He probably treats his favorites well, and other repeat collaborators are willing to put up with his bullshit because they believe in the work.

This does reframe him a bit as a run of the mill bitchy asshole who got way too much power, way too quickly.

I think it’s pretty clear that the Firefly cast were all handpicked favorites...and most of them were 30-something working actors, not 20-somethings on their first job.

Yep - the “Rule of Three” policy they had with Trachtenberg is very much SOP when working with children - and it’s notjust to protect the kid.

I was hoping for at least 12 or 13!

Very important question:

...and Katie Pruitt is just the homie.  No other description required.

On the poppier side, William Clark Green answers the question “What if Tom Petty was from Texas” and Jade Bird shows what Alanis would sound like if she grew up on Taylor Swift and Sheryl Crow, haha.

If you like Zach, you’ll love John Moreland and Turnpike Troubadours!

Especially when the “defense” is “No, no, Dylan’s mother was just pissed that Allen had groomed, then slept with, Dylan’s older sister, whom Allen had known since she was 10 and he was 45!!!! Woody’s TOTALLY in the clear!!!!”

LISTEN TO IT ALL! That kid is absurdly talented - his sound is pretty much“Jason Isbell produced by Elephant 6.”

...where did I contradict the idea that it’s bad for journalists to make shit up, haha?

Clearly establishing himself as the worse Zach Bryan.

It’s less about being “passionately ignorant” and more about not giving enough of a shit about this fucking diddler to parse the precise legal definition of his relationship with the mother of his children.

I think you’re wildly underestimating the appeal of heroin.

Fair play.

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They were common law, no?

So...is this version of Smallville basically Morristown, PA?

Maybe instead of a triangle it’ll be...a triad! Power of teamwork, etc.