Lickety-split is already an adverb. Also, just adding "-ly" to something isn't necessarily the correct way to transform an adjective into an adverb.

In general, though, people seem to be pretty anti-slant rhyme, which doesn't make much sense to me.

No, it isn't.

However, the Lonely Island lyric "Hey pretty girl did you go to college/did you get a BA with all that knowledge" is fantastic. Though it's of course a parody and intentially bad.

Yes. This.

There's something I sort of like about that line. Like, it's just so weirdly constructed. And I mean, it has to be on purpose, right? Why would you write it that way?

And War on Oats' example is of course a wonderful illustration of that.

The Sondheim rule is silly. There's nothing wrong with near rhymes, half rhymes, doggeral rhymes. This has been the case in poetry for a couple centuries, but somehow song lyrics can only contain perfect rhymes?

I read that as Harry's actually marrying his brother Larry.

Masses/masses has always driven me crazy too, though aside from that this song is pretty great. The imagery is fantastic, even if the lyrics are a bit clunky—and I mean, come on, it's Ozzy. All his lyrics are at least a little clunky.

I just realized I've never heard it as "lickety-splitLY" but just "lickety-split." If I'm wrong, and it is "splitly," that is pretty bad, but forgivable, I think, because it's a great, great song.

Quickly/Lickety-split, though a doggeral rhyme, is actually really clever. These are fantastic lyrics.

That's kind of a great lyric.

Wood or metal?

Thank you very much!

Where's a good place to start with Marcuse?

That is, it doesn't matter how talented an actress is—or a female pop star, or whomever—because she will always be judged first and foremost on her fuckability. See the comments to Steven Hyden's Lada Gaga piece for a really good example, but even a lot of the comments here. Somehow more relevant than any other aspect…

Yup
"Sexual desirability—the fact that, as agent says of Faris in that New Yorker piece, "guys want to nail her"—is still the yardstick by which Hollywood actresses are measured."

I'm pretty sure that being a weak/bad actress does not translate to being able to more easily play weak/bad characters. I'm pretty sure that those characters are actually more difficult to play.

great piece
"Gaga's meta relationship with fame can be likened to the meta relationship the media has with politics, where the "horse race" aspect of elections is covered more than the actual issues. This way of looking at politics has filtered down to the rest of us. Our political discussions often revolve around…