Yeah, I think Michael gave the show more continuity and heart. Now they're all kinda random one-offs without much purpose, and they are still struggling to figure out where the new center of this show is. Personally, I think they should totally take it off into crazy-land and have California wig out on the office.

He didn't want her to get hired; he wanted seem like he was SO happy about her working there (a complete lie), so he wanted Andy to be the bad guy.

It was supposed to be frustrating. California wanted Andy to be firm and decisive and cold — three things that California is, but Andy is definitely not. California was frustrated to no end by Andy, who was 100-percent confused about what he was supposed to be doing.

I didn't catch "Community" tonight, but I also thought this was a pretty good episode of the Scott-less "Office." I mean, minus the stupid, pointless Dwight plot. The discomfort on Andy's face… dreadful but funny. And very fitting to Andy's character. Also glad to see Spader act crazy. Hoping we'll see more of that.

Rock and roolllllllll McDonnnnnnnaaaaaaaaaalds!

Not until the very last hipster goes extinct.

Hey, I've got pink hair! And I like curse words. And I sung a song about "get[ting] this party started on a Saturday night"! And I put an exclamation point in my name. Max Martin is my puppetmaster!

They're definitely the best "rock" group I can imagine out there now. I don't listen to them, but I don't find them to be as obnoxious as, say, Nickelback. Red Hot Chili Peppers still keep trying to hang onto relevance, god bless 'em. I think No Doubt would still attract a sizable following of people, if they were to…

(And all the middle schoolers I know now don't buy whole CDs… they watch/listen to music on YouTube mostly, and download singles on iTunes.)

Yeah, all the hispanic and black and Asian people I know are doing the same thing. In fact, my Asian friend was once caught by Sony (via his campus dorm) for downloading like, one rap song back in 2006.

Stupid music execs deciding to market to 12-year-olds instead of 18-20-somethings changed things. All commercial radio stuff seems to be marketed toward middle schoolers. Started with NSYNC/BSB and has progressed to this hideous rock-hip-hop-dance-electro amalgamation from HeEeLLL. 
Also, for record companies thinking…

When I was a kid, my dad used to have all the "new" Stones albums. Consequently, it wouldn't be until I was older and got to listen to the Stones classics that I would appreciate them.

Yeah, that's what we should continue to do. All these 12-year-olds running around talking about going to a "rock concert." (Featuring Bruno Mars, Drake and Ke$ha.)

Also… my favorite flavor is obviously black walnut.

Sadly, it most likely means you like Nickelback. I had a coworker who honestly told me that was his favorite "rock" band. And when I was teaching ESL, a ton of my students from Europe were all into Nickelback.

C(ommercial) + Rap = Crap.

Probably… "famous amongst 13-year-olds and commercial-rap apologists who can't concede that what they are listening to is uninventive crap that's mostly been done before."

I agree. Don't get me wrong — I love Wilco, but I see them as more an extension of that whole alt-country thing that was going on in the mid to late '90s, with Ryan Adams, Whiskeytown, Uncle Tupelo, Jayhawks, etc.

Yeah, it's been kinda puzzling to see "indie" become a phase thing. When I graduated from college, kids who were freshmen at the time and in frats started thinking going to raves and listening to MGMT or going to Coachella was like, "totally fucking sick."

They're popular with AV Club posters, but I bet I ask many of my family members (or average joes on the street) and they'd be clueless.