In With the Out Crowd was pretty much their nadir. Once they got away from the major label they started making better music again.

LTJ's last album, GNV FLA, was great. Stands toe to toe with most of their 90's stuff. I have a hard time liking anything about the militant vegan version of Goldfinger, and RBF have been half-assing it pretty much ever since their live album in '06.

And transplanted Detroiters who now live in Houston.

And that reminds me that I need to buy my ticket for their show Sunday in Houston.

So true.

Excellent analysis. Especially discussing plot movement in actual opera.

My problems with the show didn't relate all that much to plot. As sacrelicious said up there, there's really no place to complain about the story when you're talking rock operas.

On the one hand, it's cool that the Houston-area theater is within a 30-minute drive of my house. On the other hand, I've sworn off seeing movies in that particular theater because it's a mid-90's relic with terrible soundproofing between auditoriums, leading to a ridiculous amount of sound bleed.

I saw it listed on my DVR and just assumed it was the new season starting. This is excellent news!

Is this a reposted YouTube comment or a well-done troll?

I wholeheartedly endorse this idea. But somebody needs to get Ted Griffin on board as well.

I had never heard of this Tor Browser, but looking into it…presumably it would work since it doesn't involve downloading anything onto the district-issued laptop. I may check it out and give it a try.

Well, considering that neither the current AV Club comments or any site using NewDisqus will actually load on my school laptop over the past 2 weeks or so, I can't really get all that upset about it. Somehow the school district has managed to block comments on everything, even for teachers. I don't know how I'm gonna…

All Aurochs All the Time.

Man, all the people who have been posting dinosaur, dragon, and gryphon-related erotica on furry sites for the past two decades are probably kicking themselves for not doing this.

Did you mention Flashforward BECAUSE YOU WERE LOADED?

And also that Ryan Adams would be a producer who knows what's what when it comes to punk.

I thought I was, too, I mean I've been watching it for this long and there's only like 23 more episodes in the whole series, right? But in watching the first 3 episodes of this season I've discovered I just don't care anymore. There's nobody left to root for in the show (Bobby, maybe? But I never really had any…

I hope they build a nice new children's playhouse for their Filipino maid to live in.

I'm not sure Dubaians could handle Florida in the summer. That humidity is a killer!