Just read that this morning. I guess the rich and powerful splash around in the shit and puke pool just so they know what it's like when they're fucking the rest of us over later in life.

I think basically all of hip hop falls into this category. Whatever complexity there is in the production gets lost, and any time there's more than one guy on stage, the rapping devolves into amped out shouting.

Ah yes, good call on Synecdoche, New York. I was frustrated through most of it and assumed I was bored, but then found myself on the verge of tears during the last scene. The feeling was completely unexpected.

I took a former girlfriend to a GWAR concert in Chicago, and she spent the entire show in the pit as I watched from the sidelines. I was ashamed, and she never let me forget my poor showing.

It could just be coincidence, but Fred Arimsen appears to have been riding the same vehicle in the latest epsidoe of Portlandia.

I haven't read these comments all the way through, so someone else might have mentioned it, but I just wanted to take a moment to enjoy the fact that so much of Kenny's perspective seems to be informed by high-cholesterol movies from the 80s and 90s.

I wanted to heartily agree with @Melted Kojak but the comment machine won't let me post under his name.

I always liked the "Open Mic Night" performances on Viktor Vaughn's/MF Doom's "Vaudeville Villain." He spoofs poetry slams and terrible white rappers, among other deserving targets. And "the host" of the open mics is pretty funny.

The Specialist is audacious. If I remember correctly, Sharon Stone asks Sly why he prefers to kill his targets with bomb blasts instead of just shooting them, and he insists shooting people is "too messy."

I was thinking Merle would be with them.

If it's any consolation, you've given me an erection.

Orange whip?

Where's the love for "Crow?"

I lived in Thailand for almost five years and loved it. Among the interesting things that I saw or experienced.:

Ahem. You must go see Stanley Kubrick's "Paths of Glory" before making any further comments about the lack of good films about WWI.

Damn! I was going to throw some support behind you on the first point alone, but then you pretty much nailed all my feelings about Louie.

I could kind of understand doing one of these if it meant a once-in-a-lifetime grab for a liberating bag of cash. I mean, I'm sure I'd be open to all sorts of degradations if I thought I could pay off my student loans and buy a house and car. But three of them? That's just greed.

"U Can't Touch This" is in heavy rotation at my boxing gym in Hong Kong. The funny thing is that it's a cover. I often wonder if Hammer is getting royalties. And what about Rick James?

You are incorrect, sir, though I appreciate your use of Chris Rock to illustrate your point.

The "TOTAL MASSACRE" scene gave me goosebumps the first time I saw. I wept a little when I saw it a second time. Fucking awesome.