Jazz
Whatever, dudes. I'm going to Jazz Fest the preceding weekend. Real musicians play jazz!!

I hate the term too, but how else do you signify the way that lead characters in rom-coms always have to meet in some odd, quirky way when most real people just make out in bars and text each other for two weeks? But yeah, it's a pretty shitty term. I can imagine that studios always include it in their script…

because america is cool duh

you keep getting older, and then you die, and then the world forgets about you.

Easy A
I reject the idea that Easy A was saved by Emma Stone. It was saved by me when I stopped it halfway through and put it back in the mail. Maybe the most grating, bullshit, hey-aren't-we-clever self-awareness I've seen on film.

The little details of AD are some of the best jokes. I've learned to always have the remote in my hand when watching the DVDs so that I can pause when any type of print material is flashed on screen. The cover of "Balboa Bay Window" is one example.

It's only confusing if:
a) They did this all the time instead of just this one time and every time they did it the album gets an A. (Dawes got a B+ and wasn't streamed).
b) You allow letter grades to influence your purchasing.
c) I don't have a third item, but it feels like there should be three things here.

This Music
I do not like this music, but I do like the idea of AVC tossing out some exclusive streams of stuff I haven't heard before, and I hope they do more of this in the future.

I guess since black people all look the same to you it would stand to reason that the same black person could look different as well.

"Pour Some Sugar on Me" is always screeched by a group of five glitter-soaked harpies in a bachelorette party, which means everyone in the bar except for those five girls is instantly having a horrible night.

Beastie Boys is pretty fun with two or three people, provided that everyone has some sense of who's turn it is to spit and when to come together for the patented end-of-line harmony.

I did "With Arms Wide Open" just for shits one night and was amazed at how easy it was. I'm a natural Scott Stapp!

Get up-ah!
James Brown "Sex Machine" is always a good one. You don't need to be able to carry a tune, you just have to be able to shout with genuine feeling and move around a little. It never fails to get the crowd going.

Sgn, I had the same reaction to Synecdoche, NY after the first viewing. In my opinion, it gets a little better on second viewing, then much better on third viewing. I haven't gotten to a fourth yet, but I'm about due.

I actually think the guy is pretty replaceable. He's just another white trash bassist who screams. The thing is, I don't think Josh ever sought to fill Nick's role with a like musician. He's just moved on without that element, to mixed reviews, sure, but I like it.

the crickets have spoken

Actually, he stresses "ass" in both lines. I think "slap" and "tap" are just the only two things he does to asses, and it's just a coincidence that they happen to rhyme.

Rhyme word with same word
I immediately thought of Too Short.

go in dumb, come out dumb too

Great dude, but I hope he loses. Winning any type of award might take away some of his essential Sexsmithness.