Final Guest:
Thomas Pynchon

Susan Boyle?

Yeah, everyone knows that Vampire Weekend is really Jimmy Buffet's heir apparent.

Thanks for the great info GhaleonQ. Looking forward to diving into all those links!

Get her one of those "You don't have to be crazy to work here but it helps!" Garfield signs to hang up in her cubicle. You know she's totally been thinking about getting one because OMG Garfield is so funny. Who doesn't hate Mondays?

Did any of these cartoonists get in trouble?
Some of the latter pieces described sound like they would get their creators a one way ticket to Siberia.

They're not one of those bands that blow you away the first time you listen to them. You just think "Oh, that's nice, I like that kind of thing". Then the album ends and you play again and you don't know why. Then you replay it again. And again. Next thing you know, you're defending them on internet message boards.

There's a lot of terrible bands on Saturday that got much better billing than Beach House, and I'm not sure I'm ok with that.

Bands playing next to one another that need to team-up:
Fever Ray and Grace Jones
Gil Scott-Hern and King Kahn
Devo and Hot Chip
De La Soul and motherfucking SLY

Bands playing next to one another that need to team-up:
Fever Ray and Grace Jones
Gil Scott-Hern and King Kahn
Devo and Hot Chip
De La Soul and motherfucking SLY

Yay! Looking forward to that.

Juanito, I have a feeling you are actually right. And that's why I think AVADAH is going to win best picture at the Oscars, because Hollywood is looking towards 3-D as a way to get people back in theaters.

Red Cartoons: Animated Films From East Germany
Color me curious. Will The AV Club be reviewing this?

"Avatar burns Book "
Fucking Nazis.

"Turner and Hooch" was a genuinely touching and funny film from 1989 too, but I don't see NBC putting out a casting call for an actor that can lick their own balls.

Parenthood, a new dramedy based on the 1989 Steve Martin film
Next time you wonder why you're in 4th place NBC, go back and read that subject line.

. . . and I'm going to tie in all the righteous Dune love that's been going around these parts by mentioning Chapterhouse. Their little-heard 2nd album "Blood Music" is crazy under-rated.

They call her Snickers because she's fucking nuts.

"However, I don't think bunnies or kids are good at intelligent pack hunting. "

Oh god I love that first track on Pygmalion.