@avclub-0c5bbcfff0edb0dee7693ee7f8f09369:disqus It was written in the days before 'troll' entered the lexicon, when people could just speak their mind on a topic without fear of being labeled as a social deviant (thank God Mad Magazine got through its hey-day before this form of Orwellian newspeak drowned it out…

@avclub-0c5bbcfff0edb0dee7693ee7f8f09369:disqus It was written in the days before 'troll' entered the lexicon, when people could just speak their mind on a topic without fear of being labeled as a social deviant (thank God Mad Magazine got through its hey-day before this form of Orwellian newspeak drowned it out…

Really? So Billy Joel and Collins are eminently defendable?

Really? So Billy Joel and Collins are eminently defendable?

Paul's been micromanaging his grief and potential as an angry artist ever since his mother died of Cancer when he was fifteen. Still, schmaltz overkill at times. He gets a special artist's mention (along with Phil Collins and Billy Joel) in the hilarious book "Worst Rock 'N Roll Records Of All Time."

Paul's been micromanaging his grief and potential as an angry artist ever since his mother died of Cancer when he was fifteen. Still, schmaltz overkill at times. He gets a special artist's mention (along with Phil Collins and Billy Joel) in the hilarious book "Worst Rock 'N Roll Records Of All Time."

I think this middle-of-the-road smugness started to set in around '66 that renders so much of the music - John's scabbiness, Paul's melodicism, George's spiritualism - emotionally inert.  They just fell too in love with George Martin's 'smooth the edges off everything' production during the band years and with the…

I think this middle-of-the-road smugness started to set in around '66 that renders so much of the music - John's scabbiness, Paul's melodicism, George's spiritualism - emotionally inert.  They just fell too in love with George Martin's 'smooth the edges off everything' production during the band years and with the…

Holy fuck, Wonderful Christmastime is right up there with ABBA in inspiring homicidal sprees.

Holy fuck, Wonderful Christmastime is right up there with ABBA in inspiring homicidal sprees.

Jealous Guy is really draggy and self-pitying once one leaves a certain college age. Gimme Some Truth still can blister, though.

Jealous Guy is really draggy and self-pitying once one leaves a certain college age. Gimme Some Truth still can blister, though.

In '77 my mom and grandmother once saw Clint walk into the Hog's Breath Inn, the bar he owns in Carmel.  Fun little joint.

In '77 my mom and grandmother once saw Clint walk into the Hog's Breath Inn, the bar he owns in Carmel.  Fun little joint.

At least he didn't try to coax Joan by calling her "Joanie" again, like the writers are  trying to make her a loveable figure.

At least he didn't try to coax Joan by calling her "Joanie" again, like the writers are  trying to make her a loveable figure.

Power to the subordinate for not cowering beneath the glare of the fembot.

Power to the subordinate for not cowering beneath the glare of the fembot.

You mean IndependentGeorge, Radko? You right on that one.

You mean IndependentGeorge, Radko? You right on that one.