Yeah, Kayla might not meet the beer-buddy test, but I really have been impressed by her dancing.

I'm eager to read the excerpt above when I have a little time. I'm going to drop the irony for just a second and say I truly enjoy AVClub and Nathan's ramblings on daily basis, and chances are I will get the book (even though I haven't read a damn word yet). Congrats on the book, dude!

Also: Nathan, speaking of structure in hip hop makes me think about Prince Paul's "Prince Among Thieves." Do some kind of feature on that, OK?

Sorry, "Yo he a beast with the sugar and yeast…" are actually the correct lyrics.

Still, thanks for bringing up J-Zone. He really is the shit. I had no idea he was the producer for the song until I read this piece — thanks, Nathan! Speaking of "thanks, Nathan," I think that was a great deconstruction of a lot of what's great about this song, and Lonely Island in general. Personally, I can't get…

Ahhh, all is right in the world again. I don't get how some people keep saying she looks mannish, and I thought that's where you were going. Everything makes sense now.

I dunno, I don't think I ever want to see another crumping number.

AJR, like the article says, are you sure that your friends were into actual techno? There are lots of other types of electronic music associated with raves. For instance, I tend to think that any and all trance "music" is absolute liquid shit. As for the raver accessories, those had absolutely nothing to do with…

My DVR ran out of space halfway through the show, so I only got to see up through Caitlin-Jason. It sounds like Phillip got the luck of the draw this time, because it's only a matter of time for that dude. I totally agreed that Kopono was outshone by his partner, again. I'm still smarting from when they sent Ashley…

I've barely seen this show, but with all the other stuff out there, I'm hard-pressed to believe you. Didn't this show run concurrently with The Wire, Lost, The Shield, etc.? I mean, come on!

I agree with those rankings…Melissa and Ade are leading it with Brandon and Janette nipping at their heels. All the girls are gorgeous, but Melissa is something else. Then again, so is Janette, but not QUITE at the same level.

Good point, the hip hop dancers are often some of my favorites…it's the choreographed routines I have a problem with. Perhaps it does not lend itself to couples dancing. Yes, I believe that is the problem. I mean, think about it, what is a couple krump?

Generally, hip hop routines don't work terribly well in this show. Krump is even worse…and I'm not a huge fan of it in general. I would thoroughly enjoy pulling Lil C's big cap down over his ears while choking him with his tie (oooh, tie and baseball cap, a study in contrasts!) Phillip definitely deserved to be…

Are you sure? I'm not asking rhetorically; I'm genuinely curious. I know that bands get ripped off by their labels, but comparing pennies for a CD versus $15 for a t-shirt doesn't factor in the question of quantity.

Bands who don't care about filesharing? How about people who don't care about money?

Yes: Fuck Kopono.

I was definitely disappointed by this week's cuts. I thought Kaitlin and Kopono were the obvious choices to go. Ashley has, in my opinion, outshone Kopono in every routine, and Kaitlin was the weakest link in her dance with Max this week.

OK, I didn't see all those Nicholson movies, but among the ones you mentioned, I did see these ones: The Shining, The Two Jakes, Anger Management, Batman and As Good As It Gets. I also saw "you can't handle the truth" and a bunch of his other crap. You may have a point on The Shining, and some of those movies are…

I can totally do without Lil C and Mia at the judge's table. Lil C is pretentious as all hell, and Mia is so full of herself that it's unbearable. She does do good choreography, though. As for Lil C and krumping, the less we see of that, the better. And if I hear "that was BUC" one more time, I'm going to smack…