I'm not certain the parents did it but at the very least they know who did, and they clearly tried to cover up the murder. (Is there a simpler explanation for that bizarre ransom note or the partial draft of the note?) The brother's an obvious candidate.

*drops to knees; folds hands; prays for first time since Reagan administration*

Somewhat ironically, Kansas can be proud of The Embarrassment. Y'all don't have to pretend to like Paw

It's a metaphysical certitude that phrase was inspired by his Jesuit education.

I've always blamed the original Crossfire for dumbing down televised political discourse. Michael Kinsley was/is a lightweight and the human personification of The Newsroom; Pat Buchanan was, of course, a wingnut clown (he was a better foil for McLaughlin, who could handle his nonsense), and their guests were more…

Great thing about the episode is that *I* always forget that the board is nailed down. So when Mac tries to flip it it's twice the laughs!

It got a little tired last season; almost every episode was self-referential in some way and the bar seems to feature less. They brought in a lot of new writers who were a little too transparently fans of the show. If the cast/producers correct that this season the show still has a lot of life in it.

….for product placement in Suicide Squad

It's one of their best episodes, and it's one I've recommended here a few times as a good place for newbies to start with WHM. The Broderick impressions are among their best, and this was still from a time when they didn't let the impression bits drag on.

I think it was Depeche Mode who fucked up their sound with heroin. New order were more acid, lager, and laziness.

Absolutely. It's pretty clear New Order didn't know what they were doing in the studio, altho Gilbert and Morris got up to speed on the electronics by the end of the 1980s. It worked for them, though, because they're that damn good, and because they're mostly aware of their limitations (so they'd bring in outside…

Helter Stupid is a better Sunday joyride album.

The CD market's starting to tighten up a bit, but if you can find a used CD place that doesn't list their stock on amazon or discogs you will still find some amazing stuff for pennies.

If you're going to keep any Augustus Pablo, you have to get King Tubbys Meet Rockers Uptown. Dump the Nile album if you have to; King Tubbys is essential.

New Order are very much a different band on LP than on singles (and I think this is one of the big reasons they never quite broke through in America). PCL, I think, owes more to post-punk and dub than the NYC club music that inspired 'Blue Monday' and 'Confusion'.

Alternatively, it could simply be a random noun. (e.g., 'Paw')

I remember 'Kill Your Television' being more popular as a bumper sticker than a song.

In support of one of your points: I was flipping between this and the Olympics so I only saw some of Rollins's segments. I only learned reading this that he was *not* looking for Demon Kane.

Are you sure you owned Dragline? That's so ubiquitous as a CD cutout bin staple that you may only *think* you bought it. I can draw the cover from memory but I'm not certain I've ever heard any of it.

I feel the same way. Even at the time they checked off every box for me: indie, on a reliable label, I like The Fall too, the critics I trusted loved them (the famous Spin review of Slanted and Enchanted where they wrote about it based on an unlabeled demo was very compelling.) But I've tried since 1990 to get into…