the song) are just about perfect. Not that they don't deserve being called…

"The Bachelor and the Bride" is one of my favorites too. Also yes to "Yankee Bayonet," which is responsible for my torrid love affair with Laura Veirs.

I actually like "Fake Plastic Trees," both music and lyrics, but it really is the exception that proves the rule. The reason I can't wholeheartedly jump on the Radiohead bandwagon is because Thom Yorke is a wretched, wretched lyricist. He seems to think that tossing a bunch of disjointed, vaguely alienated-sounding…

DC, I haven't seen Deadly Friend. How much written-in-dialect caveman dialogue is in that movie?

Cool story, bro
I went to Wheaton College, Craven's alma mater, and would often drive past the Elm Street that he's said to have based his film version on, just about a mile south of campus.

I liked S4 better than S5, largely because of "The Deposition" and the introduction of Holly. S5, though it had its moments, contained the show's shark-jumping moment. The current season has been so lackluster that I haven't bothered to keep up with the episodes I missed, which is a first for me and this show. I, too,…

No way, Sunglasses. Creed and Ryan. It'd be like "The Karate Kid," except with Creed as Mr. Miyagi, Ryan as Ralph Maggio, and crazy hobo adventures instead of martial arts.

He was excellent in "Redbelt," so much so that I think he has the potential for a Bill Murray-style late-career transformation. All Allen seems to need is a good script and a director who will demand a high level of effort on his part. Thus, David Mamet.

Jared Leto, in … The Room 2: Electric Boogaloo
Anyone else notice a resemblance between Tommy Wiseau and Leto's mannerisms in those clips? The weird vocal inflections, stiffness, seeming ignorance of how real people talk and act … he could almost be doing it intentionally. What do you think? Slap a stringy black wig…

If just that pic infuriates you, HPM, stay the hell away from any interviews he's done. He's cocky and egotistical on top of everything else. Say what you will about the boy bands of yesteryear, but they at least tried to feign humility…

Actually, wo, that sounds like a pretty good use of the technology, for once. It would be analogous to what it must have been like for viewers of the original to see everything suddenly snap into Technicolor after the much more familiar B&W.

Not really, since there's zero overlap between the audiences for their shows. I would, however, love to see Stewart as a guest on Beck's show, and vice versa.

But Poophat, think of all the adorably daffy babies that Kemper and DC will have together! Always tripping over things, smiling up at the sky then blinking really hard when the sun gets in their eyes, and getting tongue-tied around people they admire. Truly a match devoutly to be wished.

Tipped your hand there, Grey Man. For a while there, you were doing a good job with the subtle trolling. Too bad.

@Shaggydog: It's also because Pacino balances his over-the-top ranting with a good helping of wussiness. Check out the way he tries to corral the bank employees, or the tone he adopts when he's on the phone with his wife. The performance in "Dog Day Afternoon" may be Pacino's best work. It's one of the only films…

"The Invention of Lying" had an amazing premise, and for the first 20-30 minutes I honestly thought it might be one of the best comedies of the decade. It derailed completely when Gervais decided to focus completely on religion & romance, but for a while it was pretty inspired.

Amusing Ourselves to Death
I checked it out from the library on a whim a couple of weeks after I'd graduated college, when I was living away from home for the first time and completely directionless. It made me realize for the first time just how pervasive an influence television, advertising, and media in general…

Oh, and also, group hug.