Lazaretto is basically Blunderbuss Part Two: This Time It's Less Memorable.

Meanwhile, I thought they should stop touring until they get a second guitarist again. I thought they were way worse in comparison to how they used to be. Every song sounded like they were rushing it at 1.5X speed, and not in a good way. Like they couldn't wait to be done.

I had high expectations for St. Vincent, cause I've never seen her before, and holy shit she rocketed past all of them. I had not been into her before this last album, and she's incredible now. That David Byrne album was not especially fantastic, but it's done wonders for her 'solo' career. If she teamed up with…

How young are these kids, and what area was it in? Since I'm from the Chicago area and on the lower half of the coveted 18-35 demographic, Lollapalooza is like the hugest thing to happen every year. If you're into music at all anywhere in the country, it's still a big deal. I'd put it right alongside Coachella and…

Dissolveagalooza

Asked yesterday to a lady who happens to know him personally, so the answer was a softball "oh he's just lovely!"

I hope that whenever her friends come over, he just completely transforms into a Ward Cleaver-style straightlaced 50's dad, pipe and all.

Does he also dress impeccably and speak with an impossible to place, but endlessly alluring European accent?

People hate Alana?! I thought everyone agreed that they've just been doing the character a giant disservice, and now she's probably dead. Good job, Fuller.

But that Legend of Zelda song he did—perfection!

I'm guessing she's waiting for the right thing to come along. Considering she can direct the most prestige of prestige drama shows whenever she wants, she can afford to wait until she gets a script she really likes.

*something snide about DC*

Speaking of, Shellac's new album with a lot of songs is out at the end of the summer. I bet it'll be great!

It's almost certainly something off of Bob Mould's "Beauty & Ruin". Probably "The War".

He didn't say he considered them art. He said he understood why other people did, but they're just not for him.

Also the thing that makes games valuable is that they AREN'T movies or books, they require active engagement rather than passive spectatorship. If Gone Home was a movie, it'd be a fairly forgettable movie with nothing in it that Blue Is The Warmest Color didn't do better. It's the player being an active participant…

Dragon Age and Mass Effect tell good personal, small stories. Has anyone ever given a shit about the overaching stories about the Reapers or that there are seriously an evil threat called the DARKSPAWN? What makes people love those games is moments like shooting cans off a roof with Garrus in Mass Effect 3.

Yeah, you want someone like Ken Levine or Adam Sessler arguing the value of video games. Those two guys are very well-read, intellectual types, who know a lot about culture in general, and choose to make their living in games. I'd love for those guys to really sit down and explain why this is the medium they want to…

I love Billy Eichner. I don't see any way this book works.

"There's nothing wrong with being a fucking nerd" is the most beautiful statement I've ever heard. If I was still in high school, that'd my senior quote.