Dave Marsh is a weenie. And "Bernadette" is a fucking AMAZING song and performance. I must've heard it six thousand times at this point in my life, but it still gives me goosebumps.

In a very strange musical juxtaposition, I once saw Georgia Satellites open for 10,000 Maniacs.

Hmm…I saw the original Broadway production as well and was not impressed.

A friend and I once started writing songs for a musical version of The Breakfast Club. Shit happened, as it will, but man…it was gonna be good.

I have this headband that I wear when I'm washing my face, putting makeup on, etc., and it kinda looks like Geordi's visor. So sometimes I put it over my eyes and say stuff like, "Captain, we're losing antimatter containment! I estimate TWO MINUTES to a warp core breach!"

If it were, the headline would have read "trans man", not "trans woman".

I don't know, she doesn't seem like the sort who would starve herself for Hollywood. I think she's just naturally built that way.

FALSE. Lanky redhead was clearly the hottest. Shawn's girlfriend—I want to say Angela?—was also quite fetching, however. I never got on the Topanga bus.

Yeah, I immediately got that in my head too. I think you need a couple more "ch-"s, though.

Yes, exactly! It's about L.A., so they made it sound like L.A. I love it.

Other "three girl, one guy" bands I enjoyed back then: Throwing Muses, Elastica, and the sadly little-known Wednesday Week.

Mmmm, Melissa Auf Der Maur. Pretty much the hottest bassist who could also pass for a Pre-Raphaelite model and/or victim of consumption.

I have no issues with slick production so I don't care, but on Celebrity Skin it's part of the album's thesis. It's commenting on slickness, at least to some degree. Sort of like what I thought Liz Phair was doing on Liz Phair before I realized, No, she's actually serious.

I'm embarrassed by how disappointed I am that there are no West Coast dates.

Hayden Panettiere is actually a pretty terrific pop singer. No one's going to place her in the pantheon of country music greats, but she certainly outshines someone like Taylor Swift.

Because somebody needs to say it, and no one else has yet:

Thirty-two flavors and then cum.

So apparently the Lannisters have discovered the benefits of henna? Does that constitute a spoiler for the new season?

Stranger Than Paradise will always be my favorite. When I saw it I was a suburban Jersey teenager who'd just started going into Manhattan to see "arty" films that didn't play the multiplexes. I remember earlier that year I'd seen A Room with a View, which made me feel wonderfully sophisticated, but Stranger made me…

I only watched this due to my Buffy-era obsession with Amber Benson (who was delightful in it), and was very pleased that it turned out to be worthwhile. Because she has been in many, many things that were not.