I will not be drinking this until it is promoted by ads featuring a well-dressed group of gentlemen, including Aaron Paul and the dude who played Phil Leotardo, cavorting together in Vegas.

I will not be drinking this until it is promoted by ads featuring a well-dressed group of gentlemen, including Aaron Paul and the dude who played Phil Leotardo, cavorting together in Vegas.

The likely quality of this movie is crystallized by the commercials prominently featuring a 20 year old joke ripped off from "Seinfeld "(Asian person incorrectly assuming she is being asked by a white guy about an Asian thing simply because she's Asian), delivered by an actor who wouldn't have passed muster for the…

"the ultimate humiliation its demographic can envision: heterosexual men forced to engage in homosexual acts."

I usually try to explain the concept of diegetic sound using the "Real Genius" scene where they have the pool party in the auditorium with students from the local beauty school.  "One Night Love Affair" by Bryan Adams isn't just on the soundtrack … they're listening to it AT the party.

Sure, particularly if I like the album a lot and care about the fidelity.  If I got to a show I'll try to buy the CD from the merch table, because I figure that more cash goes to the band that way.  I've also started buying some CDs from Amazon because of their new Auto-rip feature, which is extremely convenient.

Hi. Can we collectively agree to do our best to retire 'splosion and 'merica? There was probably a time when that brand of yokel mockery was fresh and clever, but it has long since passed, and is now in the category of deathless reflexive internet jokes like throwing in a "you stay classy" any time San Diego is…

That song has one of the most infuriating lyrics: "I will buy you a new car/perfect, shiny, and new". Really Art, you couldn't think of a different adjective than the one you just used in the prior line?

Yeah, I actually was afraid I had somehow cut-and-pasted that incorrectly when I read it isolated like that.

Just saying that your typical top 40 track doesn't contain long stretches of a guy half-singing, half-talking through what sounds like a crappy megaphone he bought at Radio Shack.

Yes, it strikes me much more as an analogue to tracks like "Young Folks" or "Kids" than the type of singles that have consistently charted on the Hot 100 over the last 5 years.

How does "Pumped Up Kicks" sound like "generic top 40 fodder, a sleek, smooth, and sleek pop concoction buffed to a blinding sheen and engineered for maximum earworm potential?" The verses are practically mumbled.

At this point I've shifted my feelings from outward antipathy towards Smith to an internally-focused shame and self-loathing for having ever been a fan of his work.  This is all at least partially my fault, the way I see it. Sorry everybody.

This isn't meant to scold, but maybe this story should give you a little pause the next time it seems like a good idea to goof on things like Randy Travis' latest alcohol-related debacle.

Badly Drawn Boy is presumably stoked.

My only exposure to this show was about 2 minutes each week on the back end of my DVR's recording of The Soup.  Other than the half-shouting, which O'Neal referenced, my biggest takeaway was that whoever is doing her makeup, hair and wardrobe on the talk show is making her look about 10 times better than she does on…

He was only 21 in this video, too.

Call me crazy, but I think it's no coincidence that Foles announced this tour on the same day that the Eagles reported their restructured deal with Michael Vick.

Obviously a tremendous theme song, but what a copout to rhyme "Duckburg" with "duck blur."

I haven't seen that episode in over 20 years, and I can still hear that line in my head with complete precision.