this is my last opportunity to admit this before Mysteries of Laura goes into the dustbin of history: I watched a couple of episodes of this on a long plane ride and it's really not bad. Messing plays what could be a cliched harried mom/cop role with a light enough touch that it doesn't come off as trite. It's comfort…

I'm going to try Miami Vice again. It struck me as a bit too understated even for a Michael Mann film, but it might still grow on me. It took me two or three views to really get into Heat, now one of my favorite movies.

I liked it, but there is an odd 'History Channel reenactment' vibe to a lot of it, particularly anything shot outdoors.

So was Dave Chapelle.

[plays air drums to awesome drum fill]

Miami Vice is the only Michael Mann film I can't get into. I can't figure out why.

I imagine this is an unpopular opinion among Twin Peaks-philes, but if it had remained a miniseries as is was originally supposed to it would deserve its current adulation. But everything after the first six/eight episodes are underwhelming-not bad, just kinda rote weirdness compared to the original eps.

And I'm going to point out that it's possible to think Woody's innocent, and still enjoy his work.

I can't believe Louis CK used to do comedy

I would have made the exact same list of artists in your edit if I had to list 'critically acclaimed bands that I should like but really dont'. (Except Kanye, who I dislike without reservation.) The cult of LCD Soundsystem really baffles me…its inoffensive, bland, 80s/90s ish electronic pop apparently inspired by car…

More like its Osric, I think

Apparently Kit was saving all his man ass for the Doctor Faustus production he's in.

The discussion in comments is great, but yeah this is an insufferable interview. I'm not surprised this guy's gotten offers to be a millennial consultant or whatever; everything he says sounds like he's been thinking about how to brand himself.

Even better, it was the New York Times that got trolled by Sub Pop's receptionist (Megan Jasper, btw, who's now I believe a VP at the label; a much-deserved award for an American Hero.)

I don't think this is going to be the case; I suspect that having everything available to experience everytime is going to do more to make film/music/etc canons more rigid and limited. Too much choice invites most people to gravitate to the familiar rather than to explore the weird.

I'm Gen X who teaches mostly millennials. I have never seen any entitlement disproportionate in comparison to any other generation. Plus they have a lot of legit complaints. I wish this stereotype would die.

People who work in higher education will assure you that it's not a huge, huge money maker. The only people making money in higher ed are football coaches.

Considering literally every Internet-based 'disruption' in film and music consumption is predicated on the assumption that no one ever wants to leave their home, I think it will be far more than your neck if the woods that's like that, and it's going to get worse.

A point worth pondering. It turns out 'withdrawing in disgust is not the same as apathy' was not politically effective.

It seems that people are starting to forget that a lot of Generation X graduated in a pretty crappy economy (not as bad as millennials, but, if you graduated before 1995 or so, pretty bad.) A lot of the so-called slacker aesthetic came out of this. Also, the tech boom (which people treat as synonymous with 90s…