This makes no sense at all, @avclub-2ba01cc9a353550362c10a24f8404270:disqus    Are you actually claiming that people hate the Eagles because of Joe Walsh? Your thoughts on this subject are clearly broken and you should look into getting them fixed.

@avclub-71348decaf1df2bb85be2ece24cc2a1d:disqus , are you stating that Florida law (presumably the "stand your ground" law) is such that it became easier to claim self-defense in this case?  I'm not a lawyer, but I assumed that the defense case rested on the jury having reasonable doubt regarding whether Martin…

@avclub-71348decaf1df2bb85be2ece24cc2a1d:disqus, that's not how criminal courts work in this country. It is always up to the prosecution to prove their case.  The onus is never on the defendant nor should it be. Since the fact the Zimmerman shot Martin was not in dispute, the not guilty finding essentially "proves"…

Then your comment should have read "Legally, Zimmerman is innocent."  He did shoot and kill a man. And he did so after disobeying a police order not to follow him. And he's very likely something of a paranoid racist. So, "innocent" seems like a stretch.

Actually, Zimmerman was found not guilty.  Not quite the same as innocent.

My brother was a mechanic at the time and actually worked on Joel's car, which was a Citroen.  My brother said it was the cheapest piece of crap car he ever worked on. The hibiscus would probably win that battle.

Interesting that you say he's a great guy @avclub-920530cb8744c679e3a2ece84f1d5ce4:disqus , my brother used to work on Martha's Vineyard years ago, where Joel has/had a place. He had a reputation for being a giant asshole. Like, biggest asshole on the island.

I actually played Broken Hearts at my weekly open mic night last night.  Great song. 

I did an audition once that actually caused a band to break up. Of course, it's not as cut and dried as that it was all due to my playing — it made the bass player realize that he didn't want to play the same stuff as the drummer and rhythm guitarist did, so he quit.  (I play guitar and was foolishly auditioning for a…

Apologies if this has been discussed already,  but what's going on with the AV Club site and Flash?  The site keeps either causing Flash to crash or causing my browser (Chrome) to become unresponsive.  It's been happening for at least a couple of weeks now.  It's not just me, is it? 

Nonsense!  The wife has used the Wii Fit twice this year alone. And about twice before that since it was bought several years ago.  The daughter uses it for Just Dance-type games all the time, however, otherwise I would probably nix it in favor of Xbox (but only for Netflix and HBO Go viewing — I hate video games).

I'm out of inputs on the TV. I can swap out the DVD player with a Blu-Ray,  but Wife and Daughter Dharma Initiative won't accept disconnecting the Wii Fit to accommodate Xbox.

Samsung need to follow through on their promise to have HBO Go access on one of their wireless-enabled Blu-Ray players.  I don't want to buy a new TV and I don't like watching shit on some relatively tiny screen — that's why I bought a 57" TV.

@Scrawler I can't even be bothered to spell the name right, despite it being in the thread a hundred times.  People probably shouldn't pay much attention to me.

@anyroses:disqus was arrested for committing a violent felony, which he pleaded down to a misdemeanor. Generally, though not necessarily in his/her case, the people that do that are guilty.  I propose that anyroses is EXACTLY the kind of person whose guns should be taken away.

I hate Bran. Worst character on the show. He needs to be pushed out as many windows as possible until he's either dead or far less boring.

I never fails to amaze/amuse me that PBR is a "cool" beer now.

Is gypsies paving driveways poorly a thing?  There's a "church" near me that's supposedly run by gypsies that own a paving company that folks complain about. (The "church" is really just a scam the "reverend" uses to bang the teenaged runaways that he "saves.")

You have to work really hard to be sleazier than Steve Wynn.  Francis manages to pull it off, though.

Someone stole one of those CD wallets from me once.  It contain 3 discs from my Complete Studio Recordings box set. That sucked.