My theory is that he was canned for giving Joanna Newsom's new album a B. He went rogue by not fawning over her, which is a contravention of the edict of the Hipster Council. He therefore had to be stopped.

I recently had a similar moment as Ellie did. I was having an intimate moment with a young lady and she had some music on shuffle, including some of the better Smashing Pumpkins tunes… Just thought you'd all like to know.

Think of it as revenge for all the terrible foreign accents that American actors have subjected foreign audiences to over the years.

That was me too. There's just something about that book that endears itself to socially awkward boys who spend too much time with computers or video games and not nearly enough time making out with girls.

They're acting.

Funny, of all the albums I have ever heard I would most associate the phrase "obscenely dumb, overserious lyrics" with Neon Bible. I still actually like the album quite a bit, but I enjoy it most when listening in a context where I can ignore all the cringe-inducing lyrics. They are intellectually and emotionally…

You have awful taste. Honeydew is the money melon.

I'm pretty sure we did this thread a week ago, so I'll make some new selections.

"As You Turn To Go" is perfection

Do these figures take into account corporate persons?

"the dead only quickly decay
they don't go about being born and reborn
and rising and falling like souffle"

I like the album, but this is a very bad place to start if you want to generate an interest in the Magnetic Fields. 69 Love Songs is easily the best place to start. Also, Holiday is a good album for getting into their earlier synthier stuff.

I agree, it drops off a little after "Seduced and Abandoned".

Technically, you don't have to, but I would advise that as a general rule you should not mate with a woman unless you do that first. This serves the purposes of (a) marking your territory and (b) making her understand who's in charge.

I'm sure there are many people who will donate to disaster relief for no other reason than to talk on the phone with one of our benevolent celebrity betters.

Hold on now, some of that money is going to Haiti? It's called the Wyclef Jean Foundation. I intended my money to benefit Wyclef. I figured that it was the same kind of deal as the Cancer Society.

I heard that Sheryl Crow is the only one getting paid for being there.

Better yet, a weekly reality show to fill the 10pm slot.

@Carnivorus, I can hate on Leno for a lot of things but I can't do it for accepting the Tonight Show job. It wasn't Carson's choice to make and Leno was the one that the guys who pay the bills wanted. There's nothing wrong with Leno accepting the job. If you want to blame someone for the fact that Leno got the job,…

Optimism
Yes, this is idiotic, short-sighted and unfair to Conan, but at least we can all be happy that the Patriots lost.