It's not what you say, it's how you say it.  BOOM.  DONE.

Oh, David Blaine… never change.

Someone finally found a use for those goddamn horse heads.

When you watch it, can you tell me what it's about?  I read these articles, and, more than any other show I've read about but haven't watched, it sounds like some kind of ambiguous blob of plot.  There's this woman who went crazy, and got therapy, or some kind of new age mantra thing?  And she works at a company that…

When you watch it, can you tell me what it's about?  I read these articles, and, more than any other show I've read about but haven't watched, it sounds like some kind of ambiguous blob of plot.  There's this woman who went crazy, and got therapy, or some kind of new age mantra thing?  And she works at a company that…

Exactly.  I never understood why people were getting spun up on DVR ratings (aside from the fact so many good shows had low live ratings).  Who on earth doesn't skip the commercials, and how could the ratings people tell either way?  The whole model of free (or free-ish) TV in exchange for watching commercials is…

I'm guessing the Dave Hester law suit…? 

It's a little too metal for prog. If Mars Volta ever get back together, they're gold, though.

Yup, first thing i thought of.  At one point it became an anime cliche, but as you suggest, surely Nausicaa was the first.

I'll add that Loveless and In the Aeroplane… struck me as polar opposite records.  Loveless was the joyful birth of a new kind of sound, and MBV just straight-up abandoned it.  Aeroplane was a man purging himself of some tremendous pain, the success of which meant he never needed to sing again.  I'm amazed Mangum's…

I'm also reading Steven Hyden's excellent Winner's History of Rock'n'Roll, where he makes the case that Joe Perry is the icon of 70's drug excess.  So who is it?  Perry or Frehley?   And how many mountains of blow would be needed once we organize a drug-era face-off via incredible time machines?

The strength of any theory is measured in the predictive power, so keep your eyes peeled and your mustache neatly combed (with a slight rakish curl)!

eh, beaten to it.

You got it, man!  YOU ARE ON THE TROLLEY

This all fits right into my theory that Adventure Time is retelling the complete series of Magnum PI.  Lemongrab is Higgins.  Lemonjon is that helicopter that TC flies.

I have a soft spot for big explosion movies, but I am really getting sick of Renner.  Like everyone else, I was suckered in by his performance in the Hurt Locker (smart big explosions!), but he's gotta be setting a record for how fast he's burning through that cred.  And he was supposed to get the Phoenix role in The…

Just do every song on Queen II, in order.  BOOM.  DONE.

If there's anyone who would be a target for scamming, it'd be a low-level salesman at a struggling paper company.

@avclub-40d0f53c876ca622ae3032974935fdd8:disqus In that regard, the cartoon captured the spirit of every game of D&D I ever played.  We might as well have hung a sign that said "DERP!" on the basement door.

I want to hear more about how Jimmy Page is such an asshole.  That's really the only reason I fire up the browser in the morning.