In case there's not a Songs of the Year So Far article:

Well that sucks and is disappointingly unsurprising. The one heartening aspect of all this is there was at least one person who was willing to deliberate for over 50 hours to ensure an obviously guilty verdict (at least I think that's how it works. Most of what I know about juries I learned from 12 Angry Men).

I feel the same way about Kendrick Lamar albums as I do about The Wire: both are empirically outstanding and justifiably rank as the artistic gold standard for rap and television, respectively. But they're not as enjoyable as works that are arguably less impressive,like Kanye West (or The Sopranos, if we continue this…

HUPPERT FTW!!

Donald Trump: Stephen, I want Stephen Hawking killed.

"Our own Ashley Ray-Harris skillfully diagnosed the recent missteps of Netflix’s flagship drama, which bit off more than it could chew in its fourth season, at least in terms of trying to tackle the Black Lives Matter movement and a bevy of other hot-button social issues."

Fantastic Mr. Fox is my favorite Wes Anderson film.

YOU RESPECT DRAGONS BUT NOT US?!?!?

Good for her, but this should have been Keri Russell's award. Her speech demolishing Paige is some of the best, most terrifying acting I have ever seen.

Come on Maggie Smith! Put egg on Jimmy Kimmel's face!

It's actually fantastic. I'd give it a shot.

Holy shit that man standing behind Mark Burnett looked so much like Paul Ryan

I'm afraid I'm going to miss this week's viewing; I'm watching the Emmys

He's not even a real doctor!!

Brilliantly put. Gun nuts aren't exactly wrong when they say that we have a mental health problem in America and that violence can be a symptom of said problem. They're just wrong about everything else: using psychiatric illness as a rug under which many instances of gun-related violence can be swept rather than a…

I had never heard of this singer until this morning, but this is objectively horrifying. Since there's apparently never going to be changes in gun regulation laws in this country, I can only hope that this tragedy compels the powers-that-be to increase funding for mental health resources. Or make cheap, fashionable…

I hope this means that Bill is Varys.

Very excited for this. For the record, Fingersmith is an absolutely fantastic book. Reads like a Wilkie Collins book but with lesbian sex.

I don't have any specific memories of Prince and/or his music in relation to any specific points in my life because every time one of his songs come on, I enter a out-of-body state in which I start dancing and chanting his choruses. So in Memoriam, here is my playlist of Prince songs that cause me to lose my goddamn…

Buckle up, buckaroos!