What’s your Venmo?

Where did this idea that Wes Anderson films are empty come from? I keep seeing people say that Rushmore and Royal Tenenbaums were good because they were emotional, but none of his other films have been.

This is the accordionist speaking. Thanks for the nice review ;) It’s not ‘Master of Puppets’, it’s ‘Crazy Train’ by Ozzy. I actually also played snippets from ‘Last Resort’, ‘The Trooper’ and ‘Enter The Sandman’ but those didn’t make the cut. The background music at the end of the episode is all improvised (as is the…

This was genius. I don’t know what else to say.

the likely-Atlanta-storylines list —> the “likely Atlanta storylines” list

The writing around here has fallen off, so this review was particularly enjoyable. You clearly bring experience to this subject and it’s nice to read something that isn’t laden with snark, for a change. I already see a lot of my own family disfunction, and maybe that’s why this episode will succeed so easily. I don’t…

Nathan For Jew 

One of my favorite books is Infinite Jest. It has a notoriously jumbled structure (with page-long endnotes that explain plot points) and timeline that doesn’t really make sense the first time you read it from a macro-plot perspective as it reveals in asides characters that don’t physically show up for a few hundred…

*Spike Lee angrily tweets out Spike Jonze’s address*

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It was honestly a little touching seeing Nathan and Brian Wolf finally throw the football around. Also liked seeing Corey “The Hero” Calderwood and his new girlfriend, although I’m not digging his new look. Too much black, dude.

Was Anthony Napoli for real or is he a character? If he’s a character then he’s a brilliant comedic actor. I couldn’t stop laughing at the interactions between him and Nathan. But if he’s not acting, then he’s just a lunatic. Either way, I can’t wrap my head around his existence.

Two things:

Hearing this live is a transcendent experience, because everyone in the audience freaks the fuck out.

I guess that's why he hasn't recorded it, but it got a massive response when I saw them live last year, including from me.

Last time I saw them play Darnielle prefaced the song by saying that it's a really personal one and he'd rather people not sing along, which is a pretty big deal at concerts where the entire crowd sings every word.

Ahhh, man, I love this song! Saw him do it in New Orleans last January and I've been obsessed ever since. It's so deeply felt and sweet and few besides Mr. Darnielle could get away with it.

My favorite part of this song is how the "i hope the people that did you wrong have trouble sleeping at night" line always elicits an involuntary WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO from any audience.  The room just explodes in triumph every time.