I have a cousin who has the motion smoothing effect on at all times. He claims not to see a difference in picture quality, which I find alarming. I wonder if some people are more sensitive to it than others?

Bummer. After seeing Baldwin’s cameo in Blackkklansman, I was really excited to see what he would bring to the role. Also, I don’t think the whole play-Thomas-Wayne-as-Trump idea would have come to fruition.

I remember reading one of the earlier drafts of the screenplay a few years ago and being astonished at how different it was from the final product. It was definitely darker and, I thought, a bit convoluted (not unusual for Kaufman). Though it still would have worked in Kaufman’s and Gondry’s expert hands, excising…

Brink! was responsible for my very brief stint as a “hardcore” rollerblader...which ended with me getting a metal plate put in my arm. Thanks, Brink! (and Michael Tran, who also saw Brink! when it premiered in the Disney channel and convinced me to get into rollerblading.)

As a fellow Primus fan (though I can’t stand what they’ve become; Claypool, in my opinion, has disappeared too far up his own ass) I have to admit that when I discovered that Fred Durst was a producer on Antipop, it turned me off of an otherwise decent album.

I suggest you give Courtney Barnett, Kurt Vile, and even Ty Segall a listen before you declare that grunge will not be revived. While they aren’t necessarily in the Nirvana school of messy scream-until-your-throat-is-fucked rock, they definitely have a mid-’90s aesthetic.

I hate it when artists (the term is used loosely in this case) blame external factors for disappointing sales. My wife likes her music; me, not so much. In fact, my wife likes literally any music with a good beat that she can dance to (usually while I’m driving). So it was telling that, when she put on the new Nicki…

Couldn’t agree more. Show me a movie - or even a children’s cartoon - from the 80's that didn’t have at least one problematic element. Plus, Short Round and Indy’s dynamic is great throughout the whole movie. And, full disclosure, Willie was probably one of my first bona fide crushes.

I solemnly swear to use the word “hogwash” today. Perhaps I will employ it in a few hours when I have my weekly check-in with the head of my department, when she inevitably nitpicks my work over some minor, inconsequential point, for the dual purpose of justifying her position and putting me in my place.

Holy shit, you’re right. I didn’t realize it then (I don’t think I even knew who he was at that point) but I can totally see it without having to find a clip to confirm it.

Haha fine. I’ll make an exception for early Simpsons and Home Movies.

Mission Hill was the best! I remember catching it on Adult Swim in the middle of the night and being pulled into the show. The characters were great, with fantastic voice acting, and the animation was cool and unique (and, most importantly for me, clean. Why were so many animated shows from this time so squiggly and…

I’m super excited for this. Now I have something else besides the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel to look forward to!

As a Beatles fan, and a musician that has learned much of the guitar and bass from Rubber Soul on, you can tell which member wrote the majority of a song (meaning the defining melody that forms the basis of the song) by the melody itself. The song arrangement, however, is a different story. I argue that’s where you…

Aphex Twin: providing the audio equivalent of a bad acid trip since the mid-80's. I love Aphex Twin, but goddamn, some of his more aggressive stuff can be downright anxiety inducing.

Absolutely!

Totally agree.

Miseducation, while I don’t love every song (and I certainly don’t like all the dialogue with kids between tracks) it is one of the greatest albums to listen to all the way through. It is one of those rare gems, like Songs in the Key of Life, or Dark Side of the Moon, that will remain relevant for each new generation.

Unfortunately, it comes down to the message mainstream rap had at the time, which was surprisingly aligned with the values of said community. Btw, I don’t wish to offend Muslims; this is simply what I noticed from my own experiences. But rap back then tended to be heavily misogynistic, which many Muslim men I knew…

I grew up in a conservative Islamic community that was, for some reason, completely against rock, but rap was acceptable. All this kids I knew listened to 2-Pac and Outkast, et al. And because I didn’t know any better, I went with the herd.