Yes, something like Tru Calling, for example, which wasn't a good show but was a much better show for Dushku's abilities.

Exactly. The rest of the cast of dolls showed exactly how much Dushku struggled on the show. Dichen Lachman was good, Enver Gjokaj was masterful in everything he did, and when Alan Tudyk got the chance to go toe to toe with Dushku he acted circles around her.

I'd like to give the AV Club props for always getting the title correct by separating the second and third words when it refers to the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

Oh! I actually have one for this. I only pull out the sole Afghan Whigs album I own, Gentleman, on dreary, rainy nights. It's perfect for that setting and most of the time otherwise I don't even think about it.

Yup. Much more Leverage than Mr. Robot.

That's terrible. I was a huge fan of SGC2C and Cartoon Planet.

Okay, that made me giggle. Like, a lot.

He likes to play the drums.
He thinks he's getting good, when he can handle criticism…
Check that. He'll never show you what he knows.

I don't understand how this inane but harmless pop confection can be considered worse than the aggressively awful non-sequiturs posing as narrative that is LFO's "Summer Girls".

Looks like the commentariat has spoken, Sam, and you are very wrong about orange juice.

Excellent combination of topic and screenname.

I remember reading a glowing capsule of the movie in Entertainment Weekly from Sundance that year. "It scared the snowboots off of viewers in Park City" was the quote, and that was in February. But even that little capsule acknowledged that it was fiction. I was all in with anticipation from that point on, but was…

Used what, the "this is found footage that we edited and put in the theater" thing? Not really. Open Water was based on an actual event and marketed as such. An article from when it opened discusses the real life situation:

I liked all three of their albums, but only Treats has really stuck with me over the years.

I'll concede that my sample size is limited. In the 10 years I've lived in Houston, the New Pornographers have played here exactly one time, in a co-headlining gig with Spoon where they were technically the openers. The two acts came close to filling up the 1,500-capacity venue. Neko played the same place on the…

I remember The Gandharvas and Our Lady Peace, and OLP definitely got some play in the U.S. I mean, beyond Windsor's 89X, which played the shit out of them in the Detroit market.

You mean, "It's not the band I hate, it's their fans"??

I think that Neko and The New Pornographers are roughly on the same level, popularity-wise, with a healthy amount of crossover between the fanbases. At least they generally seem to play the same size venues when touring. A.C. Newman and Destroyer, while critically adored (for very different reasons), both pull smaller…

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Orchestra of Spheres

I was not a fan of their first album, but from the way I occasionally see their name tossed around, I sometimes feel like I'm missing out by not having followed up with them since.