I saw the headline and thought it was an obituary at first.

I absolutely loved Assassination Vacation, but The Wordy Shipmates got so bogged down in quoting old pamphlets and sermons that I got bored and gave up halfway. Hoping this new book has more of Vowell's own voice in it.

You don't like the zipless spoon?

That's my fear too: "Chapter 6: In 1986 I made Blue Velvet, so there was that. Now let me talk about Transcendental Meditation for the next 150 pages."

They didn't get the meme-o.

You mean Vernity Fer, of course.

I didn't say it was a bad RR. It was interesting. I did find it a bit dry and formal, but maybe Sarsgaard's just that kind of an interviewee.

Funny how you can almost instantly tell when it's not a Will Harris Random Roles.

Drugstore Cowboy absolutely put Van Sant on the map. My Own Private Idaho was seen at the time as simply his follow-up. It got a lot of early buzz because of Van Sant's hipness and Phoenix's performance, but dropped off pretty quickly as I recall.

Except cunt.

It's always funny when AV Club gets the random National Review commenter wandering in to remind us how dumb everyone in Hollywood is.

Every time I see such a montage, I ask myself, "Why didn't I just watch a documentary about these people?"

Everyone who watches late night talk shows knows who Louis CK is.

NEWS FLASH: SAME 20 CELEBRITIES NOW IN PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING

Don't forget composer Richard Robbins, who contributed so much to the Merchant-Ivory aesthetic. He worked for them almost exclusively.

I'm really confused right now. I have the Splendor soundtrack on CD. I am looking at it at this very moment. There is no Chemical Bros. remix of Spiritualized's "I Think I'm in Love". Was it re-released with this track added?

I think Split is a perfect album on all fronts. Gala is good, but uneven at times. Spooky is a little samey-samey and boring ("For Love" is a great single though). Ladykillers is more Britpop than shoegaze. But yeah, Split is fantastic.

Big Freedia concerts are so much fun.

WALTON GODDAMN GOGGINS

Few things are more symbolic of the Carter and Reagan presidencies than the solar panels which Carter installed on the White House in 1979, and which Reagan removed in 1986.