And all this time I've been buying my herpes in cartons like a sucker!

There is no single more odious opinion than "Artist I like shouldn't face the legal consequences for his/her actions because he/she makes product I like!"

That's a fair point but I still can't really get over the smugness of it. She acts like she understands everything about how the world works ("my friends and I we've cracked the code") and like she's so much better than whoever the song is directed at ("we aren't caught up in *your* love affair"). Incidentally, that…

"pelting officers with 'a string of F-bombs' like so many word-eggs"

Am I the only person who dislikes this song? There are plenty of elements in it that are good (yes, the snaps are catchy) and I think Lorde has a great deal of promise as an artist, but I just can't get over the fact that I'm getting preached at by a sixteen year-old who wants kudos for being smart enough to realize…

Wow, I had no idea about that radius clause until your post. Now it all suddenly makes complete sense why the whole Southern California music scene dries up for several months every year.

Yes, the highly trained secret agent can't tell when someone's right behind him unless it's specifically pointed out to him. And why not? It's not like someone involved in highly sensitive counterintelligence operations would be as observant of his surroundings as possible and always be on guard against being snuck…