Belinda Carlisle is called as an expert witness.

I heard the Yeah Yeah Yeahs in a Farm & Fleet once.

According to Ruby K. Payne (who certainly has her detractors) humor is used as a coping skill for those in poverty. Essentially, even if you have no material goods, if you can tell a joke you at least have something to offer a social gathering.

Good memoirs…not great.

But, if he changes his name to a symbol—can he run again?

David Foster Wallace's history of video phones in Infinite Jest really explains why it hasn't completely taken over (and it's possible that his ideas are the reason it's never been the only option of any communication device.)

I thought they broke up after The Unraveling. Maybe just in my mind.

Phil Ochs was right.

It was snowing earlier here in southern Wisconsin.

If you like him, you should definitely check out Sturgill Simpson. His first two albums are probably the greatest thing put out since the last Hayes Carll.

One of my favorite pieces of music writing ever was a Dave Eggers column in Spin about exploring the woods with a Walkman and Big Country's debut album.

Now all I can think of is Trump getting slimed on a 90's Nickelodeon game show.

It's really odd how he lifts the course of "Girl" by Raphael Saadiq. I'm sure it's cleared, since he actually samples bits of the original, but you'd think he'd be listed as a featured artist, like the Roots listing Cody Chesnutt on The Seed Pt. 2.

Hulu has been advertising that it's going there soon. Maybe a smart move on their part if parents see it as necessary.

Yet he's still absolutely committed to supporting Trump should he be nominated.

I kind of like his music, but I kind of hate him for the Sound Opinions review of the Monsters of Folk album. They acted like M. Ward couldn't do anything wrong, while JimJames and Conor Oberst were something they had to suffer through.

I had a similar experience when I saw Cass McCombs and Mason Jennings open for Modest Mouse.

If Hank Hill names his dog after your wife, you're definitely a model Texan.

If it weren't for That 80s Show, Glenn Howerton might have starved to death, and then we'd have no Dennis Reynolds (same with Carmen the trans woman.) That's successful enough for me.

In high school, we took a standardized test that the administrators told us before hand that we'd get no individual report for. Most people guessed, but I actually tried my hardest to get a zero.