The previous generation was preoccupied with leaving the world a better place than they found it. Our generation has come to the conclusion that maybe just "leaving the world" will do.

Definitely. And I mean this in the most platonic, non-creepy way possible: she has a pretty sexy voice. Can't really describe why or how other than to say "NPR erotic" is the best possible term.

Kevin didn't have to. "One is beautiful who does beautiful things" to Kevin, and Faceless Old Woman, a nebulous agent of chaos and Lovecraftian madness, fits Kevin's idea of "beautiful things" perfectly.

She's a pretty major voice actress as well- check out her recurring roles on "BoJack Horseman" and a lead on "Welcome to Night Vale."

Wilson is, no joke, one of my favorite people. Just a total inspiration.

Genderqueer, gender-fluidity and "post-gender" is becoming a bigger thing now. Trans punk legend Laura Jane Grace recently claimed to be "post-gender," and I try to avoid using ANY pronouns when referring to Laura now.

Buy a Pi 3 and a 128GB micro SD card, and load up RetroPie, but it's not gonna emulate PS2 yet. RetroPie is fantastic, easily the greatest overall Pi-based emulator out there, but it's still a work in progress. The 128 card can hold the entire library of all major gaming consoles, handhelds and arcade classics from…

Well, this is two common prejudices colliding with each other: "women aren't funny" and "black women are not only women, but black."

I'll bite… what are these disturbing "poser Muppet" controversies?

TRUE SHOWBIZ TALES #18: During college I helped with a production of "Twelfth Night" set in a 1980s country club, with copious music of the era. Malvolio was (somewhat poorly reconceived as) an elitist metalhead, and his "grand display of affection" involved dressing in day-glo with legwarmers, and dancing to a…

Cheers
You queers
Let's order up a handful of beers

The three-CD version of their Greatest Hits (one of those "Platinum Collections" that became popular in the 2000s for legacy groups) is probably less essential than the single-disc "Gold" that makes up Disc 1, but it's worth having for an easy look at the breadth and frank weirdness of much of what they did. The…

Don't talk about Conan O'Brien that way!

I have the weirdest memory of McDonaldland that recurs this time of year. I must be only four or five years old, and it's nearly Halloween. My family is unusually excited about Halloween this year, and they're taking me to McDonalds for lunch and playground before we go get a costume.

Starring Jenna Ushkowitz as Frumpy Depressive Mulan!
And Kimiko Glen as Excitable Frequently Nude Mulan!
And… no, that's about it for youngish Asian-American stars.

They portrayed him pretty explicitly as nega-Batman in the original "Teen Titans" cartoon, and it worked well there.

I believe it's based on a story by Isaac Bashevis Singer, one of the lesser-known figures of "uncanny literature." He blends the British-American tradition of the uncanny with elements of Eastern European and Jewish folklore.

Sound System deluxe editions have the UK release, with the other tracks appended as bonus cuts along with lives, demos and radio broadcasts. Fantastic box set.

I remember Pokémon cereal, and Pokémon Pop-Tarts too. They had little plastic maquettes of the pogeys in the box, and you could collect them all (all being three).

They spend way too much time putting him in a hoodie with his hood up. His gaunt face and large eyes, combined with the hoodie, make me think of ET.