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Holy fuck, yes. i can't believe I spaced on Nels Cline. One of the very best guitarists working today.

Oh, don't get me wrong. I have no problem with Scarlet being as successful as Emmylou, playing the White House, being considered a national treasure by many. I just want her to do it on her own terms. I view Scarlet as more Jolie Holland than Taylor Swift, and don't want to see her pushed in a direction where she is

I really disliked the the colored hair and garish clothing. That's not who Scarlet is, and they make it pretty clear she hates it. I want Scarlet to be an Emmylou/Gillian Welch-style performer who stays true to her artistic vision and writes from the heart, for herself, for the joy of it. As opposed to a calculated

He might be too old now, but I've always thought Kevin Bacon would make a good Larry Underwood.

I actually watched the miniseries a few months back, and you're wise not to revisit it. It's embarrassingly cheesy to a modern viewer, and Corin Nemec and Molly Ringwald really can't carry such pivotal roles. Sinise, Giancomo, Ferrer and Frewer — heck, even the guy who played Larry — were all decent enough, but man,

She is pretty adorable, but she kinda reminds me of a lemur when she's nervous and her eyes bug out of her head

Ah, right. That's the name I was searching for, not Kenny Chesney. They kind of all get mixed up in my head.

Awesome to have Nashville back on the review slate! I enjoyed this episode, despite the aforementioned groan-worthy Peggy/Teddy horseshit no one cares about in the slightest. I really enjoyed Gunnar and Scarlet resuming their songwriting partnership, no matter how briefly, but I assume it will continue given their

Admittedly, I'm not much of a fan of the Luke Wheeler-esque brand of country music, but I'd say he's some type of mash-up of macho Kenny Chesney/Toby Keith/ Blake Shelton types. His awesomely cheesy flaming pitchfork tattoo just proves how badass he is, right? Ultimately, I think he represents the pinnacle of the

Now that I'm home from the bars, nursing a delightful buzz, I have to say: this new redesign still sucks.

Yuck. This is not good at all. It's like you adopted everything that turned me off about Gameological Society.

I don't know the answer, and I really don't care. But Badmotorfinger should be celebrated for being fucking awesome.

I know. But I'm a week or so behind. And I really like Nashville; it's a good guilty-pleasure nighttime soap. I still watch Top Chef, too, but it's really bad lately. The Masters season that recently ended almost put me off the show for good, but here I am still reading lukewarm reviews of a reality cooking show that

Oh, shit. My bad. Not sure how I missed that. Stupid me. I searched for Les Revenants instead of The Returned, I guess. Sorry!

Why aren't you reviewing Les Revenants, AV Club?

Sadly, this gets reviewed and Nashville doesn't. Top Chef used to be fun, but now it's just garbage, a shiny vehicle for product placement and goofy cooking scenarios. Who cares which chef can actually cook the best, we just want to see who can conform to unrealistic, idiotic challenges with strict parameters set by

All of those guys are better fantasy players than Jennings — I'd run, not walk, to the free-agent pool to add Dobson.

The funniest thing about this episode was the writers' mistaken belief that Greg Jennings is even worthy of a roster spot in a smaller league like the characters play in — what is it, an 8-teamer? Unless you're in a 12-team league or deeper Greg Jennings is waiver-wire fodder.