@avclub-72c26dade152f790ddc1cb0559c2ba96:disqus Can't say that I was aware of that version before. They did a good job, though. Suitably epic. It's not even that I "hate" the songs, but I just heard them so. Many. Times. when I was growing up that I just can't digest anymore hedgerow bustles or Tiffany-twisted minds…

The most atrocious case of naming rights I've ever seen is happening right now here in South Florida. Florida Atlantic University recently announced that they would be naming their football stadium for the GEO Group - a private prison-management outfit that has a host of allegations and investigations racked up, due…

Hotel California is right up there alongside Stairway To Heaven as one of those songs that I really do not ever need to hear again in my lifetime. I think my personal tolerance quota for those two songs maxed out somewhere in the mid-'80s.

And even if we win - if we WIN! Hah! - even if we win…even if we play so far above our heads that our noses bleed for a week to ten days…even if God in heaven above comes down and points his hand at our side of the field…even if every man, woman and child held hands together and prayed for us to win…it just wouldn't…

You'll get nothing and like it!

I can think of no better use for fuck-you amounts of money than that.

"Now I know why tigers eat their young."

Meatballs…holy crap, 11-year-old me just loved that flick. I called my little sister Wudy the Wabbit for probably a month after I saw it, despite the fact that she is not named Rudy, or anything even remotely close to Rudy. It really pissed her off.

@avclub-17b86681ed00bfd05feb60bfe4ad25f1:disqus Pretty sure that's actually Shane MacGowan you're describing there.

Creepy Magician = name of my new band

Good question. I think he's a trip, but I can see that he might be a bit much for the 11:30 crowd.

I always figured it was those high-larious musical impressions he does. Boy oh boy, I never get tired of those!

I always figured it was those high-larious musical impressions he does. Boy oh boy, I never get tired of those!

My own personal Gold Standard for late-night talk show entertainment is any night that Craig Ferguson has Ewan McGregor on as a guest.

Goddammit…now I've got that guy's voice in my head on a loop. Thanks ever so much.

NBC has been through much worse from its on-air personalities. I'm old enough to remember the early days of SNL, when the show regularly ripped NBC and its president, Fred Silverman. Belushi played Silverman as a recurring character, and they tore that guy apart, in the funniest damn way. If I remember correctly,…

Counterpoint: John Mayer. And probably about a thousand other people I could think of off the top of my head who are WAY more annoying than Wayne Coyne. I can see where he might bug the crap outta some people, but if we're talking most annoying ever …I mean, c'mon now.

@avclub-95e2374e4c9f5f49f0e03fac57fb95d3:disqus It is fucking good, and it's available on Amazon, for anyone who wants to check it out.

It's not like I love the fact that Wayne Coyne and the Lips are doing TV commercials nowadays, but I will still go to bat for this band every fucking time. Some of the most joyous, enlightening, challenging and just plain interesting music-related moments I've ever had have been while attending their shows or…

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