I feel about Albert Brooks the way I feel about Rush:  I'll happily concede that there's talent there, but it doesn't entertain me or engage me in any way.

That's only because you've never experienced the thrill of serfdom.

I don't.  I'll never understand the appeal of Albert Brooks.

Firstacular!

Yes, but how did she keep those beans from burning on the grill?

Thanks, ClearChannel!

Wrong.

Maybe it relates to when you first saw it.  I first saw both of them in my 20s.  I think it's the kind of film that a teenaged boy will almost certainly fall in love with. 

Just goes to show that we should have eliminated all this confusion and just taken over the world in 1945 when we had all of our crap already over there.

@f@fastansloppy:disqus

Like most Tarantino, it doesn't age well.  It seems to me at least, I enjoy his stuff less as I get older.  It's not that you're "too mature" for it, I think you just look at it differently.

That's what I get for missing staff meetings.

This actually made me laugh out loud.

^This.

I mean, they're no Arcade Fire, Dawes, and certainly no Husker Du.  But they'll do in a pinch, I suppose.

It's good to see Husker Du finally get some critical recognition.  Critics just never think about these guys.

The ability to use the word "rape" in a pop-culture reference is directly related to how little is really at stake.

I'll join the hallelujah chorus on that.

What about Ralph Bakshi's Wizards?  Talk about some 70s dystopian wierdness.

Lots of things not mentioned here.  The article is surprisingly short.