Don was really vulnerable in this episode, and Peggy was the only one he could really get over on—but he doesn't know how much power she actually does have: a job grown men would envy? How about a better paying job at a more prestigious firm that seems to appreciate her as a copywriter and a woman. I like how she says…

St. Peter, don't you call me cuz I can't go…
I apologize if anyone's already made this point, but I for one am interested in seeing how the power rankings change after last night. Don must have slipped—almost every exchange last night revealed him to be ultimately powerless—first he defers his power over the…

So When is it?
My problem with 'Napoleon Dynamite' (which I have trouble believing was created at all stages with no knowledge of the Elvis Costello connection) is that it seems to imply an 80's setting via costuming and set design, but nevertheless has undeniably post-millennial aspects, not the least of which is…

for an excellent treatment of the subject
http://books.google.com/boo…

@ Nutmeg—One of the best OTC trips you can take. And it is a trip, make no mistake, but watch out because it takes so long to metabolize that you may not feel anything until the next day, and it lasts a very long time and tastes terrible.

You know what!?—You're right that I didn't interview them (So I guess that means you win) but You Know What Else? If I had, I wouldn't have done it with the lack of civility that your original post contains. See, if you want to make a reasonable point—or change someone's mind, the way not to do it is to call them…

Dancehall fits into the puzzle this way: The big thing in Jamaica in the 70's was the Sound System—basically huge amplifier and PA setups run by DJ's to host parties at local dancehalls. Now the DJ in this case would often play the record followed or preceded by the alternate or Dub (i.e. instrumental "version") of…

One need not be skauthentic to be skawsome.

Hepcat's debut is one of the best party records ever. I got it on the eve of graduation from college and we had that final blowout house party, and not only did the crowd let it play all the way through (which NEVER happened) but right after they let it play all the way through a second time.

'Intensified!' Volumes one and two.

On my iPod they are "The (English) Beat"—but there was a minor American New Wave band called The Beat in America so their claim was staked over here. I also have Yaz(oo) on my iPod.

Or better yet:

A well-reasoned argument
I would have been one of those to at least wonder aloud whether 2-Tone was the right place to start, but this has convinced me. However, I must make a correction—"a style that blends calypso, jazz, and R&B" Actually, Calypso was the more latin flavored music of the Eastern Caribbean (notably…

I'll say it again…
I never knew Pittsburgh so well as I did in the years around which this book came out—and there were certainly mysteries, and there were certainly the opposite of mysteries (which, interestingly, I cannot find a word for), and Pittsburgh was the right location for this story. It may have the flaws…

Unregistered Prawn—I've never been more pleased to be out of my element.

Nobody ever went to Hell for giving charity to those that didn't need it—But I'm not at all sure the same is true of those who denied charity to those that did but could not prove it. In other words—who are you, or any of us, to decide who is worthy? It's a Thanksgiving rule—everyone gets firsts before anyone gets a…

But if that's what "liberal" meant to whoever said it, it doesn't make sense.

"who now thinks they have it all figured out and want to tell everyone how much they suck"

Disco Sucks
Okay, just to head off the inevitable Disco Sucks thread—Donna Summer belongs in the Hall of Fame as much, and maybe more than anyone being considered apart from the Stooges. Besides embodying the spirit of Disco, being a powerful and expressive vocalist and being the only one who could be called the Queen…

One of these things is not like the others…
ABBA
The Chantels
Darlene Love
Laura Nyro
The Stooges
Donna Summer