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My fave.

Dimitri Shostakovich. I mean, I'd truly rather listen to Kabalevsky or Khachaturian (which always infuriates any fan of "Shosty"). Oddly, I love the works of his students and those he influenced, especially Schnittke and Gubaidulina.

And just when they learned to actually write for her character!

Kiss the pan. THE PAN KISSES YOU!

It's insane!

The audio mixing and somewhat patronizing tone of RadioLab eventually drove me away.

Welp, looks like I'll be driving up to Milwaukee.

The world needs more David Sedaris truthers. Seriously, it does.

A? Really? "Parody" aside, this one just didn't work.

"Atonal" is a bit of a harsh (if not completely inaccurate) appraisal of Béla Bartók's music. C- on this review.

As someone who almost works solely with music for a living, I can't listen to music while working. Instead, I keep a constant stream of podcasts (in order of importance) - Comedy Bang! Bang!, On the Media, U Talkin' U2 To Me?, and anything on which Paul F Tompkins is a guest (and this American Life, of course).

Was this produced by Don DiMello? The maid is clearly intended as "a little something for daddy."

Disappointed that Freddy's deli didn't get a shout-out in the Cicero monologue.

I'd argue that "Born This Way" more closely resembles "You Dropped a Bomb on Me."

Garth Marenghi's Dark Place features the greatest theme song in television history.

So, they didn't bother to transpose one of the tracks, which would've taken about 30 seconds to accomplish on pretty much an DAW. Do better!

Really a missed opportunity to use a 12-tone row (note my avatar)

I now want my own "Nooice" vanity license plate.

Any mention of Kerbey Lane triggers automatic Austin nostalgia and feelings of migas deprivation.

I think this episode is the spiritual sequel to "The Mind Robber," which subtly suggests that the Doctor knows he's a fictional character.