I really like Songs of Innocence, and I saw them at MSG this summer, where they put on a typically terrific show, but I do wish that U2 would put their massive amounts of money in the bank, and let rip with one more weirdo Zooropa record. I'd like to hear an album of songs like Sleep Like a Baby Tonight and The…

Two artists made two albums of the same songs, differing wildly in tone for two seemingly different audiences. People seem to like both albums. The covering artist is refreshingly un-snobbish in his musical tastes.

Absolutely. I feel like that, in the years after this album came out, and after they broke up, it was mislabeled as some thrown-together last gasp by a band falling apart. I'm glad that it seems that its reputation has improved recently. If Badmotor … and Super … are their A+'s, this album is no less than a B, in my…

"Chris, can you talk a little about the subtleties that went into 'Full On Kevin's Mom'?"

I love that collection.

True … the vast majority of Americans still love to watch awful shit on network TV … CBS can attest to that.

Much like the trailers for Phantom Menace and Man of Steel, that Walter Mitty trailer had me from hello … and then, like those other films, I realized that the trailer really held the most entertaining concept of an otherwise awful film.

Wow; that's a pretty detailed attempt to take down that book.

I'll never agree with this sentiment. A good teacher can, and does, make the irrelevant somewhat engaging and relevant to students.

Please let the reason be that he is heading for Planet Hulk … please let the reason be that he is heading for Planet hulk … Please let the reason be …

Man, I saw The Hives at Terminal 5 years and years ago, and they absolutely tore the place up.

God, that Bravery was two absolutely perfect songs (Honest Mistake and Unconditional), and a whole lot of generic filler. It seemed like their ascendancy was talked about for months and months and months before this album finally came out, and then …

I really enjoyed the series Sonic Highways, but the weakest part of each episode was the last 5 minutes, when the band played whatever new song was supposedly influenced by the city that they were in, but sounded just like every other Foo Fighters song recorded over the past 20 years.

"It lost to Black Eyed Peas’ 'My Humps.'" 2005 was an awesome time for music …

The Heartland namecheck from Adam was a highlight for me. I love that song.

U2 is my favorite band, and U Talkin' … is easily one of my favorite podcasts, so I am biased … but that interview was really terrific. I actually feel like I learned a few things about the band that I had never read or heard before (favorite U2 songs, why they like the bands they like, Bono's suitcase unpacking…

Hopefully he's writing again on HBO's website. I need my 8000 word columns rhapsodizing about how the 2003 Western Conference semi-finals are exactly like Season 5 of The Wire …

Hey, sometimes your worst self is your best self … think about that.

Loved the first season. I had no idea Ted Danson was going to be in this. He really, quietly, has maintained a tremendous television acting career.

K & C is my one of my two all-time favorite novels (The other if Gatsby). Every sentences is perfect in that book.