Can you just ring Steve Coogan up once a month to get a funny rundown of why a certain song sucks? This column would be much better.

Maybe, but those albums will just get shitty reviews; the artists may be a bit embarrassed and easily ignored.

I have faith many people will still want to listen to a collection of songs by a single artist for years to come, even if it's an increasingly niche pursuit. At worst albums might get shorter. Albini was right: convenience always wins over quality, but streaming doesn't preclude Long Players.

This town isn't big enough for the both of…. oh forget it.

Talking about the Loudness War in any way other that it being a terrible thing for music is certainly odd. Don't give me this 'it inspired a more minimalist approach' nonsense, it just means the production of all popular genres sounds a little more obnoxious than it did 20 years ago.

Drum cymbals sound really bad on MP3s. The format has never been able to handle them for some reason. Perhaps it's not a coincidence they're rarely used in the electronica-heavy pop of today.

Yeah, really incongruous. Happened in the last episode (I think?) where Frank and his wife have the never-ending conversation backstage in the club. Telling that both feature Vaughn.

I dunno, it's pretty heavily implied… almost every episode.

Certainly, good storytelling doesn't need you to root for (or even really like) a character to find them compelling. God knows I'd have given up on Mad Men long before the end otherwise. Incidentally it's why I find the website Goodreads.com terrible - 90% of reviews come down to how 'likeable' the main character is,…

The general rule is x2.5 of the film's budget to cover marketing and distribution costs.

Best not bring the adjusted-for-inflation can of worms into the argument…

It's overlong, but the two leads are having such fun you can't help but enjoy it.

He works when he's holding a gun and doesn't speak. They could have just had him as a supporting character who only turns up for action scenes.

"Audiences/readers/viewers only accept coincidences if they're bad for the protagonists." - The Breaking Bad creator, I think

People can't be so disingenious that they can't see how this show has fundamental problems.

I assume the poster means the talk of the orgy which has been touted for weeks now. It was always going to be overhyped.

I don't know why people are shitting on the pilot, as if the rest of the season's been so much better. I recall being fairly engaged by it, and since I still don't give a shit about the case the late reveal of Caspere's murder doesn't really matter.

No-one ever thinks about the henchman's family.

Prior to the lodge scene this was on course to be the worst episode yet. Even Farrell wasn't pulling his weight - that opening table scene with Vaughn was dire.

Ok, ok. Less… cromulent.