To be fair - wha!? - the remark about the Chinese being a "subspecies" was an attack on the country and the culture, not the race.  It was about as racist as saying something bad about Canadians.  (he was talking about, for a change of pace, the treatment of animals in China)

It's not a critique I typically use myself, I was just amused by the original post because one common barb thrown at Phil Collins since the 80's was that he epitomized corporate rock.

It's not a critique I typically use myself, I was just amused by the original post because one common barb thrown at Phil Collins since the 80's was that he epitomized corporate rock.

Being a pre-teen in the early 80's ruined Bowie for me.  The first track of his I ever heard was "Let's Dance," followed soon after by "Little China Girl."  (or maybe it was the other way around)  Both videos seemed to play on an endless loop, both songs featured prominently at awkward summer camp "socials" at which I…

Being a pre-teen in the early 80's ruined Bowie for me.  The first track of his I ever heard was "Let's Dance," followed soon after by "Little China Girl."  (or maybe it was the other way around)  Both videos seemed to play on an endless loop, both songs featured prominently at awkward summer camp "socials" at which I…

Hunger Games meets Lester Bangs in Almost Famous?

Hunger Games meets Lester Bangs in Almost Famous?

So let me get this straight — music today is corporate, unlike Phil Collins?

So let me get this straight — music today is corporate, unlike Phil Collins?

This article is a lot more fun if you hear it read in Patrick Bateman's voice.  (You know, right before he kills you.)

This article is a lot more fun if you hear it read in Patrick Bateman's voice.  (You know, right before he kills you.)

NO SPOILERS FOLLOW — from what I know of the Shepherd's Tale, you get answers a'plenty, but it's like I said — you get a lot of information, but it's not the same thing as seeing what Joss and company would have done with the story on the show.

NO SPOILERS FOLLOW — from what I know of the Shepherd's Tale, you get answers a'plenty, but it's like I said — you get a lot of information, but it's not the same thing as seeing what Joss and company would have done with the story on the show.

translation:  SHE'S NAKED IN THIS!

translation:  SHE'S NAKED IN THIS!

Man, right about this time o' day I really feel like sparkin' up an 1133, if you know what I mean.

Man, right about this time o' day I really feel like sparkin' up an 1133, if you know what I mean.

"When Simon stitches up Mal, he does it with needle and thread. No fancy Star Trek laser-stitches here."

"When Simon stitches up Mal, he does it with needle and thread. No fancy Star Trek laser-stitches here."

I suppose you're right.  Though, to be fair, we see it from her POV, and she's not paying attention to what the others are doing while she's with each guy.  So we don't really know WHAT they got up to.  All we know is that SOMETHING happened, they all blocked it out for twenty-five years, and when reminded of it, one…