There are moments where I find him attractive in NTSF: SD:: SUV. It's hard to explain. That's always when I started finding him hilarious, (not so) coincidentally.

WHM won me over because their impressions are actually pretty good.

I somehow completely missed out on Human Giant, so stumbling across a sketch recently and finding three of my favorite comedians in it was a joyous experience.

"Hipster" is very much shorthand for "that person cares about something I don't".

I'll keep that in mind when I finally visit Chicago.

I love the Arabic (I believe the industry is based out of Egypt mostly) soft-pop versions of jazz and pop standards that show up in falafel and shwarma places.

Pub Thread!

I have already talked about this show in many other corners of the site, but I'll say that I was very impressed by the first few episodes. The second half of the season…is alright. A lot of what really drew me into the first half - the unabashed theatricality, the willingness for the characters to actually do nasty…

I'm going to visit a friend and do some contemporary big band stuff in Brooklyn next month, which is as much of a vacation as I'll get this year, sadly. But I'm still excited! I haven't been to NYC in six years.

Huh. Just think, before the internet you had to go to the library to get oddly in-depth analysis of Bowie's junk.

Huh. Just think, before the internet you had to go to the library to get oddly in-depth analysis of Bowie's junk.

Shortbus isn't anywhere near as good as Hedwig, but it's not completely awful. Maybe I just have a soft spot for ol' JCM.

I kinda got a Dreyer vibe from the director, but Von Trier works too.

no weird holes please, we're hardline

…Mad Men?

I've edited Macbeth for stage before (pretty minor edits, granted, since Macbeth isn't  long at all), and I think the essential attitude to take isn't "eliminating excess", but rather preparing the work for a specific setting. There's an awful smugness in thinking you're the one who's going to "fix Shakespeare", it's…

I saw Jian Ghomeshi speak not too long ago, and he implied that there's some serious bad blood in the band. He mentioned substance abuse problems, but Jian being a massive tool was also a likely cause.

I have a pretty much indefensible point of view on Coldplay: I like their most recent albums over their earlier works. I can't decide if this makes me more or less of a hipster.

Thank you. The weirdly personal entitlement that fans have about when bands should stop playing has always been supremely grating to me.

Didn't a lot of Hardliners still engage in recreational sex? I always thought that was one of the weird holes in their philosophy.