This is going to sound pretentious (because it is), but I maintain that the most compelling visuals in 'The Cell' were more-or-less lifted from the work of various contemporary artists. It's been a while since I've seen it, but I remember (minor spoilers) a segmented horse taken straight from Damien Hirst, some creepy…

But do you know how he is formed?

My understanding is that they're singing new lyrics about calling and spending time with one's grandparents, and that it makes sense because "gaga" is some sort of Chinese slang for 'grandmother.'

Well for what it's worth, I think my cat enjoyed this video.

Yeah, I like it, too - maybe it's relatively weak overall but there are enough strong points to make it worthwhile. I maintain that KC's voice has magical qualities - other pop singers (even very good ones) just can't achieve that sort of resonance or earthiness, and it gives power to even her crappiest music.

Well, it's certainly partisan… I guess I'm thinking of that article as something of a personal rant (and not as a level-headed political assessment or in-depth investigation) - it probably would've made more sense as a blog post or something, rather than a feature article in a newspaper. Yet and still, I think it's…

My main problem with the Heidecker video is that he used an Amtrak train as the Cain Train - Amtrak is a state-funded transportation service which has a history of being gutted-out by Republican administrations; you know that Cain would totally dismantle that shit if he could.

The Stranger had a good article about this:

Is there any news on the sky? Have we figured out what color it is yet?

How much mountain would an Oldham fuck if a fucking Oldham could fuck mountains?

It's true; I think that in 100 years all people will care about is that in the early 21st century, as part of an overall shift by middle-class and wealthy people away from suburbs and into cities, lots of young creative types from middle and upper-class backgrounds moved into urban areas that had traditionally been…

Let me get this straight - you're claiming that people today are more likely to listen to Mazzy Star than to the more-prominent hitmakers of 1993? Artists like H-Town, Xscape, Haddaway and Ugly Kid Joe? More than "Whoomp! (There It Is)" OR "Whoot, There It Is"? Wow… just wow.

Yeah, the post mentions how this parallels Disney's longtime strategy of making their films available to consumers for only little chunks of time, but I wonder how well that strategy works for Disney in this era of streaming video and BitTorrent, seeing as how it was conceived in an age of VHS tapes in clam-shell…

I promised myself I wouldn't play 'bear scat ball' ever again; I think you know why

Everything you would want to know about Sinclair can be found here:

On the DVD commentary of the New Zealand film "Once Were Warriors", the director said that the movie - which depicts violence and hardship among a working-class Maori family - was seen by something like a third of the entire population of New Zealand, and inspired lots of men to seek out social services for problems…

I remember something I saw about John Waters - someone had asked him something about how he felt, about going from underground shock-cinema maestro to being the sort of guy whose creations are optioned into chart-topping Broadway musicals; he said that really, his sensibilities haven't changed - it's the culture…

@avclub-e3c59ef623d40b336ef05fc534329e5b:disqus  - Jan was great, but she was mainly in the background. When it comes to the major Muppets, it was a bunch of guys and one piggy.

""As promised, the rest of our troops in Iraq will come home by the end
of the year. After nearly nine years, America's war in Iraq will be
over," Obama told reporters."

I feel like the characterization of Miss Piggy was always a bit nasty and even sort of sexist; something of a betrayal of the Muppets' overall progressive/idealistic mindset. She was the only major female character, and she was a vain, materialistic shrew, always making things miserable for sensitive, put-upon Kermit…