I think y'all are missing the phrase "runaway slave" in the quoted lyric. Took me a couple of reads, too.

Strange that tough guy Judge Dredd never removes his helmet, while the rookie Judge apparently doesn't even need a helmet at all. Dude, you got out-toughed by a girl!

Strange that tough guy Judge Dredd never removes his helmet, while the rookie Judge apparently doesn't even need a helmet at all. Dude, you got out-toughed by a girl!

"Let your kids play guitar. If your kids are Alex Lifeson, it'll be fine."

"Let your kids play guitar. If your kids are Alex Lifeson, it'll be fine."

Hey, you lay off Mr William Joel.  He's friends with Gwyneth Paltrow!

Hey, you lay off Mr William Joel.  He's friends with Gwyneth Paltrow!

"You keep saying that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

"You keep saying that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

The first time i heard "she turns me on like a pickup truck" ("Castanets", A Man Under the Influence, 2001), i thought, "Now this is a country songwriter!" It was my intro to Escovedo, and it got me excited about left-field country music again.

The first time i heard "she turns me on like a pickup truck" ("Castanets", A Man Under the Influence, 2001), i thought, "Now this is a country songwriter!" It was my intro to Escovedo, and it got me excited about left-field country music again.

Been puzzling over this for three days. Finally, i give up: what's a solo band?

Been puzzling over this for three days. Finally, i give up: what's a solo band?

I will watch next season, with an open mind and a hopeful heart. But, yes, this.

I will watch next season, with an open mind and a hopeful heart. But, yes, this.

Fair enough, @avclub-8a0165299c27c4a0f44be8887783cf0e:disqus,  point and emoticon taken.

Fair enough, @avclub-8a0165299c27c4a0f44be8887783cf0e:disqus,  point and emoticon taken.

You got 47 Producers, a dozen Executive Producers… and a Showrunner. Can they really not think of an actual title for the position of "person who runs a TV show"?

You got 47 Producers, a dozen Executive Producers… and a Showrunner. Can they really not think of an actual title for the position of "person who runs a TV show"?

"Ten hundred books", actually. For me, the clunkiness of that phrase is perfection.