The arcadey parts do sound like a lot of fun, though.

I haven't played it so this is just secondhand, but Tevis Thompson, whom I respect a lot, was apoplectic about the icky exploitative stuff, to the point of calling out every single reviewer who didn't mention it on Twitter. Given the surrounding events in the last two weeks re: female sexual violence and videogames, I…

Jeff's faux-Mudbone routine segueing into his apple callback was some top-tier A+ anti-comedy. Overall, probably my favorite episode of the season so far, due to my weakness for Simpsons mob mentality, ridiculous high-concept episodes, and outfits that were stolen from The Apple.

Yeah, after I re-read the trilogy, which was all that was out when I was a kid, I noticed there were more books in the series. But whatever a cursory google told me, it convinced me to quit while I was ahead, or at least unscarred.

I meant phenomenologically—Ian's not a particularly articulate music critic (most musicians aren't), but it reads like he really delved into his head and tried to figure out what serious artist of quality most rubs his brain the wrong way. I bet if we got every notable musician to do the same, we'd have a hell of a…

\m/ O \m/ is proper Internet etiquette here, thanks.

\m/ O \m/ is proper Internet etiquette here, thanks.

"And on Bone Machine Waits is an ace arranger under the thumb of a fourflushing singer-songwriter. When he's got the cards—"Goin' Out West"'s petty delusions, "All Stripped Down"'s final judgment, "I Don't Wanna Grow Up"'s parting shot—the Weillian bite of the junkshop music cuts through his plug-ugly vocal shtick and…

"And on Bone Machine Waits is an ace arranger under the thumb of a fourflushing singer-songwriter. When he's got the cards—"Goin' Out West"'s petty delusions, "All Stripped Down"'s final judgment, "I Don't Wanna Grow Up"'s parting shot—the Weillian bite of the junkshop music cuts through his plug-ugly vocal shtick and…

I liked those two albums in college. Open-minded 4-track-era Ween fans should dig them up and check them out.

I liked those two albums in college. Open-minded 4-track-era Ween fans should dig them up and check them out.

I'll say it. Chip Fu is some sort of minor genius, and it's a shame he didn't start showing up on all the backpack rapper's albums like Humpty Hump.

I'll say it. Chip Fu is some sort of minor genius, and it's a shame he didn't start showing up on all the backpack rapper's albums like Humpty Hump.

Worth pointing to Bob Christgau's accompanying Pazz & Jop essay, where you can watch him try to pop the bubble in real time by pointing out that, while everyone else voted for them, none of the bastards could actually write an essay about why:

Worth pointing to Bob Christgau's accompanying Pazz & Jop essay, where you can watch him try to pop the bubble in real time by pointing out that, while everyone else voted for them, none of the bastards could actually write an essay about why:

As long as Jay Johnston is cast all is forgiven.

In the sage words of Stephen Hawking, it's Calvins all the way down:

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