Hip hop is about to overwhelm the voters. LL Cool J, De la Soul, Tribe Called Quest, and Eric B & Rakim are already eligible and have decent cases (better than 2Pac IMO). But in about two years, it opens up big time: Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, the Roots, Outkast, and Wu Tang all become eligible.

I'm not going to argue the Rock Hall matters or anything, but I don't think it's quite the travesty we pretend it is every year. It's done a poor job of honoring pop music post-1980 or so, which has created a huge backlog of great 80s acts while they cram in every second tier classic era era band they can find.

If I have a guilty pleasure band (I hate the term), it's Yes. They are pretty much the total opposite of music I normally like and enjoy, but damn it… Yes is pretty great. I will still make fun of prog music in general, but Yes gets a pass for two reasons: Steve Howe is awesome and they are the only prog band with a…

I've nothing to add. That sums it up.

Yeah, that's awful. Get a damn babysitter. The question should be: do other people expect to encounter kids here? At a club? Absolutely not. I'd be horrified.

Honestly, the first 30 minutes of the doc are the weakest. They do a lot of cramming facts into a pre-established narrative instead of looking at the facts to draw conclusions. But once you get to Second Reconstruction in the 1960's and the right wing response, the doc hits its stride and becomes far more convincing…

To me, it depends on the restaurant. Our kids are pretty well-behaved, but I went to a chain family Mexican joint near a mall, and the family next to ours was running wild. I was going to say something until I made eye contact with the parents, who were sitting there dead-eyed and exhausted from a day of chasing their…

One more, at least.

I love Sleeper as well. I'm a huge fan of Brubaker's dark sense of humor, which works well in the noir/crime genre without coming off as too mean-spirited.

Oh, I think it's an awful review in which the writer commits the sin of criticizing a work of art because it does not conform to his own world view. But, it does give an example of using respectability politics applied to Luke Cage as a pejorative.

I think this critical review from The Ringer gets into respectability politics and Luke Cage:

I love that in the trailer, there's some footage of them destroying the Letterman set. That is still one of the best TV performances I'd ever seen of a band. L7 was/is so damn awesome.

I was at that show! It was one of the best nights of my life, too! My buddy had hipped me to L7, so I was pretty psyched for them, too. One of the few bands that wouldn't get blown off the stage by peak Fugazi.

This is the correct answer. Even when they briefly let Jason Siegel stay in their home, Mr. Weir shows off why he is such a great dad in that relationship, too. .The Weir parents are the secret stars of that show. They are dorky, lame parents in the best possible way: because of the utter devotion to their kids.

Greetings from the future. I just saw the anniversary tour of Rent last night because my wife wanted to go. I haaaaaaaaaaaated Rent for pretty much all the reasons you outlined when it first came out, and was dreading the evening.

Fantastic piece. I do like that the film is joyous, as foreign film tends to be put in the box of impenetrable downers. I mean, The 400 Blows fits in that box, even though I agree its a better film that likely "deserved" the Palme d'Or. Still, I'm glad the unique one-off film won. It's the only reason I've seen it, as…

I have nothing to add to your absolutely true statement.

Even though it would get compared to Fraction, I'd still want to write for Hawkeye. He's still, to me, one of the most interesting Marvel heroes. A guy who simaltaneously has the self-doubt of being the regular guy on a team full of gods and have the narcissism/ego to second guess Captain America, and think he should…

"You know everything you love about She-Hulk? Well, it's not in this book. Buy accordingly."

The line is fine because when done well, it can blend into the field, and sometimes the angle makes it so I can't see the chain gang. The rest f it needs to go.