Well…..for my dime, The Dillinger Escape Plan has some pretty striking smooth/jazzy moments and pop sensibilities buried in the maelstrom.

That's just odd. Were they AGED frat boys, or currently-in-a-frat frat boys?

I am looking forward to Community coming to Netflix so I can actually watch it, and then be saddened by this news.

I don't know. I don't get it. I would love to see some kind of scientific study on why modern country is popular. I would expect some sort of finding along the lines of, "98.4% of respondents noted, 'I don't have to think about it.'"

It's just a very pandering form. The emphasis seems to be on not challenging the…

I think you probably nailed it.The snobjoust is a dangerous dance, but less dangerous perhaps than to risk utter rejection by meekly sidling up to the Chimmay-drinker and going, "Oh, you like beer? Me too! Let's be pals!"


I for one would probably never risk bringing a nice bottle to a party for this very reason. If I…

I can relate to that— I guess what I mean is, when I know someone listens to pop country, I automatically assume an insurmountable cultural divide. It's not like I can't relate to them or don't speak the same language or can't have a conversation. I just don't find myself eager to discuss books/music/TV/movies, and…

I had to Google it. Yeah, that's not quite my scene.

My mom watches this. Every time we're at a family function she asks me if I saw the episode about so-and-so. Every time I tell her that show is stupid and I don't care. And here's the best part: I don't even have cable/network TV hooked up in my house, and she knows this, so it's doubly oblivious.


Hey guys, Mother's…

A theory: I think it's that considering DMB "proficient" and "enjoyable" is a kind of tepid response to music-making. Couple that with a fan base that seems overly committed, overly enthused, overly devoted, and the blowback starts to become a thing of its own; DMB was popular enough that it was in the public…

That's a good analogy, but as it pertains to Lost, I felt sort of numb by that final season. Maybe I had slowly allowed myself to accept that there was no satisfying conclusion on the way, and that I should just enjoy the ride.

I think that's it! :)

Robert DeLeo is an excellent bassist: True or False

Okay, true, but as I've antagonized my cousin over Facebook, many, many times: Hockey really is the worst. It's just the worst and we should all come to that understanding as a nation. I hate on hockey all the time. It amuses me. And my girlfriend is actually some distant relation to Wayne Gretzky, so that's a good…

I would say my cultural deal breaker is modern (pop) country music, but I find there is so little experiential overlap between the types of people who tune in to pop country radio and the types of people who do not, it's kind of like hating on people from another galaxy.


That being said, I sometimes take my lunch…

It's catchy!

You should accompany all grades w/ lyric snippets for your own amusement.
C- (why you act frightened? I am enlightened.)

I remember when I first realized AIC had a new album I was in a bowling alley (a place where kids from rural areas converge to wear smelly shoes and flirt) playing hackeysack (a sport in which tricks are performed with a crocheted footbag) when one of my friends produced this tape (a magnetic tape recording format for…

I remember being a naïve youth and thinking, upon the release of self-titled, that Layne sure sounded "tired."

Yes please. Watched "The Trip" alone and laughed out loud several times, which is rare and delightful.

You are correct. My kneejerk bellyaching was premature. I'd never run across an Amazon app on Xbox before, but the internet assures me it's there.