I can barely imagine the confusion and joy I would have felt if I'd first encountered this in its natural habitat of some obscure cable channel at some ungodly hour.

Warlight
Well, I know what I'll be spending 90% of my waking moments on for the next while. Thanks?

Congratulations, Rnrdoc! You've won our Grand Prize: the admiration and respect of your peers!

Heck yes
I was already excited about seeing this BEFORE I knew that one of the characters turns into a pile of bananas. Now I can't friggin' wait.

You know, Katee Sackhoff kept telling the writers WE'RE GOING THE WRONG WAY!!!

Law and Order: Los Sangreles

I AM A BEAUTIFUL ANIMAL! I AM A DESTROYER OF WORLDS! I AM JOSEPH FUCKING CAMPBELL!

*slouches down the hall while "Christmas Time Is Here" plays*

Curses! May Saint Nicholas beat you with the small branch of a tree, or at least pretend to kick you.

My pick for best single-essay Sedaris Gateway
That heartwarming tale of Dutch Christmas traditions, "Six to Eight Black Men."

You assumed correctly.

Is there a version of Poe's Law for hipsters? I think this is a put-on.

Thank you, AV Club!
I've been pining for a good, music-nerd oriented breakdown of the pop charts ever since Idolator got lobotomized.

Rape scene aside, Rashomon may or may not have been any different.

There was a black swan outside the palace - it was appointed by the king. People took it as a sign that he needed more time, but you said, "I ain't afraid if no blackbird."

I remember that play! My high school drama class went to see it, and I had the Franz Ferdinand song stuck in my head the whole time. Postpunk revival and plays about gay baseball stars: two great tastes that actually go kind of awkwardly together.

Or what if, like, WE'RE really the movie? And the movie is, like, a trailer for US? And then the trailer, get this, the trailer… is REAL LIFE?

Oh man, very yes. I read my first Sandman book in 10th grade - I'd borrowed Good Omens from a friend the previous summer, and knew I wanted to read more by Gaiman. One weekend, I went to a chess tournament (+10 dork points!) in a library about an hour's drive from home. I finished my last round well before my…

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Okay, this wasn't quite love at FIRST sight. I was skeptical through King of Carrot Flowers Part 1, and then when "I looove yoouu Jeesuuus Chrii-iii-ii-iist" came in, I was ready to either love this album or drop it. But then there's that horn part, and the way the tempo picks up going…

Dominic-Vobiscum, I've been wanting to make that same movie for years! We should see if there's anyone else out there who shares our dream, and pool our resources to fund it. I've got… let's see, $6.05 on me. It's not much, but it's a start.