It's not that unusual for an AV Club music articles to spend way more time talking about cultural baggage surrounding music than the actual music.  Noel Murray is usually a little better at focusing in on what's important than Steven Hyden, who routinely writes less than a paragraph about actual music and six…

It's a 50 Cent lyric that Kanye re-appropriated with full citation.

Weren't the Texans in on that scheme too?  Why isn't anyone vilifying them?

Weren't the Texans in on that scheme too?  Why isn't anyone vilifying them?

At the risk of sounding incredibly uncool, I think Linkin Park really isn't all that bad.  The lyrics are dumb and adolescent, but so are most rock lyrics throughout history.  The music itself is a MUCH more successful hybrid of rock, electronica, and Hip Hop than most of their contemporaries and they show some very…

At the risk of sounding incredibly uncool, I think Linkin Park really isn't all that bad.  The lyrics are dumb and adolescent, but so are most rock lyrics throughout history.  The music itself is a MUCH more successful hybrid of rock, electronica, and Hip Hop than most of their contemporaries and they show some very…

These lists always have an opposite effect on me, I'm still young enough to relate to most of them.  The World Trade Organization can't be that new can it?  They had towers and everything for decades didn't they?

These lists always have an opposite effect on me, I'm still young enough to relate to most of them.  The World Trade Organization can't be that new can it?  They had towers and everything for decades didn't they?

Fuck Vertigo, Citizen Kane FOREVER!

Fuck Vertigo, Citizen Kane FOREVER!

First of all, it doesn't matter if the kid is guilty, the point is that he deserved a fair trial and he wouldn't have gotten it without the Fonda character.

First of all, it doesn't matter if the kid is guilty, the point is that he deserved a fair trial and he wouldn't have gotten it without the Fonda character.

The answer to the question in the title is "yes" if you claim to be a film critic, and since everyone on the internet thinks they're a film critic…

The answer to the question in the title is "yes" if you claim to be a film critic, and since everyone on the internet thinks they're a film critic…

It's not that all of this is obvious… just that its really obvious when you aren't over-thinking things.

It's not that all of this is obvious… just that its really obvious when you aren't over-thinking things.

She's also funny

She's also funny

I tried to give Girls a chance, I really did, but a week or so ago I finally gave up on it.

I tried to give Girls a chance, I really did, but a week or so ago I finally gave up on it.