double d's
decolletage & donnybrook — period dialogue (I guess) to go with the meticulously retro art direction.

Gus Van Sant Cameo?
Hitchcock famously made playful little cameo appearances in many of his films. Anyone know if Van Sant appears in this one? Or for that matter if/where Hitchcock appeared in the original?

Revenge of the film critics
…and justified too, since I guess you had to watch these in their entirety to review them.

When I first moved to NYC, I'd occasionally see GG's bandmate and brother, Merle (I think that was his name) working as a bike messenger. I didn't know who he was (or GG for that matter) until some punks I worked with explained. I thought he was just another bike messenger with bright pink hair and matching pink…

Compound Eyes Wide Shut
I came a little late to the GBV party, but have been recommending them to other friends since. The only solo album I've heard is "From a Compound Eye", which doesn't seem essential, but I figure maybe it'll grow on me eventually.

Plugging In/Boosting Peaks
Seems like the sci-fi premise of a technology in the near future that allows users to upload and experience memories is used pretty often.

Not really supposed to be a round-table on identity politics.
I mean, it's a game show with unshaven people in bathing suits trading away a little bit of their dignity, being duplicitous and catapulting coconuts through the jungle for a chance at a million.

RE: Eartha Kitt
They mercifully ended the campaign several years ago, but for at least a couple of years, all NYC taxis played a recorded celebrity message whenever the meter started.

Here today, gone later today.
Hung's hyperactivity used to annoy me a little until a few episodes ago when he verbally crystallized the fleeting nature of reality tv "fame".

The "Firsties" Bullshit
Isn't it possible to write some kind of code that trawls for uncommented message boards and automatically submits: "FIRSTIES?!? Look at me, I'm pioneering and setting the tone for discourse - not with anything pertinent, but by counting!"

Honey Bunny/Yolanda
Yeah, not being familiar, I also immediately thought of Amanda Plummer. But I enjoyed what this Amanda had to say.

He's right, we're so lame.
Hipster backlash against bands usually follows some unwritten laws similar to the ones that govern junior high school popularity.