I’m pretty certain that Bart’s impotence is part of the story.

Definite incel vibes from this one. There’s a real fixation on black men “stealing” white women in that little corner of the internet.

That movie is a once-a-year watch for me since it came out and I never knew that was Paul Feig. I knew Judd Apatow was the cameraman but now I have even more trivia! Thanks!

The first thing I ever saw him on was a Rolling Rock commercial 20 years ago. He’s a comedian. Making jokes. Christ on a 10 foot crutch, people.

The Cincinnati area is littered with Frisch’s Big Boy locations. I drive by at least 3 a day. They have the Seasoning Salt and burgers with Tartar Sauce and the chubby boy statue.

The Moloko cover of ‘Are Friends Electric?’ makes me happy.

More like anal history, am I right?

Now is the moment to highlight the wonderful, warm, witty Knowledge Fight. Initially an Alex Jones debunking podcast, it has grown into something more, looking at Alex, Project Camelot, and Jim Bakker. Dan and Jordan are a delight and the amount of thoughtful conversation they have while dissecting American right-wing…

The “That’s Incredible” version of the Rentals basically sounds like the best possible Weezer, since it has fuzzy guitars in place of the Moogs. Also, Weezer would have benefited from having a female voice or two in the mix, the way the Rentals do.

Weezer without Matt Sharp just isn’t the real thing. He was so much more essential to their sound, and honestly their heart, as a band than I think he gets credit for. 

I second this. AFE is everything beautiful about life in a digestible podcast form. You need it in your life.

The first b-side they released was “Here Comes The Sun.” No-funs who decry their poppier side are bandwagon hoppers who don’t fully understand what they are listening to. Ghost has always been playful and poppy.

Ghost’s “Prequelle” contains three of my favorite songs this year and could really break them into the mainstream. It’s absence is a shame.

I wouldn’t be who I am without Pavement, so I listen to everything Stephen Malkmus and Spiral Stairs put out post-Pavement. It isn’t the same, but I still hope for the that elusive thing they both are capable of to snap back into place. Stephen has gotten really close a few times. 

Yeah, that was a lifetime ago. I don’t know that a reunion would work. It would be fun to try.

Paul Westerberg just flat breaks my heart. The moment I fell in love with music was hearing “Dyslexic Heart” and “Friday, I’m in Love” back to back on college radio on Guam. His tendency to self-sabotage, his unquestionable talent, the fact I don’t think a person in my office knows who he is, but they should. 

Honestly, I feel that way about Matt Sharp. Weezer’s Blue Album and the first Rentals album are classics for me, but nothing he did afterwards moved me. I try listening to the second Rentals album once a year, praying that it will click. In 20 years of trying, it has not.

Why not Maggot?

He’s also quite good on the Son.

They are much more in line with Blue Oyster Cult than with Norwegian Black Metal. From the beginning, there have been nods towards pop music and crafting fun, listenable music. Their catalog of covers is as diverse as possible: the Beatles, Army of Lovers, Roky Erikson, ABBA.