I'd say don't read Slaughter-House 5 first. Zack mentioned the need to understand the rage behind Vonnegut to get the best out of Cat's Cradle. I think you need to understand Vonnegut's philosophy and views on fatalism to really get the most out of Slaughter-House 5. He handles the topic of fatalism too seriously and…

What you guys call efficiency,
I call thin and weak. This is such an underwhelming album, which is a shame because he probably has a great album in him if he bothered with, well, you know, songs.

I think there are much more legitimate reasons why I'm not a tv writer other than preferring that a gimmick not come at the expense of the storyline/pacing e.t.c.

Kind of dug it, kind of didn't.
The reality show format did give it a jolt of freshness and lead to some of the best jokes in the episode, but I also feel like it hampered the show, storyline wise. It probably would have been better if they did the reality show part as a cold open and the occasional cutaway instead of…

It's not showing, it's the consequence of telling. He's changed so now he's the voice of reason. It's completely unearned. Any atonement, any redemption he may have done, has occured off screen, robbing the viewer from what should be a cathartic story telling moment. This also comes at the expense of the character who…

Andre
I don't like what they've done with Andre. They just introduced him and told us he was changed. The least they could have done is show him proving that he's changed, rather than just telling us that he has. Especially since he's the whole reason Shirley is at Greendale.

It's a pretty great album. The addition of the cello just makes so much sense.

But he has Gold faucets, whose value will increase dramatically if the Libertarian Party brings back the Gold Standard.

Jeff's a guy who enjoys manipulating people to get exactly what he wants. He's exactly the kind of guy who would be a libertarian.

Also, lol @ Leonard being a member of the Whig party.

Phreeze Phrame Phun
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I don't mind the Eminem verses, I like Eminem when he has a little fire under his belly, which its absence really marred some of the tracks on Relapse, but Dre only writes two kinds of songs now; "Weed is awesome, yay, go weed!" and "hey guyz, I used to be in N.W.A. remember? I pretty much started the whole G-Funk…

They took everything that made their first album exciting and interesting, and threw it away to make something generic and bland. They crafted their own sound on Funeral but most of Neon Bible sounds like it could have been made by any generic indie band.

Local Natives
Seeing who everyone else gets as an opening act must annoy those who are seeing AF on the first leg.

No. A beginner could play The Passenger and that song sounds amazing and very few people could play what Joe Satriani plays, but his songs sound like utter shit.

If she were a guy, no one would give a shit about her lack of drumming ability other than those music fans who care more about the technical aspects of a song than the sound.

Paul Westerberg's best solo stuff is as good as his best Replacements stuff and Teenager Of The Year is a better album than anything the Pixies released, tbh.

I'm sadder about Meg White's absence from music
than about the dissolution of the White Stripes. I non-ironically (I don't like how I have to point that out) love Meg White's drumming. I'm not the world's biggest drum fan, but my two favourite things about the drums are the thump and the crash (those are the technical…

So Angela wants to make the claim that Chris Brown is both blacklisted and on SNL because he's popular?

Sure, Traveling Wilbury's may not be as good as Bob Dylan, but I'm still waiting for Dylan to release an album as amazing as Spirit Of Eden.