X's live album recorded at the Whiskey A Go Go was pretty great. It was recorded back in … let's see … 1987.  More than 25 years ago.

And why is he doing so by peering up your urethra?

Yeah, he actually appeared on Doug Loves Movies with Paul F. Tompkins and Jimmy Pardo (this was after PFT first did his Lithgow impersonations, both on DLM and his own podcast).

The Breeders Last Splash, with "New Year" then "Cannonball".

a more emotional Ripley, driven by sublimated passion

Yes.  Actually, pretty much all of the major series Mike Carey has written are worth reading:  Lucifer, his stint on Hellraiser, Crossing Midnight, The Unwritten.  Especially The Unwritten.

"As a bit of an aside: I love that the Golden Age Sandman, Wesley Dodds,
speaks at Dream’s wake. I think that’s a great nod to the legacy of the
Sandman name."

I'm not a Billy Joel fan, but at least that song is coverable.

Yeah, not only does that song really suck, it seems completely uncoverable in any way that any talented band would consider interesting.

All right!  I did it!  I succeeded in stopping having thoughts about …

All right!  I did it!  I succeeded in stopping having thoughts about …

Okay, @avclub-068ceb597ad73e8b3d2fca6bde54a4ff:disqus, I'll stop having …

Okay, @avclub-068ceb597ad73e8b3d2fca6bde54a4ff:disqus, I'll stop having …

A perfect example, @avclub-808e22af6c33eea22608f30cef458844:disqus.  And there's nothing wrong with jokes premised on subtler and less widely known references, but there is something to be said for good entertainment that everyone could enjoy on the same level.

And Taylor Dayne, apparently.  Again, we're talking older black people here.

OK then, name one white musical artist straight black people listen to then?

More generally, in inflation-adjusted or audience share terms, it seems as if there are records like the Andrew Sisters' that will never be broken.  Even hugely successful TV shows now will never have the audience share that middling shows did in the past (excepting things like the Superbowl and the Oscars).  Gone…

@avclub-87115ae0d309915a4e8d74a706aeae16:disqus, I get that you're joking, but someone might as well explain it to everyone else, because there will always be people who actually think that @marahe:disqus is highfalutin or something for learning and using one concise word instead of 8.

Look, @avclub-54ac2d9e6b288f513abf0c1e0633d672:disqus, do you think that a kid like that is going to know what the queers are doing to the soil?

Or someone listens to Doug Loves Movies on a regular basis. Which is how I learned the word.