"Give me a pack of Newports, soft pack."

99% Invisible!

Are you saying that Santa is from Philly, too?

They never even threw snowballs at Santa Claus in the South.

Wouldn't that have just been… Prodigy?

The Taiwanese-consciousness thing has really taken off in Taiwan in the last 10-15 years, and the show is set in 1995. I was just glad they mentioned the T word at all.

"And what will Serial’s second season be about? Ewan McGregor" Was so disappointed when I saw the em-dash after that.

Not a single Laurel Canyon joke yet? Damn it, AV Club….

Singapore, a theocracy? They worship money, but still….

He was not PC—patriotically correct. Which is the Republicans' answer to political correctness.

The Station Agent, motherfuckers, The Station Agent. That is all.

"Record labels are record labels, so why should it be that Tom and Sam should get along so awfully?"

Yes, yes, who is this "Richard D. James" this article speaks of?

Asshole Twin

I always thought that the back-to-back dirges of "I Know It's Over" and "Never Had No One Ever" pulled the album down a couple notches.

A lot of people miss out on Bjork's actual music by focusing on the conceptual trappings. Medulla is actually pretty accessible underneath the "it's all vocals!" stuff, and Biophilia stands alone apart from the apps and the David Attenborough stuff just fine.

She toned down the whimsy about twenty years ago.

Almost ignored them because of the stupid band name, but glad I didn't. They belong in the same "great band, stoopid band name" category as Perfect Pussy and Fuck Buttons.

Agreed, especially since the review cites a lack of "hooks." A lot of the songs on this one definitely grow on you once you figure out how they work. The chopped-up melody of Lionheart, for example.

Well, judging from that terrible title sequence linked here, he might have had a point.