i got into them with Beyond too, but they're probably one of my favorite bands now. this new album is great. if you're just getting into them, I'd recommend Beyond because I think it's more instantly catchy and tuneful than You're Living All Over Me or Bug. i can't wait to see them in November. I agree with "We're…

oh that Isis album is good too. if this was like 5 years ago when i was super into metal, it'd be my album of the year probably.

i'm calling "WTF" on Grizzly Bear. i don't get it. i listened to the newest album and i'd forgotten it by the time it ended. i couldn't even describe it now. it just sort of bounced off my skull and floated away into the aether. not that i'd say it was bad, but it was just extremely dull for me. and i'm someone…

looking at the picture of that board, i can't even begin to fathom how that game is played.

The Flyers suck

it's amazing how often the AV Club reflects something that I've recently gotten into. kinda creepy actually. I just started reading "Sweet Soul Music" by Peter Guralnick and have been listening to a lot of Stax and Motown lately. I'll have to bookmark this page to come back to after I work through more of the stuff…

Troy Duffy is not amused by your snide comments Dr. Strangelovecraft.

Is John Travolta a larger than life Adonis? The previews make him look laughably paunchy and ridiculous as an evil mastermind.

What's the internet equivalent of a standing ovation?

Is Denzel Washington officially the King of Hostage Movies at this point? how many has he been in? and they're all exactly the same. everyone should have stopped making hostage movies after Die Hard, because that movie perfected the genre.

Hispanic, Italian, it's all the same…apparently. Alls anyone involved with this movie knows is that they ain't white.

how about a little exposition on that Duck Hunt movie? WHY are Arnett and Ferrell in the woods in the first place? WHY do the ducks keep flying all around everywhere? WHAT the fuck does that dog think is so fucking funny? HOW many kids broke their parents' TV by throwing that gun at the screen when that damn dog…

it's hard to imagine that Alien Vs. Predator: Requiem was "much, much worse" than the original AVP. is it much, much worse in a laughably entertaining way or a "please God, strike me blind" way? i'm a big supporter of AVP (then again, I'm a big supporter of House of the Dead, so, whatever…) because I thought that it…

also, 72 (This Highway's Mean) by Drive-By Truckers. i know of no finer song for driving along dirt roads in the country in 95 degree heat (i live in pennsylvania so 95 is about the limit)

Van Morrison's Moondance album reminds me of summer, but specifically of summer thunderstorms. I have a vague memory of my Dad and I sitting on our front porch when I was a little kid during a summer storm listening to that album. Tortoise and Bonnie Prince Billy doing Thunder Road also says summer storm to me.

he played AA ball in the Cardinals' system even though he declined their drafting of him? your whole fact seems suspicious! now I don't know what to believe. I'm sure Fox News will tell me what to believe.

The 60's
How about Night of the Living Dead?

Red House Painters
I'd have picked a different RHP song, specifically "Summer Dress" from Ocean Beach. It's such a pretty, but sad song (like most songs Mark Kozelek's ever done) even while evoking images of summer and the seaside.

Mighty Ducks
Mighty Ducks is awesome. I still get a kick out of watching both The Mighty Ducks and D2. That's mostly because I'm an obsessive hockey nerd who was about 10 when those movies came out, but I've seen them countless times. Like the Godfather, the sequel might be the best one. You can't beat the…

@briney: doesn't everyone call him Jimmy Stewart? it always seems stilted and weird when people call him James Stewart. I live in his hometown of Indiana, PA, about an hour from Pittsburgh, and we have the Jimmy Stewart Museum and Airport. Not the James Stewart Museum.