Hence why they shortened it

Lockjaw is short for "Motherfuckin' Lockjaw and don't you forget it"

…but why.

I feel like the other musicians involved in Microphones albums gave a more solid frame for Elverum's influences and indulgences. So the albums may have explored tangents, but it always felt with some kind of purpose and with a high degree of eclecticism that always kept the journey interesting. With Mount Eerie,…

No need to apologize. I get it. I love that scene too, agree with your points, and would like to subscribe to your newsletter

Ah, boy. I'm just so tired of all these star wars.

Moonlight would be the more thoughtful anti-Trump vote, but Hidden Figures is the much safer, much more in line with centrist liberalism in general (ie., recognizing and lifting up oppressed geniuses rather than saying the lives of people mainstream society ignores are worth knowing about, even if they're not rocket…

For a while, I thought the almost complete snubbing of Children of Men for even nominations was a travesty, but that was also a year with some solid prestige movies and perfectly fine Oscar bait, and even though I still love Children of Men, I can recognize it's flawed and that its unrelenting bleakness was never…

I know it's just a typo, but "Disney Reconnaissance" reminds me of the time I lived in Orlando and started hatching a plan with my friends to wage a mock war between the nations of the World Showcase at Epcot (starting from Germany, as one does)

wtf is c-3po lol

I dunno. I think taking a major hit to their finances from a trade war is more of a concern for a bunch of them. They know they can always get decent lobbyist or pundit jobs if they're voted out anyway, but a trade war might wreck their income flow overall. And I think there are enough invested in their principles of…

I think the concern is that massive harassment of feminists and trans women follows him wherever he goes. He never personally calls for it, but he broadcasts specific names and pictures to a group that loves that whole doxing shit and general online harassment to the point of shutting down whatever anything else…

Republicans who don't want to see their financial investments wrecked by a trade war. Republicans who recognize that constantly kicking out immigrants hurts the bottom line of their/their friends' financial investments. Republicans who would rather maintain existing international defense alliances than see them…

"Alt-left" means "any liberal who doesn't agree that every statement I make is valid and worth compromising with"

"eventually even his fans are going to get bored of his shtick"

Yeah, maybe it would have gone differently. But I think that misses the point of how giving the Grand Dragons the stage so we can ridicule them seems to only embolden more people to act like the Grand Dragons rather than laugh them out of town with ridicule

I think I heard that line from every liberal pundit prior to November of last year…

What's the over/under on the amount of time it will take before a "So much for the tolerant left" kind of comment?

You missed the more obvious
Some do not have the ability of speech; some cannot even wash or clothe themselves
The AV Club

I one time received a terse email response from Christopher Hitchens when I critiqued his stance on the Iraq war. I felt a little bit like the Monarch trying to battle with Dr. Venture in that moment