Nope, that was the Plugz.

They're fantastic. They really do blend a lot of different styles of music together, and I've always appreciated the touches of jazz and garage rock that muscle their way into their usual mix. David Hildago has a wonderful voice too, which helps.

Every time Gbenga Akinnagbe shows up, I wonder if Snoop is also lurking somewhere.

(nerd) Ty Franck (Martin's former assistant) has a book series with Daniel Abraham, who is an author and has never been Martin's assistant. But Abraham is Martin's friend, and he also lives in New Mexico. (/nerd)

Me too. I love 'em both. I've been pretty devastated by the cancellation Community and Revolution (which really did get a lot better its second season), so the renewal of Nashville is one of the few bits of bright TV news for me.

Yes yes yes. I had to watch the first season to review for the website I write for and didn't really like it. But I felt like I had to at least check out the second season…and I was shocked at how good the show became this year.

It's there, but it's insanely difficult to see. It's a lot easier to notice on the Blu-ray, I've noticed, but still kind of difficult. West and Paxton talk a bit about it on the commentary track as well.

Yes he is, which is why I had the same reaction as @BatmanJesus:disqus. Tucker used to be one of the most dependable critics for EW before going freelance.

Rough indeed! But just knowing something awful was coming the whole time just made it even more uncomfortable.

There has to be some sort of drinking game involving reviews of Ti West movies and the phrase "slow burn."

You're about 2 hours 2 late for this one.

I think his little-seen thriller Trigger Man is uneven, but man, the tense stuff is really tense. I couldn't breathe the last 20 minutes of the movie.

See, I get why people think this, but I do think there was a point to it all.

I've got such a soft spot for them. I got both Pocket Full of Kryptonite and Turn It Upside Down on cassette from Columbia House when I was a kid. Those albums didn't age well, but there are still some really enjoyable tunes there.

I hear ya…I'm liking the album way more than Heller did (though I do miss McCollum).

It could've been a simple mistake. I know I've accidentally gotten titles wrong of stuff I've loved in the past simply because I hit the wrong key. Maybe I just didn't love those things enough, I guess.

Yup. I've been saying something similar for years. I think Sharp is a much better songwriter than you give him credit, but I do think that he and Cuomo really did work best as a two-headed monster.

But what about Layla?

I've seen enough videos of him sorta-playing to know that he at least knows how to be a passable rhythm guitarist. The one time I saw the Hold Steady live, he was trading lead licks with Kubler, too. It would have been cool, however, if his amp had been bigger than a postage stamp. All I heard were squeaks.

"[Kubler] seems liberated, not hemmed in, by the addition of a fulltime six-string partner…"