Because they're both the sort of "tasteful", faux-sophisticated "rock" that musically boring people listen to when they want to feel hip and pretend they still rock.

I second that emotion.

Counterpoint: The Fall is really great.

And talent.

I don't know how much Rip Torn got paid for that, but it wasn't enough.

Well, now I feel much better about the fact that I stopped reading that after about 50 pages and never went back.

How can she be a part-time model? She's not the most beautiful girl in the room. The whole wide room.

You got it, Chairman!

I predict this book will be so hard to find.

It's a mix of things.
Some on the right really believe that Jesus is coming back soon enough that the environment isn't something to worry about. And god gave us dominion over it anyway. Those are the Cruz supporters.
Some on the right are sociopathic greed-monsters who are perfectly willing to sacrifice a livable…

On the other hand, Pee Wee as Willy Wonka sounds great!

Oh, absolutely. She was making the logical move given her situation. Not knocking her at all. I was just defending Tai's move in not saving her because she really wasn't his ally.

Those Big Country records are great! Given his sound and the bands he worked with, I'm a little surprised he never produced The Waterboys. Seems like a natural fit.

Well, Lillywhite did also produce Sparkle In The Rain. I love that record. The huge bass and drum sound that opens Up On The Catwalk contrasted with the shimmering keyboard accents. mmmm, yes.
Steve Lillywhite really produced a ton of amazing records in the '80s.

It wasn't quite the best show I've ever seen, but it was really great. Didn't hurt that I had 8th row seats, just to the right of center stage and the people seated next to me were Paul McGuiness' guests.
Still, I haven't bought a U2 album since Achtung Baby and haven't really paid attention to anything they've done in…

Which is the same number of allies he already thought he had. They even showed him again in the previews as Caleb is leaving saying that now it's 4 women against him. Reminder: where he was with Anna was her actively trying to undermine him with everyone else on the new tribe after openly proclaiming her distrust of…

Yeah, that was distracting.

His central thesis is: "everyone but me is a phony idiot"

"I watched the show religiously for probably 15 years and never got that impression"
Then you weren't paying attention.

Irish and Scottish are emphatically NOT the same thing,