I thought "No such thing" was a fresh and brilliant piece of songwriting. Good guitar part, good lyrics. since then, he's decided he wants to be Clapton.

This Ain't?
What happened to the days when the titles were at least creative? They can't even come up with that anymore?

I said this above Uncle Rifle, but that's it right there. Conan's audience is the same as Stewart/Colbert. I could DVR it but I don't have time to watch both, so I watch Colbert.

I am sure someone else has already mentioned this but it occurs to me that all the people who like Conan are watching the Daily Show at 11 (I know I am).

I like Eels. When they are on, they are among my favorite bands and I wouldn't give anything they've done so far less than a "c" so I'll have to give this a listen, although this review is certainly disappointing.

Not that it has anything to do with this post, but I was walking down Hollywood Blvd and I thought there was a film premiere going on at the Egyptian. Huge spotlights and limos and 300-400 people milling around. when i got closer, i saw signs "We are filming a movie FSM." I watched for awhile and was excited to see…

"Never failed to disappoint" was pretty awful. In my defense, I am lying in bed after dental surgery doped up on Xanax and have embarrassed myself several times on the Internets today.

I really want to like her, but I jst can't get into it. I like her lyrics, but it all sounds so twee ….

Seconded! I have been watching them since they were playing tiny bars around here like the Pilot Light and the Preservation Pub till their TN Theater show last week and they have never failed to disappoint. They are not as raucous as they used to be but they make up for it with soundcraft. They just get better and…

I remember downloading a mod for Duke 3D that made the strippers actually naked, added a porno theater (with a 2 sec loop of actual porn) and had Duke go to the bathroom and wack off afterwords.

yes, he pandered to them, but if you look at the numbers (popularity of groups, percentage of people who agree with various statements, fund-raising, etc.) their popularity was declining throughout Bush's time in office.

Also, trux, your comment is not clear to me. "Plenty of people in religious circles spend a great abundance of time doing just that". What is the "that"? Examining their beliefs? My point, which is actually Greg Epstein's point, is that these beliefs are cultural and defended with such ferocity precisely because they…

Well, they tend to skip over the parts about the earth being flat and not eating shellfish too.

You know, trux, this stuff gets so old. Not to take you too seriously, but not a college freshmen and, no, I don't think I am the first person to think this and didn't say so. I made a what i thought was a mildly interesting comment, based on … well, it doesn't matter what the fuck it was based. it is an internet…

Ummm …. because they are running half the school boards in the country?

Well, the whole idea just shows that people don't REALLY believe this deep down. Their beliefs are mostly unexamined. If they truly believed it, it would show up more in their behavior, no? For instance, why fight to keep Terry Schiavo alive if she is going to be with Jesus? Why take heroic measures to save anyone's…

And, actually, the religious right's power has been steadily declining for years. That is why they have become more vocal.

This is the problem with religion in general. While it has had some social benefits, I would argue that they are outweighed by their encouragement of "magical thinking" and the idea that you can get something for nothing.

Actually, Jesus expected it to come in his lifetime, or at the least that of his disciples depending on the interpretation.

That's interesting. "It has performed exactly as we anticipated" followed by "it has presented some issues for our affiliates." Issues, meaning, the affiliates are in revolt because the ratings suck. So, the network anticipated that it would suck?