Yeah, the line between honouring traditions and coming off as a poseur is difficult. I don't really have a problem with bluegrass groups covering classics (that are inevitably about trains, chain gangs, or in the case of John Hartford: steamboats), but when you try to write rambling racounteur stuff about the…

My friends play in a somewhat successful folk-rock band with definite bluegrass influences, and a critic criticized their album by saying it was "inauthentic" to have them be so good at their instruments.

That's a good definition, but I'd argue that it's not the definition most people use.

I love Steely Dan. They're hermetically-sealed rock music but the incredible perfectionism in the musicality combined with the inaccessible lyrics makes for a surprisingly good combo. "Aja" and "The Royal Scam" are great back-to-back albums.

I have two favorite moments in that documentary: any time Joe Walsh opens his crazy fucking mouth, and when Don Henley very thoughtfully says "We were operating on that thin line between the American Dream…and the American Nightmare" and he looks so fucking smug.

More Osborne cameos in things, please.

Yeah — it's a super clear difference but the wording is so vague that it confuses even people in the industry. I mean, people in the industry are pretty dumb, but still!

Record deals with the sonic elements — production, performance, etc. Song of the year is the physical songwriting, which is why it goes to the writer of the song rather than the performer/producer.

Wait, I definitely also cried with laughter in the Heynong Man episode. Maybe I just cry a lot.

Comedy Bang Bang made me cry with laughter in public twice this year: Chasmin and Sunny, and the Nosferatu scene with PFT, Daly, Lapkus, and the funny lawyer guest.

You Must Remember This is so, so good. The Manson series is obviously a highlight, but this season with the MGM Stories is also great.

5. Guardian of the Highlands
4. 50 Shades of Grey
3. Unfriended (Great riffs, even though it's a movie I kinda liked)
2. CBGB
1. Fateful Findings

It's super weird to see you commenting here, like you're a regular person instead of a dreamy podcasting star.

"No one will be seated during the terrifying battery loss scene"

It's that classic 1960s Phil Spector reverb on the background vocals, which makes it even better.

Showing people Mariah's Super Bowl National Anthem is a favorite party activity of mine. It's both impressive and tacky, just like Mariah Carey!

I heard a cover of "Christmas" by The Who in a store the other day — a strange song to be nestled in between "White Christmas" and "Silver Bells"

Yep! I've probably heard it more this year in stores than I have All I Want For Christmas is You, actually. It's not bad!

I'm lucky enough to live in Toronto, where the fantastic Lightbox theatre shows quality film prints (including 70 mm — I saw The Master in 70mm and it was glorious). But a lot of their older films (especially the foreign ones) have damaged, inferior prints — I saw The Umbrellas of Cherbourg there and it was a pretty…

Did someone watching an Antonioni movie on a laptop kill your family or something?