Reflection without a pause
I never had a problem with Kwa's rapid-fire delivery. On his best stuff, he sounds like he's so full of ideas he doesn't want to waste time stopping for breath. Didn't Chuck D do the same thing back in the day?

Did it happen in front of a big yellow joint?
> a man who slipped on such rubbish, broke his leg, had to have it amputated

four things
1) Bratmobile. They had a nasty breakup after one album; then ten years later they put out two albums, at least one of them better than the original.

pretty lame, hater
So, Lily Allen says the press shouldn't waste their time on frivolous things, so you lambast her for writing about frivolous things herself? Last time I checked, Lily Allen 's MySpace page isn't a legitimate news source - she's a teenage girl, which makes her well within her rights to talk about…

great feature, great suject
> you always get the idea watching her in a flick that she'd be really awesome to hang out with

I Concur. The Thermals are awesome.
How are the Thermals considered emo? They're just an upbeat punk band with more complicated lyrics than the average punk band. They're neither whiny, nor self-pitying, which I thought were prerequisites for being eem. (All the cool kids shorten "emo" to "eem")

what did XM expect?
They hired to guys who are known for doing unfunny jokes in bad taste. Now they're shocked - shocked! - that those same two guys are doing unfunny jokes in bad taste.

Rafuzo's full of shit
Money grab? This is the first album these guys put out. This wasn't some Marvel Super Team-Up; they were nobodies who made their names on Black Star. So if you're going to hate, just make sure you're not completely full of shit first.

Where's the TK love?
Mos never did anything as good as the Black Star album - it's like an advertisement for his unfulfilled potential, had he stuck with hip-hop full-time, instead of going to Hollywood and releasing half-assed albums as an afterthought.

In defense of Tina
If you've ever seen her on stage at UCB, you see just how funny Tina Fey is. She's an endless font of left-field comedy. But it's unfair to judge her by SNL - that's ultimately Lorne Michaels' sensibility, not hers. Watching her at UCB, you can just see Lorne looking at one of her sketches and…

Alan Moore just disowned AaronT for that comment
Moore has not just disowned every film made from one of his books, he's also disowned the medium of film, actual physical film stock, the concept of light being projected through a semitranslucent material, and he's in denial that the town of Hollywood or the state of…

If it weren't for Dwight…
I would have forgotten William Joel existed a long time ago. I also hope, when it's his time to go, that Billy Joel doesn't die of a heart attack-ack-ack-ack. The Daily News headline writers would have a field day.

A moment of silence for our hearing-impaired listeners
The world is a horrible, horrible place, and you need to look no further for evidence than that no one will ever be able to see the original un-fucked-with episodes of WKRP as God intended.

writer/actors
The commentaries on the S1 DVDs are great, because they give you some insight into how the supporting cast came together. The S1 writing staff was Kelly, Ryan, Toby, and one other nonactor. Then when the show got picked up, they added some writers. But I think it's a great way to make a show - as…

Also, Pazz and Jop
Here's an Ask the AV Club question: Has there ever been, in the history of the written word, in any language, a periodical with a worse name than Pazz and Jop? It's Jazz! And Pop! With the letters reversed! Get it?!? Get it?!?

Coldkilla
I have to second Keith's comment. Any world where the Ramones are rightfully acknowledge as the most influential American rock band ever, and where their first four albums are held in as high esteem as Zepplins, and are played on the radio every 10 minutes, is a far better world than the one we live in.

still good overall
Anything that's bad for Nancy Grace is good for America.

hey lance
The Stones were the second band I thought of when I came up with the rule. But is Some Girls really on par with the other albums you listed? The other four are inarguably classics. Some Girls has two great songs - Miss You and Beast of Burden, but there's some filler on there two.

Tina Fey's the straight man
That's what makes the show work. 26 minutes of nothing but Tracey would be too much. The genius of 30 Rock is, they can do a pretty straightforward story about Tina Fey (ie, Liz is having a bad day because she's really busy), and then distract you from it with all kinds of insanity, like…

a pro-REM argument
A long time ago, I came up with a rule that no bad has ever had five great albums. The Beates (Hard Day's Night, Rubber Soul, Sgt. Pepper, White Album, Abbey Road) are the exception, but that's why they're the Beatles. I'd never been able to come up with another example (solo artists don't count),…