How would you like her to die?  Quick, like the tongue of a snake, or slower'n the molasses in January?

Oh!  Give the man a cigar!  You're Goddamn right Zolo.

Katherine Heigl.  You.  And your Co-star.
 
Can GO!
 
To Hell.  I am not watching this.

High Fidelity
When the movie "High Fidelity" came out, I was in a similar man-child place to Rob's—30ish, dreaming of a more interesting life but not doing anything to get there. The specifics of the situation were entirely different, but Rob's Moment of Clarity by the river became my own: Not committing to anything…

How about som Chabon?
I was kind of hoping they would do "The Yiddish Policemen's Union" next, but this does seem like an interesting stage for the Coens…

One more quote:

"Look at the Whiskers, Shel! You can almost reach out and touch 'em. That's the mark of a true work of art"

A true great.
I am so sad to hear this. He made every scene he was ever in worth watching.

The reason why performers' political opinions matter is that they reflect their time and place, and they are often on the forefront of mainstream opinion.

I hadn't heard that, and that would indeed be shitty if it were true, but what you're talking about would really have nothing to do with cultural appropriation. He does give writing credit on the album to several members of Ladysmith…

Graceland and Appropriation
I have alsways thought that the charge of cultural appropriation leveled against Paul Simon is misguided. The history of music *is* cultural appropriation. That is how it evolves, it takes the pieces it likes fropm other culture's music. Everyone knows the history of Spritual to Blues to…

I expect Dwight to be calling firsties any day now, Amelie. Make it so!

"Northern Exposure" did do a Twin Peaks spoof.
I always get a little annoyed when people say "Northern Exposure" was just Twin Peaks lite or whatever. I watched both shows when they were on the air, and they were very different: Northern Exposure was about ideas, Twin Peaks was about atmosphere. NE was, for the…

Hank Williams would have approved.

"Elton, Ian here."

That would be Qu'est-ce que c'est…

Extra N: The Movie

Well, I've been to one world fair, a picnic, and a rodeo, and that's the stupidest thing I ever heard come over a set of interconnected tubes. You sure you got today's news, and not, say April 1st's?

Online Etymology Dictionary says the origins are unknown. Possibly related to lambaste, which was used in British slang. Interestingly, Lambaste is the root of beat it, as in leave.

I would like to see him get into it with Uwe Boll, if only to see Uwe get the snot slapped out of him.