There has never been a band with as much talent as The Mars Volta that wasted it as completely as they did. I still think De-Loused In the Commatorium borders on being a great album, and The Widow from Frances the Mute is an amazing song, but otherwise they were ridiculously boring and full of themselves.

I guess it depends on what is being satirized and if you consider bipartisan satirizing both sides equally. Last year's The Campaign I was criticized by many for shying away from truly attacking either side and languishing in inoffensive mediocrity in the middle, but The Campaign wasn't satirizing Democrats or…

Good lord, what is wrong with you people? The Twist and Shout parade scene from Ferris Bueller's Day Off. OBVIOUSLY!

What about 2 Stupid Dogs? Dexter's Lab? Powerpuff Girls? Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends? Courage the Cowardly Dog? SAMURAI JACK?! COME ON!

Haha, no, this was in Lawrence, Kansas when I was going to KU. But I would not be surprised if some smartass at every show Corn Mo has ever had thinks yelling Freebird over and over is the funniest thing.

What really frustrates me about hecklers is, even when the performer is adept at dealing with them and does it in an entertaining way, they're still diverting from their act, which is almost invariably better than whatever they did to shut up the heckler. They worked really really hard on the set and it's stood the…

Ginsberg's poetry has highs and lows, and can often annoy more than move me, but goddamn if Howl isn't one of the finest pieces of writing I've ever read. I seriously can't get over just how good it is on every level. If you ask me, Ginsberg deserves his lofty position in 20th century American literature if only for…

Ginsberg's poetry has highs and lows, and can often annoy more than move me, but goddamn if Howl isn't one of the finest pieces of writing I've ever read. I seriously can't get over just how good it is on every level. If you ask me, Ginsberg deserves his lofty position in 20th century American literature if only for…

So glad white gentile Quentin Tarantino is here to tell us about the plight of the jews and the blacks. What a fucking self-righteous prick, he thinks he's such a daring visionary because, what?!? He made a film that showed the evils of slavery?!? Are you kidding me? And this is the follow up to his gutsy movie about…

So glad white gentile Quentin Tarantino is here to tell us about the plight of the jews and the blacks. What a fucking self-righteous prick, he thinks he's such a daring visionary because, what?!? He made a film that showed the evils of slavery?!? Are you kidding me? And this is the follow up to his gutsy movie about…

I really think AVClub has the best movie reviewers in the industry. Your reviews have a flare more of critiques, given your writers' obvious backgrounds in more in depth film criticism, but you actually touch upon the more intangible aspects of assessing a movie. I've read through most reviews for this movie on…

I really think AVClub has the best movie reviewers in the industry. Your reviews have a flare more of critiques, given your writers' obvious backgrounds in more in depth film criticism, but you actually touch upon the more intangible aspects of assessing a movie. I've read through most reviews for this movie on…

Don Hertzfeldt is my favorite filmmaker right now and It's Such a Beautiful Day might be my favorite movie ever, animated or otherwise. I still need to watch it a few more times, as I do with all of Hertzfeldt's films to getting a more complete understanding of them, but it's liking like it's the one.

Don Hertzfeldt is my favorite filmmaker right now and It's Such a Beautiful Day might be my favorite movie ever, animated or otherwise. I still need to watch it a few more times, as I do with all of Hertzfeldt's films to getting a more complete understanding of them, but it's liking like it's the one.

I don't know exactly what happened, but if some guy from high school who was a dick to you called you up and asked you to do some project with him, would you? It's not like Jon Stewart is going out of his way to not appear on this podcast, he probably just doesn't like the guy and doesn't want to do his podcast, so…

I don't know exactly what happened, but if some guy from high school who was a dick to you called you up and asked you to do some project with him, would you? It's not like Jon Stewart is going out of his way to not appear on this podcast, he probably just doesn't like the guy and doesn't want to do his podcast, so…

"As good as Tarantino's worst film" would be as good as Kill Bill, which is to say the worst fucking movie I have ever seen in my life. And I've seen Epic Movie.

"As good as Tarantino's worst film" would be as good as Kill Bill, which is to say the worst fucking movie I have ever seen in my life. And I've seen Epic Movie.

The joke's quite funny, and I love that The AVClub is super excited about the reference and not offended, but I've never found AVClub movie reviews to be terribly harsh. Are the Simpsons writers thinking of Pitchfork music reviews? Because THOSE are a joke.

The joke's quite funny, and I love that The AVClub is super excited about the reference and not offended, but I've never found AVClub movie reviews to be terribly harsh. Are the Simpsons writers thinking of Pitchfork music reviews? Because THOSE are a joke.