I agree that Season 8 is the last great season (with season 9 being the last good season) and it has some great episodes, but I think it's where some of the problems that would plague later seasons would start to show up. The show's had plenty of guest spots in the past including some with a dozen guest stars, but I…

it was okay. It was better than the last Sonic Youth album, but still sounded like a middling SY album. This one isn't too different, but it's better overall and comes off a bit more natural.

I keep seeing these comparisons, but I can't imagine how anyone would think the SunnO))) and Scott wouldn't work together well. Hell, if anything this album is fairly thematically similar to Lulu, but done so much better.

I generally do too, but it seems like there's usually some sort of logic when the plot moves into a completely different territory; some of this just felt like "Alright, A Clockwork Orange!… eh, I'm bored with this; Kubrick references it is."

Some nice bits throughout, but I thought the last two portions felt like the writers got bored of the premise, which is a problem that plagues most newer episodes.

I thought it was weird that the stereo mix of I Feel Free has like 90% of the music in the right channel while the left channel was all vocals and a hi-hat

I liked the episode, though I'm cautiously optimistic as well. The show jumping around on its own timeline kind of felt like a sort of heavy-handed way of trying to juggle multiple plotlines, which has always been the show's weak spot. I thought Coven made a better first impression, but dropped off fairly quickly.

needs Rashida Jones too!

surely that Allen Gregory comparison was meant to be positive, yes? A ringing endorsement!

I didn't think Hail was really that different from Kid A/Amnesiac (ditto In Rainbows); I think it was less well-received because it wasn't as well-written.

it's not really my main genre, though I think I'm at least reasonably aware of electronic music, but Yorke's solo stuff (and to some extent Atoms For Peace) just sounds like really beginner level electronic material. If it's not bad, it generally sounds paper thin and forgettable; I also get the impression few would…

that's because Who Shot Mr Burns? was a satire of those types of hype machines, right down to the Dallas and Twin Peaks references.

If anything, I think the marathon made the contrast in quality between the earlier and later seasons much more apparent.

it's even more glaring when Dangerfield himself actually appeared on the show at one point.

I think his appearance was to throw off people making guesses as to which character was going to die.

I was wondering if David Hyde Pierce and Kelsey Grammer's appearances had more to do with throwing off people on guessing who was going to die. Rabbi Krustofsky was always the obvious choice (especially with all the funeral guests wearing yarmulkes), but I did have some second guesses when I saw David Hyde Pierce was…

I'd buy a Sonic Youth set of Simpsons toys.

While a certain amount of ignorance is certainly in effect concerning the song's origins, is his interpretation of the song really that far off given the context of In Utero (which was very much about fucking with their audience and even has a few tracks explicitly taking on those that came in their wake)?

I think he's technically correct, but I think it's probably the worst aspect of Nirvana's legacy: the generally lazy and unquestioning acceptance that because Nirvana was popular, they are therefore Legendary.

it's a prequel, but I'm not convinced that it didn't start out as a remake. It's not terrible, but there's something to be said about practical special effects from 1982 absolutely trouncing the CGI effects from just a few years back.