I do get your point that they're not very clear on what they're trying to do, and again, I think that the feature loses a bit of value when they post as often as they do (not a serious criticism, but a bit of an issue I have). Still, they're doing a pretty lousy job of pre-release promotion, because I don't think I've…

As far as I know, @avclub-0fe01c8a5bcc308ca6bca874fd4caaab:disqus, this feature was developed BECAUSE of the Dawes controversy. I personally think it's a great idea. They can't cover everything in review form, and this is a way for the writers to turn us onto some things that caught their attention, even if it doesn't…

Wait Willy Nelson's dead now too? You really live up to your name, @avclub-9407305400a3b355df1f23b86e031ff3:disqus.

"The approach pays off in scenes like the one where Castro takes an
ordinary, boring shower, while offscreen, we hear the sound of
civilization collapsing."
Yeah, that sometimes happens when I'm in the shower too.

All I know is that my bathtub is clearly too small to accommodate both me AND Isabella Rossellini.

Hi @avclub-8e241a00e2905962b86a2e25a7945c70:disqus, I have a weird relationship with Barnes' books. I think, in many ways, he's a pretentious and annoying author, and dislike many of his books. However, occasionally he manages to hit a nerve with me. I guess it depends how you read books. If you're a plot person, then…

That is amazing! It sounds like a robot programmed to sound roughly like how idiotic 15-year-olds speak! It even has vampires!

Jesus fucking Christ, man, don't give them more pull quotes.
It 'sounds like it's Finnegan's Wake!' I guarantee that's the only time Erlandson is compared to James Motherfucking Joyce. Kudos, sir.

I am generally a miserable bastard who appreciates nothing, but I thoroughly enjoyed this.

'Hopping'…, sugar frosted nutsack, nope this is not likely something I will be searching for this Easter. I just finished reading Barnes' The Sense of an Ending. The, um, ending was a bit contrived, I felt, but the prose was wonderful, compelling and sad. I find him extremely hit and miss, but I would recommend…

Wait, you masturbate in some more empathetic way? I've gotta try that. It sounds sexy!

As he cuts open the pope's eyeball….

@avclub-59c4e0a1cedba7dc5ff1541ac8b60028:disqus
You must be a blast at parties.

Wow, that did make me cry, Mr @avclub-7eb4a72022cfae60dcf8a0226d0b0ca6:disqus, especially as I realise that I too, will be extinct at some future point.

Yeah, Sean O'Neil was pretty great in this. Not as snarky as some of his other roles, but still good.

Listen, leave Ted Nugent alone. He is just making use of his constitutionally-protected right to bear arms. Or bare arms. Or arm bears. Really, all apply to Ted Nugent.

Embarrassingly, my experience was somewhat opposite. I knew shitty Firehouse, and then was really confused when I saw them getting some critical acclaim. It took me quite a while to realise that fIREHOSE was a different beast entirely.

Indeed, that was a great video and must have taken impressive skill. Me, I went and bought some lightbulbs and responded to a few e-mails today, in between games of solitaire, which is also a pretty amazing use of one's time.

Yeah true enough, but I liked this deconstruction of big, dumb songs. Also:
"The crotch is alerted by the whiff of sexual suggestion".
Hyden has the greatest pick-up lines. The women must be all over him.

I've always wondered what Jackson Pollock ate to give his bodily fluids such bright hues.