I Heart Huckabees was great, and Russell's 'career revitalization' has resulted in his worst films (e.g, Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle).

Yeah, "Fool's Gold" is hands down the best Honor System song.

I love TLA, but I thought Oh Calcutta was their weakest effort, both musically and lyrically. I think a big part of what bothered me was an overall shift in tone and attitude that seemed most apparent on that album.

Yes! I got into The Broadways in mid-high school, just as I was beginning to take a greater interest in politics and the world around me. Their way of melding the personal and the political made them the most meaningful band to me from about from about 2000-2004. I even completely rewrote the shitty Wikipedia entry…

Though I disagree with some of the review's assessments of Stuart (I don't think he completely lacks self-awareness), I think the overall grade for the episode is pretty accurate.

Yeah, I think the reviewer missed the mark on that one. I don't view Stuart as totally unaware at all; I think it's more that he's so desperately lonely that he's able to convince himself to do things he knows are utterly ridiculous, just in the faint hope that it'll somehow impress a woman. As a commenter below…

Yeah, Wasserman comes off pretty badly. First, rather bitter/spiteful that the actors didn't really care much about the music on the show (and thus, I'm left to surmise, didn't fawn over him during the ONE TIME he claims they met) and later on seems a bit lecherous over Amy Jo.

I like Jeffrey Brown, and any time I've interacted with him he's been incredibly nice (even needlessly going out of his way to send my friend and I a complimentary letter about some stuff we gave him). But I just can't get into his more recent (autobiographical) stuff with nearly the same zeal as his earlier work. At…

I've seen them the past 3 or 4 times they've played Toronto, and while they generally put on a good show, each album tour means they're further and further removed from Black Sheep Boy, which I'll forever hold as by far their best album.

Okay, fair enough; my apologies. After the Cherry Poppin' Daddies post from last week, I'm perhaps a little over-suspicious.

Perhaps I'm just being cynical and this entry is simply a result of the writer's genuine interest, but I can't help but feel that the 'Good Job Internet' feature (and AV Club more broadly) has been moving towards more and more (unmarked) sponsored content.

Yeah, this is some pretty blatant sponsored content. Basically a regurgitation of their presumable press release.

I agree with @avclub-c2772fe942fe1bdcf0fec5d508dd6e23:disqus for the most part, though the show isn't perfect in that regard. I felt pretty bad for the petting zoo owner when Nathan was explaining why he didn't put the zoo's name anywhere in the viral video he made for them. In Nathan's defense, he probably didn't…

Agreed; I was crying during that bit. And it's the only time I've ever seen Nathan briefly break character and laugh at the sheer insanity of what was happening.

I do agree that MSNBC has, in many ways, regrettably moved towards being a pro-Obama mouthpiece rather than simply a liberal-minded network. But Chris Hayes is a pretty big exception to that. Glenn Greenwald himself was a frequent guest on Hayes' past show, and has noted on a few occasions how his program represents a…

Nope! But I generally prefer those opposing views to have more of a basis in reality, you know? A number of the criticisms in this review were actively inaccurate (based on an obvious lack of even cursory knowledge of Hayes' former show) and seemed to involve a desire for Hayes to be more of an authoritarian pundit…

Yeah, I saw that Ebert segment and thought James Lipton's appearance (and tracksuit diversion) was a bit out of place. Hayes also seemed strangely non-impressed by it.

Yeah, I was a bit surprised by how negative the actual body of the review was. And some of the accusations therein seemed to belie a general lack of familiarity with both Hayes and his previous show.

Chris Hayes has his faults, but to me they all get a pass. After all, he's by far the most left-wing 'pundit' (for lack of a better term) in mainstream TV news, he treats/trusts his audience as smart and curious people, and he's outlandishly deft at mixing in-depth social and policy discussions with a friendly…

Agreed. There's certainly nothing earth-shattering about this band, but they consistently produced good pop tunes whilst never taking themselves too seriously.