I've always been captivated by 10,000 Maniacs "I'm Not the Man". A wrongly accused man sits in a cell awaiting his execution and thinks about how he got there. Sure it's Natalie Merchant's liberal ideals flapping in the breeze, but the little details ("a time card won't fade") kill me. Oh, and also bassoon which is…

Papa Was a Rodeo is a great song, but the characters are a man and woman (named Mike, as in Michelle or something like that) according to Stephin Merritt. He likes to mix up the sexes in his songs ("turning" them gay by choice of singer), but he was playing it straight with Papa.

I too enjoy this bizarre, clearly-written-at-6-AM-after-the-coffee/coke-has-ceased-working category of SNL sketches. My fave was Gwyneth Paltrow enthusiastically hawking porn. Don't like her, the ep was poor, but that last sketch was off the rails.

Cutting Allison in favor of Vincent was the worst judging decision in PR history. His model could barely walk in a paper cone, her dress made her models hips look big. According to Kors, et al. big hips by talented designer < unwearable scribble by shrieking hack. Agh, still angry about it!

Nygel did say that they were going to avoid having top 20 dancers the audience hadn't really seen before, so I think they're creating false suspense (and more camera time) for people like crump guy.

Smell is the 1st album (or proper one, not an EP), Missasauga Goddamn in the 2nd. I'd recommend Awoo for new listeners. Also, I encourage you to see them live if possible, quite a bit more muscular and intense. I wish I lived in Montreal or Toronto back in the days when they'd put on big, theatrical shows with back-up…

There's an easy solution to Cory blog fatigue, don't read BoingBoing. Then the books will magically appear without any foreknowledge. And unlike the "if you don't like it, change the channel" counterargument offered against TV or radio, the internet is not a scarce resource, there are an unlimited number of channels.

I was at first baffled by the idea that his law degree was fake, so he had to go back to community college. Based on the eps dialogue, I think that his undergrad degree was fake (or from the country of Columbia) and his law degree was real. Still stupid, but less so.

Tim has stated in interviews that he watches the runway from the back of the room but does not participate in any way. The idea being that the judges will only know about the backstage drama if the designers bring it up.

Kat really is a momma to her little kittens. Really the only thing that interested me about this ep was her nurturing. I'm not amused at all by the crap dancers, or even the plethora of mediocre contemporary. Let's move on to the top 20 post-haste.

The nurse actually said a "lower enema," meaning that it was intended to only clean out the sigmoid colon. And yes, laboring mothers poop when they're pushing. Reminds me of the Bill Hicks joke,

The nurse actually said a "lower enema," meaning that it was intended to only clean out the sigmoid colon. And yes, laboring mothers poop when they're pushing. Reminds me of the Bill Hicks joke,

Hospital staff were known to be paternalistic/withholding with patients and families at the time, but no way does the nurse (Yeardley) wake him up to lie to him about his baby. Baby is alive and Hobart is embarrassed about revealing his emotions to Don.

I'll see Broken Embraces when it comes through of course, but I wonder if Almodovar is one of those directors whose constantly compared with himself rather than filmmakers in general. For me, he's one of the most consistent of the prolific auteurs and while he doesn't always knock it out of the park, there's always…

The thing about Ryan is that he can do other styles, well at least jazz and Broadway. He choreographed Evan's best stuff so if he can actually perform what he choreographs, then what with the sentimental crap he's practically a lock.

Saturday at 1 PM in Houston. Not ideal, but I'll take it.

I watched the first ep and was pleased with the huge upswing in quality over Lyons/Mank. Scott was a little more pulled together as I recall. They both hated Burning Plain and explained why so well that I was grinning as they moved on.

1. If "The Real" bothers you in the interview, the film will be nails on the chalkboard. Youth's search for it is the organizing theme of the show. Didn't bother me at all.

Scott, you've got to edit this review to correct the common "NPR's This American Life" mistake. "This American Life" is distributed by PRI (Public Radio International). Though it is carried by many NPR affiliates, Ira Glass is always clear that it is not an NPR production. I'm a huge fan of the show and I think it…

I don't think Jennifer's being set up as the villain. She's confident, exacting, and organized; no evidence of the kneejerk behavior of petty and defensive Tiffany. The edits of her choreographing the flow of the kitchen put me solidly in her corner.