It was actually a healthy gender dynamic that was trying to cope with an unhealthy societal expectation of women. The man and women in the song are taking part in an intentional verbal dance due to the expectations of society as a whole.

‘It’s a song about, as our Britt Hayes put it, “a woman being held hostage by some guy who may or may not have drugged her adult beverage.”’

Christ, isn’t a little early for the “Baby It’s Cold Outside” clickbait discourse machine to fire up again? Didn’t we settle this years ago, or has the COVID brain fog destroyed that part of our collective memory?

Unless they are at death’s door, never believe a musician when they say they’re retiring, that this is their last tour. It never sicks.

*racks brain for Neil Young joke*

Was wondering if you’d share this segment while specifically not commenting on the part where he basically called out how this site operated for many recent years, and I was not disappointed.

So it’s not about a watery tart distributing swords?  Pass.

I want to go in my sleep like my grandfather did. Not like the rest of the people in the bus he was driving 

Aw. Now he’ll never find the real killers.

opposing counsel

I see him in 2 weeks

How is Land of Hope and Dreams not in the list?

I completely lost interest in Bruce with Human Touch and Lucky Town and nothing I’ve heard has caused me to question that decision in any way. Plus no Clarence, and I hate Tom Morello, so no way was I seeing those tours. Now he’s 100 and I still got no more interest.

If cocaine were a person, it would be Bob Guccione.

Really? It’s not difficult.

I see all of your unfilmable novels here and in the comments, and I raise you:

Go big or go home: film the Lazarus Long books, complete with incestuous time travel!

I’e been stuck in the greys for about 6 months now after 20 years of commenting. I won’t really miss them anymore as the “best, most fun, intelligent” comment space on the ‘net has been gone for a long time now. 

I read it in a book. I believe this one: