The perfect mowing the grass, walking the dog, dealing with the trash shoes.

I'm always a little suspicious of a positive review of an overtly political album where it's clear the critic writing the review fully agrees with the politics on offer. This review in particular seems to be more about how terrific the band's opinions are than it is about how terrific the band's music is.

This episode is indeed incredible effective and moving. I still remember watching it when it originally aired. The reoccurring motif of Picard playing the small flute in subsequent episodes subtly refers back to "The Inner Light" but I agree that the show should have done more with it. Picard would have been changed…

"C"? This album is fantastic and might be the band's best. The AV Club's reviews are getting increasingly divorced from my tastes these days. The albums getting good reviews often sound awful to me.

Car Seat Headrest.

I generally into more experimental music, but I much prefer Mirage to Tusk. Tusk seemed like Buckingham was straining to make a point, Mirage seems like a more accurate reflection of where the band truly belongs. My favorite song on Tusk is probably "Sara", which is both the biggest hit off of that album and sounds…

This is a great interview for coaster fans!

I've never watched his show, just like I've never watched Fox News or any other current affairs / news TV show. Having stipulated that, a few things about this interview make me uncomfortable about Noah. 1. He directly compares the "extreme racial tension" in the US to that of South Africa. I've been to South Africa,…

I've loved this movie since I first saw it in the mid-nineties. It's good-natured, sharpely acted, has a stellar cast and is generally light as a feather. It's a perfect movie to watch if you're stressed about something. To me, Bruno Kirby steals the movie: "Clark, I gotta tell you. The odds are pretty good we're all…

Man, I really didn't like about two thirds of that list. I think I'm getting old and out of touch. I found Kurt Vile's record ridiculously overlong and pointless, I actively dislike Fleet Foxes so perhaps it's not a surprise that the FJM album annoyed me, that Waxahatchee album has one good song on it, "No Cities to…

The Haunting (1963) is extremely unnerving and effective.

1. Peter Jackson and the story of pitching and making Lord of the Rings. How a small time, New Zealand-based film maker with a distinctly skewed sensibility ended up making the biggest mainstream movie franchise since Star Wars. It's so unlikely that it can only be reality.
2. Michael Jackson and the making of…

When this movie came out I was growing up up in a college town that had a thriving local music scene, tons of college radio and good record stores, places to buy Killing Joke t-shirts, tons of parties with psychedelic cowpunk bands, little shops selling locally sourced pottery etc. Parents were history profs, cars…

I was just reading that this series is a huge ratings bomb in the UK. In fact, the last few episodes of JSaMN were a ratings disaster for the BBC. This is surprising to me as I think it's a pretty good show, the source material was popular, and apprently the show keeps getting better as it goes along.

I've never understood the hype around this band. Alabama Shakes trades exclusively in obvious, almost cringe-worthy neo-soul/roots rock/funk tropes. Jack White and the Drive By Truckers (to name just two) do similar things in much better, less derivative ways.

Mezcal Head and Ejector Seat Reservation are two of my favorite mid-90s buried treasure albums. However, that's all I really need from this band.

"Jurassic Bark". Bar none.

A Grand Don't Come For Free is a better album than this one…

A Grand Don't Come For Free is a better album than this one…

George Best, Bizarro and (particularly) Seamonsters are all terrific albums.