Grease gives absolutely no reason for Danny and Sandy to be together. So much so, it explains away the bulk of their romance having had occurred earlier, and offstage.

When Larry Wilmore's Nightly Show and Trevor Noah's Daily Show ran back to back, Wilmore's Nightly Show often felt like a re-hash of the Daily Show, but only because they took on many of the same events that happened that day. Taken of its own merits, Wilmore's show was far funnier and way more insightful and…

I haven't watched this since Tom bullied everyone into letting Nicholas win. Fuck this show.

Gillian Welch's song "Time (The Revelator)". Pure emotion pours out of Gillian's voice and Dave Rawling's guitar. Sometimes when I listen I weep with joy that this beautiful recording exists. I finally understand why people cry at Operas.

Agreed, nothing they can really do. I think the point is that they don't react like real humans would react to what happened, either. If something grabbed my daughter and flew so high up into the sky that they essentially disappeared, a normal reaction would be "I am never going to see her again", NOT "text your…

Whenever I get back to SoDak, I gotta hit a Taco John's for some Potato Ole's. Although, you can pretty much make the same thing at home with potato rounds and Lawry's.
Bonus: I'm pretty sure Taco John's invented the term "Taco Tuesday".

My favorite STP album… great variety of tunes, it's got my favorite STP bassline and guitar solo (both in Tripping on a Hole in a Paper Heart), plus some truly beautiful quieter music (And So I Know, Adhesive). The lyrics were better and the band didn't take itself so seriously (remember how self-serious Pearl Jam,…

Most underrated rock bassist ever. Listen to some of STP's best songs (Trippin', Interstate Love Song, …) and the bass is absolutely driving the bus and providing a recognizable counter melody that truly gives STP something unique.

The credits of Enter the Void are awesome. After that, my interest faded with each passing minute, until 15 minutes later I shut it off.

Every few years I get drawn back to Andrew Bird's music. It's not long before I get put off by how hard he is trying to impress his old Literature professor. (See also: Colin Meloy / History prof)

I was really hoping Nick would actually be taking a shower during this.

"Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" was a musical that was workshopped at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, and sadly, never made it any further. The musical took Flaming Lips music across the last few albums and constructed a narrative around them. The show's interpretation of the title track as a woman battling…

Well said! This phenomenon has been bugging me for awhile…Rob Zombie's Halloween being the classic example. You could say the same for Darth Vader…it was more fun to imagine his downfall than to witness it, and it definitely took the menace out of the character. Though, we did find out where Luke got his whiny…

….to her. I was finishing her part for her.

I'm fascinated by that print ad…"A beautiful single by two beautiful people". These days they try to hide the fact that they are selling sex along with the music.
And I see quite plainly that Lindsey prefers to dress to the left.

I always wanted Playmobil but it was more expensive (I guess, because it was imported?). Hey, we were poor(ish)! Loved those Fisher Price Adventure People though!

I found out two days ago where "Don't call it a comeback" comes from. To make this realization even more embarrassing, I found out while in a fit of nostalgia, but not for LL Cool J… I was listening to a cover of "Mama Said Knock You Out" by an obscure 90's band I used to like called Royal Crescent Mob.

yep, ditto, verbatim

Same here, but what's worse is I was trying to convince my brother of this and despite quoting multiple lyrics from the song that make it quite clear, my brother wasn't having it.
I mean, he flat out says Lola was a man near the end of the song.

Nope Alvy's got it right. They weren't all chart-toppers, but they were all hits and still get airplay even today.