Nah, it absolutely still counts. The music is still the music, you know? Elvis didn't write his own songs, either. I don't think that's in any way a disqualifier. And I actually think the AV Club could get away with having her on the list, since it's an actually transparent democratic process, where we can go look…

And that joke had to go away! Blackstar was the best album he had made since his last great album, which was The Next Day, the one immediately before it.

Bon Iver's last two albums were great, but man did he disappear inside his own asshole for the new one.

Same thing as Videotape, actually. A live version of that came out before In Rainbows that has an amazing build and actually kicks in at the end, and they just don't do that on the album version.

The weirdest relationship I have ever had with a piece of music is with Blackstar. I listened to that thing several times the weekend it came out, actually thinking "man, I wonder where he goes next with this, this is a great new sound for Bowie." And then Monday came, and the final secrets of the album were…

I just wanna thank the AV Club for being the only music list of the year to not give #1 to Beyonce, which is not to say that that album wasn't great, but it just feels like a bunch of old people trying to appease the kids when they do that. Rolling Stone, ain't no WAY you think that's the best album of the year!

Well, one would lead to the other, since that would mean she would likely be adopted. There's a throughline there, at least.

This week's episode of the show talks about how Justin taught his daughter to follow Travis around and inform him that she's going to kick his ass, so if anything, their empire will span across generations.

One of my favorite moments in recent Best Show history was Tom briefly dropping the bit and admitting that Chris Hardwick has been nothing but super nice to him at every turn, and he deserves none of the shit Tom constantly throws his way. I like when Tom drops the act and buddies up with people he makes fun of, like…

James Adomian went on some huge tear about how the AV Club is a bunch of hacks and claimed Kyle Ryan is a massive creep who would corner him at events and harass him, entirely over them giving one of his podcasts a poor review.

The science guyhy?!

Y'know, I probably should've guessed that Anthony Hopkins and Ed Harris weren't going to be signed on for multiple seasons of TV.

People are allowed to not like things you like without getting yelled at for it.

Ed Harris should really keep the hat on.

Well, they also had him styled in the most unflattering way imaginable in Hail Caesar. He was more flopsweat than man.

Guardians of the Galaxy established a weird space location with "Moonage Daydream," which is maybe my favorite music cue in any movie ever.

It very explicitly cuts away. The camera moves up to the ceiling while he does it.

ACHTUNG!

Idris Elba's in his mid-40s, I think that's totally fine for the character.

Wasn't Cinderella Man a big hit?