Thanks Mr Bathrobe, I agree. I for one really like Mumford and Sons and think they write catchy songs. I guess that makes me uncool, and, so be it. Like you said, think what you want about them, but they probably deserve more love than a lot of the shit that was nominated (see Justin Bieber). I just think there are…

This thread, for whatever reason, inspires me. It makes me realise all that is good and horrible in the world. I, for one, like Arcade Fire. I have no idea any more if that is cool or not, but I think they write damn good songs. I had the chance to see them in, I think, 2005, right when Funeral was released, in a…

Miracle - you may be young now but yes, you will get around to being old and hopeless. Keep the faith! Also, watch out for Mr 'Speed This Up'. I think he's a paedophile.

I think you guys are missing the bigger point. Fuck, we all have car holes, but I have never known anybody, other than the goddamn Queen, who could afford Toaster Strudel.

This has been wonderful, and I thank you all. What I have learned is that sometimes it's really great to be alone on 14 Feb, and sometimes it's nice to be with other people on 14 Feb., and, all in all, we just tread this lonely world alone. Except when we don't, and have polyamourous hate sex. So, you know, god bless…

Thanks Ms Kane, that clarifies things. I was not upset and just interested in how these sex studies take place. It is much more exciting (or on the contrary, maybe just as prosaic) than the public policy life I live. I feel an odd love of the world, just knowing that 'erection machines' exist.

That's an interesting take, and one I hadn't honestly thought of, Mr Luxury-Yacht. I can see what you're saying in something like 'Fruitfly in the Beehive'. It'd be fairly similar to Wire's new one, in some ways, moving in a bit more of a tuneful direction and away from the stark angularity of earlier albums.
I was…

I hope you enjoyed the show. I was lucky enough to see them on their reunion tour. They put on one hell of a show, I must say.

Wow, I had no idea that Burnham hadn't played on Return the Gift, so thanks for the information. It seems especially surprising, as I know that Burnham's unhappiness with the drum sound on the original recordings was always brought up as a key motivator of the re-recordings. I'm not sure what happened with Dave Allen,…

Maybe I'm missing the point of your post, but I'd actually be pretty annoyed if I was taking part in a sex study and I had to supply my own porn. What would be the point?

"greedily forging into a godforsaken land that offered little more reward than conquest itself."

Yeah, this thread's pretty awesome. My advice:
Lovecraft - maybe you shouldn't have sung her 'Murder Incorporated'
Mr Folds Fan - Thanks for pointing out how you think most of us are old.
Yee Yee - Don't worry, we at the AVClub still like you. Well, some of us. The rest seem to fucking hate you for some reason I've never…

Toaster Strudels? Who do you think you are? Donald Trump?

I must sort of agree, Mr. Lame Gang. I find him incredibly unfunny, and just coasting on an 'oh, I'm a cheeky little former drug addict' shtick I can't stand. The problem is, a lot of people DO seem to find him charismatic, for some reason largely unknown to me. Maybe Americans just haven't had enough time to get as…

Who wasn't in the pay of Big Beaver Pelts in that day? It was definitely a magical time in Canada.
Big Beaver or not, Lord Durham had an important (and long-lasting) impact on translating the Westminster-style of political system to the colonies. And who said Canadian history was boring!

Another Canadian here. We're like you Rowan, only slightly, creepily different…
I agree with Mr Aether, and I think it's something we're very aware of in studying history in Canada. Maybe the fact that so much of our understanding of ourselves (and our differences from our neighbours to the south) is based on the…

Thank you AV Club readers for continuing to surprise me in wonderful ways. I never expected to wake up this morning to discussion of what cowboy hats are best.

Robster, I agree. As usual, this article was well-written food for thought, but I sort of disagree on the Korn take. I never thought I'd be defending Korn in 2011, but if you were a teenager in a small town in 1995, you could take the same feelings of alienation and not fitting in that applied to grunge music and…

I love his Dark Night of the Soul stuff, but I'm not sure electro-pop is his strong suit. Still, I almost find it creepier when David Lynch is doing sunshine-y warm stuff than when he's doing more dark and ominous music.

Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free was the album that turned me on to them. It's still my favourite, but this new one is definitely strong. I picked it up on the pre-release on eMusic (one of the few good things about that service in recent months, as they continue to turn their back on the indies and threaten to become just…