@avclub-858b67085072a6f2403cf500871f4068:disqus , I'm with you on this one. It seems as though the prevailing concept behind comments like this is "disposable pop music is inherently valueless, and rock music is the only valid form of musical expression because they play instruments. And if they're playing…

So, I've defended Justin Bieber in the past. I'm not actually overly familiar with his music — beyond a few hits, that is — but it just seems that he gets an undue amount of hate for making dumb teenage music for dumb teenage girls. Disposable pop is not anything new; Bieber will either be gone soon, or he'll pull a…

Apparently from the website scrawled on that blue CD-R in Sharpie. That website? No clue. Lost that CD-R immediately.

@avclub-1b9a80606d74d3da6db2f1274557e644:disqus Well, I needed that today.

Rock Trial With J. Reinhold.

@avclub-6562c5c1f33db6e05a082a88cddab5ea:disqus : Fair enough. I was thinking more along the lines of how he acknowledges that Mika has a reputation as a pleasant person to work with, and how he kind of suggests that a Mika take on a Frightened Rabbit song would be equally interesting, but yeah, that's a pretty…

^Ha! That's fantastic.

I respect Hutchison's opinions, honestly. He never drags down Mika as a person, which is a good thing; it's just, cheer isn't necessarily his thing. I mean, has anyone ever heard a Frightened Rabbit album? Is his attitude towards the perpetually chirpy Mika in any way surprising?

I love the gas station rap hustler. I have a disconcerting amount of their mixtapes littering my CD shelves; my favorite to date is the one where the local guy raps over the "Juicy" beat, and only makes tiny lyrical changes to reflect his age. ("It was all a dream/ I used to read The Source magazine." Seriously.)

Well, when the artist composed and arranged an entirely new composition, for starters. The song's melody and arrangement are all Coulton's.

I gotta say, I really don't get this idea that Quagmire and Peter's extended gay chicken was in any way homophobic. In fact, I'd argue that their amplified version of gay panic was borderline satirical.

It's a shame — I liked the idea of an "Anchorman"-style gang fight with the most white-bread artists in the world, but they really dropped the ball on this. (Also, Joseph Gordon-Levitt already perfected a Jason Mraz impression on "The Mellow Show with Jack Johnson". I liked Sudeikis's childlike glee at scatting…

@avclub-2586d0717b58d4f4383144ca1341d079:disqus , I was going to make a comment about Get Happy! sounding dated on purpose, what with its throwback sensibilities and all, but then I realized the difference between dated and timeless, and have thus determined Get Happy is the latter.

"Santa Baby" is pretty horrible. Mostly because I feel like the singer's implication is "oh, hey, beloved children's character. If I vaguely imply sex with my breathy, come-hither tone, will you buy me things?" Truly a timeless holiday message.

"Santa Baby" is pretty horrible. Mostly because I feel like the singer's implication is "oh, hey, beloved children's character. If I vaguely imply sex with my breathy, come-hither tone, will you buy me things?" Truly a timeless holiday message.

Devoin Shower-Handel.

Devoin Shower-Handel.

Not the "handy chart" I was hoping for, but it'll do.

Not the "handy chart" I was hoping for, but it'll do.

Yup, that "Haunting in Connecticut" movie was pretty fucking awful. Still, I have some love for "1408" — PG-13 horror is in a sad state nowadays, but there are some fun apparitions, and it's even mildly soul-crushing at times. I mean, it's PG-13 soul-crushing, but it's reasonably potent.