I just like how that accountant wandered in and stood on the left. Hell, it was his day off, he had his favourite checked shirt on, thought he'd visit the neighbour and see if he could borrow Nick's power drill for this bookshelf he was putting together.

You should check out Human Traffic, which is sort of like the British version. Not sure how available it is, but I liked it quite a bit (and Go too). 

I've gotta agree. I've listened to it a few times and like it, but get the feeling I'll like it a lot more when I've given it a chance to breathe. Not to bicker about grades, but B seems harsh, especially as it's a grower and Heller's pretty free and easy with As when it comes to pop punk. However, that may be sour…

I listened to it on top-of-the-line Philips speakers and still found it really muddy (I'm not sure why). It definitely sounded better on headphones for me.

Ah, geez, being non-American (and, for some reason, only reading the ingredient list on the McDLT page) I STILL didn't get it until I googled your quote and realised he was referring to an advertising campaign. For the last few hours I just thought 'huh, I guess this movie is somehow like a relatively generic…

You know, upon googling McDLT to figure out what it was, I found out that Wikipedia articles on McDonald's products are bizarrely detailed.

I wish we'd quit using 'supergroup' to denote any band made up of constituent parts of other bands that a few people may or may not have heard of. Nothing against Ms. Dawson and Mr. Rock, but come on! The Traveling Wilburys were a supergroup! A supergroup should include at least a few members that people outside of…

Well, it'll be preferable to Trent, Dr. Dre and Jimmy just following me around, as they currently do.

Listen, I'm pretty drunk here, but does any of this make sense to you native English speakers? I mean fuck, just wait until I am named as the new pope, and then you all will be screwed.

There was an interesting piece last year on the BBC about the children of Nazis. It wasn't overly long or in-depth, but was an interesting read for me, as I'd never really considered that aspect. I mean fuck, Goering's great-niece and nephew got sterilised so they wouldn't pass on the name.

Ya know, a more interesting question I was thinking about, especially as
regards the new My Bloody Valentine, is whether we really want bands to
'grow'. Some comments (and they seem to be a bit split, positive and
negative) have revolved around the fact that m b v sounds as a piece to
Loveless. For me, for a band like…

I liked the article and as others said, the point of it wasn't to argue about how the Frank Ocean album wasn't good. A lot of the point (at least how I read it) was this idea about hype and whether it's justified. The most interesting bit for me was the talk about how critics often jump on something 'new' just because…

Yeah, those are amazing. Given his delusions of grandeur, I'm really curious how he thinks they should be perceived, because all they seem to do is highlight his desperation and irrelevance.

I'm more of a tit man, but then again I've always preferred land birds to sea birds.

The new Retribution Gospel Choir (Alan Sparhawk from Low's side project) is out today as well. I'm looking forward to it.

I went to a pubic library once. I spent a lot of time in the Merkin history section, learning about the civil war and such.

DAYMAN! AwAAAA AAAA! FIGHTER OF THE NIGHTMAN! AwAAAA AAAA! CHAMPION OF THE SUN!

Sullen behaviour and random depravity. Another day at AV Club HQ.

I thought you called it a 'Martian Luther' figure, and although your comment was fine, it would be much more awesome my way.

January is a pretty bleak time for pop culture - no exciting new music, a dumping ground for movies, etc. At least we have the grey skies and miserable weather to cheer us up.