I love the idea of a revival of con-capers! I liked American Hustle, too, because of what some people call "window dressing." I liked the clothes, the music (how great was the use of Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road?!), the interior design (Sydney's aspirational apartment, Jennifer Lawrence's character's…

Here's to one of the few actresses who didn't unnecessarily chop off her long hair after turning 40 (or 50… or 60, for that matter). Curiously, these days, they all seem to be dong it earlier, like, say, in their 20s. See: Jennifer Lawrence, Carey Mulligan, and Anne Hathaway.

Episodes I remember most (not sure about the titles, sorry) for deeply superficial reasons (I regret nothing):

Yup, I watched Wadjda and l loved it. I loved the story and, visually, it had the same kind of naturalism I loved in The Hurt Locker. For some reason (did it have a wide release?) it flew under the radar where I live.

Wadjda sounds like something I might like.

What is your point? I'm not saying that maybe if I watched these movies, I'd like some them. That's obvious. What I'm saying is that, based on reviews, plot outlines, summaries, other people's comments, and year-end lists, there aren't many movies I would like to see. These things (reviews, plot outlines, year-end…

Yeah, ever since college, I've become the kind of person who'll quote Sontag's Against Interpretation every chance I get. I hated that text in college because I was all 'No, don't you understand that every interpretation is valid because interpretation shifts the act of writing from the writer/filmmaker to the…

Every year I read these year-end lists, and with each passing year I have less and less interest in seeing most (or actually any) of the movies therein. I've seen Before Midnight (dragged a bit), and that's it. And I honestly have no interest in seeing any of the others. I simply can't make myself watch them without…

I think I will check out their previous albums. I wasn't going to, based on the new album, but I listened to Boogie from Tell 'Em What Your Name Is! and I like it much more than anything on the new album. You're right, it's a totally different sound. There's less of that noisy electric guitar, it sounds more melodic,…

One of my disappointments of 2013. I haven't seen them/him live, but somehow the album didn't impress me. I wanted to like it, but I didn't. For me, the music falls somewhere between 1) Gary Clark Jr. (one of my disappointments of 2012), and 2) Ty Segall. 1) It's got lots of electric guitar. I can hear that the person…

Also, re: Jake Bugg, I know it was just an example of a popular artist everybody's heard about in 2013, but I actually really like his guitar playing. I recently watched his episode of Guitar Moves with Matt Sweeney and liked what I heard. He's not very good at explaining this stuff (watch the episode with Josh Homme…

Okay, fine, but I can't guarantee you (or anyone else, for that matter) will like these. I posted my favourite blues-rock albums in the "favourite albums of 2013" thread.

What's that song by Florida Georgia Line? Cruise? I liked that one. What I didn't like about it is that awful Auto-Tuned sound so popular in country songs these days supposed to heighten the country twang.

I liked If You Can See Me for its multi-layered, U2 (the beginning) meets Eno (see: Third Uncle) sound, but no other songs on Bowie's album stood out for me, to be honest.

Do you have any favourite genres? Because, for me, blues-rock is one of my go-to genres. I know nobody listens to blues-rock on this website, so I rarely bother recommending anything, but I can always find stuff to like within that genre. Maybe finding some go-to genres would help.

I read lots of memoirs this year, but most of them not from 2013, eg. Belinda Carlisle's Lips Unsealed, Pat Benatar's Between a Heart and a Rock Place, Mindy Kaling's Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, Bill Clinton's My Life, Linda Evans' Recipes for Life. I also finally got around to reading Andre Agassi's Open, Jan…

Oh, so you're a teenager. Logical arguments don't get through to you. Okay. My bad. Go fuck yourself, then.

Were you seriously hoping for likes with this comment? But maybe you honestly don't understand what makes your comment ignorant, so let me explain. Truly, I want to help you. Okay. Say, you're invited to a party. You walk in and the hosts put on some music. You don't like the music but, instead of waiting for that…

Yeah, I definitely liked the concept of that Ghostface album, the comic book narrative of it. I mean, the black avenger persona on the album even has his own creation myth like a comic book character. And I love how cinematic the album sounds, which I think was the point because I read somewhere that they were…

Um, see… definitely not my taste in music.