I just assumed that, in terms of social mores, sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology.

'Scepter' would also be contextually appropriate.

Mama's got a squeezebox, Daddy never sleeps at night

Vance Joy, Riptide. It's just so fucking happy.

Atlas is good, but I never quite connected with it like I did with Days. "Talking Backwards" was the only track that would really get stuck in my head.

Top Five
1. The War on Drugs, Lost in the Dream
2. The Delines, Colfax
3. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Days of Abandon
4. Spoon, They Want My Soul
5. Freddie Gibbs and Madlib, Pinata

So I take it this isn't about the Atlanta strip joint mentioned in dozens of rap songs?

According to GrubGrade, it's almost as bad as it sounds: http://www.grubgrade.com/re…

This looks so appallingly bad that I saw Lea Thompson's name and thought "man, Caroline in the City was semi-decent for about one season. She deserves better than this."

Minus the stitch.

It'll still turnip on torrent sites, though.

That's a direct paraphrase from the "Daylight" remix featuring De La Soul, plagiarist.

Colfax by The Delines is a fantastic piece of country-soul.

MMPH! MMPH! MMPH!

Agreed! And a couple of my friends have heard it and love it too. On the other hand, their previous albums didn't grab me, so maybe I'm just a really mellow cat.

Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do,
Going to Hudson's Daisy Sale, all for the love of you…

Now we know what awaits Edward Snowden if he ever returns to the U.S.

I dunno, seems pretty damn quick to me.

A-

White Bear haunted me for weeks, to the point that I almost wished I hadn't seen it at all.