I'm not disputing the general goodness of iZombie, but Jane the Virgin is the best new network show, by a good margin.

No, this is a no-brainer.

And you, sir, are not a gentleman!

Yes. The fact that the editor was able to cut the "he drinks a whiskey drink" part with (mostly) all-different shots (no pun intended) made me chuckle.

Psst, Alex, it's Jamie Anne Allman, not Allen.
Speaking of, she can't have aged more than a couple of months since that first season of The Shield.

K-Fed started out trim, but got really bloated toward the end.

Yeah, I remember wincing when I read that. I still read that as sexist, not misogynist (that is, indicative of a sexist attitude, but not indicative of hatred towards women) but given how interchangeable the two terms have gotten, arguing semantics is a waste of time (in this case, anyway). For a book published in…

I hope this isn't one of those times where I've been reading something with my privilege glasses on (it probably is), but although I can remember plenty of times Butcher struck me as a bit sexist or old-fashioned when it comes to gender roles, he never came across as outright misogynistic. There is a distinction…

RFTC is pretty damn amazing. It's still a tragesty (sic) that this didn't make the final cut for that record, though. RFTC at their silliest is close to RFTC at their best.

Different Class is amazing ("Sorted for E's and Whizz" slots right into my top ten tracks of that decade, maybe ever), and is probably the better record, but that personal connection will trump everything else for me. This Is Hardcore just hit me where I lived, and it's never stopped doing just that.

Yeah, I have no idea why I blanked on RFTC. All four of their major late nineties releases should be on there; Scream Dracula Scream, The State Of The Art Is On Fire (was there ever a more perfect EP?), Hot Charity and RFTC.

Here's hoping they run this over the opening credits.

That's a lovely list, I'll definitely have to check out the few of those I slept on back then (and the few I haven't even heard of).

Thanks for the recommendations!

That's Emil Nikolaisen. His band, Serena-Maneesh, is a bit of alright. And I'm pretty sure he started dressing like that before Jack Sparrow was a thing.

Lovely story. Thanks for sharing it!

This was the same committee behind Black Tie White Noise and 1. Outside? I should write them a letter and thank them for their influence on my favourite Bowie period (no, I'm not kidding).

Wow, so the latter two had merits beyond their one-hit-wonder status? The mind boggles a bit, though I did like those songs. Care to recommend any further listening?

I'm with you on this; the illusion of objective taste is a huge pox on music, especially when it comes to the different eras of pop. Of course your tastes are going to be influenced by what you grew up (and matured) listening to. That doesn't delegitimise our tastes, and it certainly doesn't delegitimise a time…

I listened to it recently for the first time in a decade, and it kinda blew me away. You have to leave your cynicism at the door (I guess that's true of all her music), but it's pretty damn impressive if you do. It sunk her as an A-list star, but judging from this article, that probably wasn't ever on her agenda.