You really can trace the evolution/devolution of Joyce's style just by looking at his last lines:

I actually quite loved the ending of the expanded version of "The Stand." Which is…I guess kind of exactly the same as "Dark Tower."

Indeed. I keep finding myself trying to argue that the fact that comics and videogames are now getting feminist critiques means that they're actually being taken seriously as art — the same way literary fiction, fine art, film and theater have inspired their own feminist critical traditions for the last half century…

I won't deny that could certainly be one of the factors. But there's also the fact that MIA is purposely, attention-grabbingly provocative, whereas any provocation that might come from Katy's side is usually just a side-effect of stupidity. But more importantly, Katy's last album sold 260,000 copies in its first week;…

Katy Perry makes them considerably more money. You could probably identify a bunch of more interesting potential explanations, but that's probably as far as it actually goes.

I love Beetlebum, which is like listening to an A+ power-pop song slowly fall asleep. If Max Martin were to get hooked on horse tranquilizers, this is exactly how I imagine the resulting new Taylor Swift album would sound.

Oh yes. Here's his official bio, which actually makes me sympathetic to Millennials — if I'd spent my whole life with these types of people aggressively selling me things from every possible angle, who knows how weird I would've turned out:

The Millennials aren't a real generation, they're a Dantescan construct designed to deliver ironic punishment to nostalgic Baby Boomers.

I love HST, but considering the trajectory he was on, it's really not too much of a stretch to imagine Raoul Duke turning into Whitey Bulger by the end of the '70s.

This is good enough that I suspect you are actually Dan Brown.

I do kind of admire the fact that all the "surprisingly, it's really not that bad!" reviews for the first film have inspired James to aim for the complete opposite on the follow-up.

Right. It was kind of telling that even as a "co-owner" of Tidal, who presumably is on the hook to provide exclusive content, Rihanna released a new single to all platforms literally two days before Tidal launched.

Whether one is a CEO or a multimillionaire rapper/rock star, simply admitting "you know, I have more money than most people" is apparently a very difficult thing to do.

Ironically, 69-year-old Helen Mirren is far more genuinely sexy than 56-year-old Madonna.

Exactly. Easily the most mature thread of the books, even if it isn't
always the most exciting. And probably the one that's most critical of standard fantasy tropes. You take the exiled princess, make her the most empathetic and morally sound character, give her actual dragons to command, and then watch as her ethics…

Thank god, I thought it was just me. I used to audibly groan when I'd turn the page to a new chapter and see his name.

How I love that song. Just when I'm about to lose interest in the middle, "hey, it's Public Enemy!"

Grass was just weirdly delicious. Enough that I felt embarrassed about it.

This is also an excellent idea. I sometimes catch myself sort of unintentionally inventing this alternate-history version of myself as a super-savvy kid who was listening to Company Flow and Spiritualized and Neutral Milk Hotel back when I was in high school. When, of course, I only discovered those bands years after…

I'd love to get a group of 60-something Beatles fanatics together and quiz them on the music of Rudy Vallee, Guy Lombardo and Al Jolson.