Also their shakes are brilliant.

Oh, those Monte Cristos were so good.
I have been to Fridas probably twice in the last 10 years, and the one thing I have to say about them is that those fried mac 'n' cheese ball are not nearly as good as you might expect.

I've taken to working out while watching Jeopardy!, so sometimes I lose focus near the end of the show as I run out of oxygen, but these contestants sure seemed to miss a lot of DJ, huh?
I liked Katie, and I roll my eyes at her FJ strategy, but I loved Andrea's reaction when she won. "Gobsmacked" is the term, I believe.

We can agree that capitalism has a corrupting influce on art (along with its energizing influence), but that does not mean at any particular work motivated by financial concern — even primarily **or wholly** — doesn't work as art. A work's quality is on the page. That's the only place it exists. Whether "any work…

Well fine!
Uh, I mean, fine.

Also, there's nothing wrong with money.

I don't think hackery is a thing. LIke you say, if someone's really a hack, the work will suck. And if it doesn't suck, then it has value regardless of how calculated its production. I don't see why the motivation for a work is a criticizeable dimension except as it (maybe) serves to explain why the work is…

Agreed! None of my pleasures are guilty. Well, maybe strangling whores, but for a different use of the word "guilty."

I agree with that, but I don't understand why it's a criticism of Del Rey, if it's meant that way.

Anyone who uses the term sellout unironically is not a serious person.

Her first single (Video Games) blew up when it came out and people loved it. Then there was a huge backlash either because 1) her later material abandoned that spare sound in favor of a lot of heavy production, 2) she is undeniably a terrible live performer, or 3) they found out she's pretty.

Not completely unnoticed.

15 year olds have the dough.

I can't speak for the OP, but frankly I think it feels pretty great. I love being a cantankerous old man.

Yeah, I think Paradise is the superior album. No one can deny that the first one is overproduced. It works on a track by track basis but sounds a bit samey all together.

Forget it Jake, it's Brotown.

Oy vey. Just say you don't like it. That's cool. Don't come up with transparent rationalizations and trivialize the life experience of someone just because she's a woman.

That's TV. Likely true (albeit exaggerated) in some cases. Not at all true in most.

Tell me about it!

I agree with everything you said except "obnoxious."