Unity - Operation Ivy

On Fire - Sebadoh

Another Body Murdered - Boo Yaa Tribe + Faith No More

Stars - Hum

We were fuckin' corndogs…RIP D.Boon

The Ergs are one of absolute favorite bands and I feel as if DorkCorkRod gets overlooked, despite it being the masterpiece it is.

Epic ~ Faith No More

Unity ~ Operation Ivy

Jesus and Tequila ~ The Minutemen

Hum ~ Stars

Jay Reatard ~ Always Wanting More

They weren't any worse than those Top Chef At Home commercials with Brooke and Josh.

Bret had a half hour and decided to make polenta. I have no words…

Shirley's fantastic and I'm not sure why you beefin'. She seems like she can run well with a group, I can't think of anything that has been an egregrious violation of teamwork on her part. She's not Michael, she's not tossing food off other's plates here. If I could remember correctly, the judges were pleasantly…

He's evil Malcolm Gladwell

Am I the only one who thinks that this challenge was perhaps misplaced within the season? Don't get me wrong, I loved it conceptually but three episodes in and I'm at least still trying to map out each chef's individual styles. Plus to have 16 chefs, groups of 4 making the same dish, work together in one kitchen had…

I wasn't necessarily saying the food would've been the best. I was just trying to point out that there were fatal mistakes made by both Bret and Patti that should be obvious to chefs everywhere and that they should've taken the blame. At least from a show standpoint, it seems as if Jason's exit was premature.

I got to meet Cliff drunk during a snowstorm here in New York. Swell guy, supports my dreams. Talked about the show, gave me a cake tester.

I'm sorry Sonia, I know Top Chef isn't your show, but this is another weak effort here. Television shows, albeit scripted or reality, are linear in the story conveyed, and to reveal Carrie winning in the opening paragraph, as well as to combine elements and plot lines, on multiple occasions, from the Quickfire and the…

Could've sworn he was dead after The Warden, cunning and devious, brought him down to the dungeon room. Good to see him tied in again, although for some reason I think he looks like a young Matt Damon, and that sort of bothered me.