Agreed. The Hollywood stuff was a bad fit for this show. I guess brushes with celebrities and what-not destroy the suspension of disbelief for what I thought was a very realistically-written and paced show (Czech head wounds notwithstanding). 

Agreed. The Hollywood stuff was a bad fit for this show. I guess brushes with celebrities and what-not destroy the suspension of disbelief for what I thought was a very realistically-written and paced show (Czech head wounds notwithstanding). 

It's an offshoot to the Cousin Oliver syndrome.  Send them someplace weird to mine some fresh stories!

It's an offshoot to the Cousin Oliver syndrome.  Send them someplace weird to mine some fresh stories!

I hated the Hollywood stuff in this show. I tolerated Chris's writer/actor crap in early seasons because a lot of dullards think they're onto the next great screenplay. But the show lost something when his Hollywood dreams suddenly got traction. It may have been a Jump the Shark moment, if the Vito episodes didn't…

I hated the Hollywood stuff in this show. I tolerated Chris's writer/actor crap in early seasons because a lot of dullards think they're onto the next great screenplay. But the show lost something when his Hollywood dreams suddenly got traction. It may have been a Jump the Shark moment, if the Vito episodes didn't…

Kind of. At least the people being assholes in that movie were destroying relationships and causing irreparable rifts instead of Greenberg's happy ending for a douchebag.

Kind of. At least the people being assholes in that movie were destroying relationships and causing irreparable rifts instead of Greenberg's happy ending for a douchebag.

I keep forgetting that '55 Cadillac exists. I wish AWK's J-Pop cover album would get a release here, but I can see why not.

I keep forgetting that '55 Cadillac exists. I wish AWK's J-Pop cover album would get a release here, but I can see why not.

If the phrases "electrocutes a music critic's genitals," lazy-critic shorthand" and "musical references that [the critic] can't recognize" indicate a "reasonable, polite argument", then we're living in a brave new world, and I say bring it on.

If the phrases "electrocutes a music critic's genitals," lazy-critic shorthand" and "musical references that [the critic] can't recognize" indicate a "reasonable, polite argument", then we're living in a brave new world, and I say bring it on.

When I think about what was happening 10 years ago, yeah, I DO feel old.

When I think about what was happening 10 years ago, yeah, I DO feel old.

I would say the past decade of hipsterdom has really lowered the bar on what can be considered "album art".  Most of the time, it's a crusty, blurry Polaroid from the '70s of a landscape or a person with a thousand-yard stare with no text, artist name, etc. Not that it's bad to not have text on cover art, but the…

I would say the past decade of hipsterdom has really lowered the bar on what can be considered "album art".  Most of the time, it's a crusty, blurry Polaroid from the '70s of a landscape or a person with a thousand-yard stare with no text, artist name, etc. Not that it's bad to not have text on cover art, but the…

I always enjoy when the author takes the trollbait. 

I always enjoy when the author takes the trollbait. 

Gives new meaning to "Pike's Peak". It's not too far from Boulder(s).

Gives new meaning to "Pike's Peak". It's not too far from Boulder(s).