I remember that being a pretty common affliction among "big" mid-90s rock albums (I'm lookin' at YOU, REM's Monster)

@avclub-87caf7c42aedbada42572e2374eed08d:disqus Funny you should say that. When I was an obnoxious college lad I delighted in pissing off my friends by pointing out how NIN's "Perfect Drug" was pretty much the exact same fucking song as Bon Jovi's "Bad Medicine" — the same trite, cliche theme, the same lazy writing.…

Yeah, I think he's got a point about how that repetitive chorus tends to get stuck in your head where it just drones on and on and on, infusing you with some kind of suburban malaise that you can't even properly identify because you're only 15 and have never set foot in the suburbs, for Christ's sake, and … and that's…

To be fair, rolled eyes and a sigh are the standard greeting in Napa valley wineries.

I was looking for vanilla-flavored vodka the other day because I wanted to make that iced coffee drink you mentioned in one of these threads. My local store didn't have vanilla, though, so I almost got the cake flavor, thinking it might work too. But in the end I got cold feet — I just couldn't imagine the cake vodka…

"I'm getting too old for this shit" — CGI Technology

"Hi, son, you've never met me, but I need $50,000 in cash by tomorrow morning or you're a dead man"

That's been my go-to joke since like 1992! That's the joke that put me on the map!

But did he learn the right lesson? Everyone seems to assume he was banned because of that racist Paula Deen account but I have it on pretty good authority it was because he defended Third Eye Blind on that hatesong article earlier this week.

That last one he did where he was the small-town sheriff was actually pretty good, although not good enough that I remember the name of it.

Yeah, go ahead and substitute the most thought-provoking, mind blowingly intelligent lyrics of all time instead of what he's singing, but as long as you retain that dopey, lazy, faux folksy jangly bullshit rhythm it's still gonna be awful. It's not as terrible as that fucking Third Eye Blind song but it's damned close.

Thanks — I'll get to that eventually I'm sure but right now I'm really enjoying devouring his 60s and 70s output. I just read The Blue World a few weeks ago; that one is fantastic.

Vance was a revelation when I discovered him a few years ago; I couldn't believe it took me so long to find him. Now I'm going through his other stories one by one. There's a lot of 'em!

Right, I liked Iron Man 3 because of Downey — I never would've thought the best part of a superhero movie would've been his heartwarming relationship with an impish young lad, but Downey made that shit funny and engaging.

Sorry. I thought if I edited my comment almost instantly no one would ever be the wiser. You're just too fast for me, CJC.

I realized my mistake almost instantly and edited my comment before I saw any responses, it wasn't "after" you pointed out whatever it was that you claim to have pointed out in your charmingly passive aggressive manner. Although I'm sure the information you provided was politely rendered with only the best of…

I still haven't forgiven him for "Googliness is next to godliness"

"HALF a TV show? And it airs when? And WHERE?

New Girl killed comedy? Well, I don't know if I'd go that far, but it certainly tried.

Hey easy there, the NY Mets are my favorite squadron.