The first was OK. Came to the UK but Mike couldn't do it - they picked up a session drummer who Tim insisted on referring to as his little brother the entire time. Also, a woman in the crowd yelled at Tim to marry her, so Sam Zurick pulled her on stage and made Tim get down on one knee and propose. It was WEIRD. But I…

Interesting, So Much… isn't one I've ever spent much time with. Definitely one to go back to for me, though I'd argue that Portable Model and How Memory Works are surely the most accessible - at least for Cap'n Jazz and Owls fans, anyway.

I do that from January through to May though, so it's nice to have a change.

Whether it's good or bad aren't really relevant questions for a JoA album tbf. You can like their band ones and hate their good ones and I think that's truer for them than it is for any other band.

It IS a bit Books-y, I guess! More in vibe than in any actual solid comparison points but I def see where you're coming from.

Haha! Owen is pretty much my favourite musical project of all time and I love it unreservedly so I can't even pretend to have a rational conversation in response to what you've just said - I would love to have been able to see him live earlier on in his time as Owen.

I meant the independent music press that covers stuff like Joan Of Arc, and has traditionally ignored pop music as "inauthentic" and left it to mainstream publications to bother with - though is now, of course, starting to avoid some of the weirder niches in exchange for yet another Taylor fucking Swift thinkpiece or…

Joan of Arc do have one of the most wildly inconsistent back catalogues - at their best they're incredible, at their worst they're unbearable, but that's kind of a big part of their charm. I feel quite guilty for never quite keeping up with their records - I think I might be getting on for a solid decade behind at…

What else do you listen to on Halloween????

Getting the impression this is mostly just harking back to Sing The Sorrow, which can't be a bad move for AFI at this point. Much like Jimmy Eat World and Death Cab For Cutie, if they manage to settle into a groove that hits most of their most popular notes each time they'll continue to keep die-hards happy,…

I feel like I made this exact same comment recently on another article but as much as I love Kate Beckinsale, I just can't bring myself to care about these films at all. I'd rather watch Cold Comfort Farm again and again, tbh.

They probably wouldn't be there on a Sunday morning tbh. Always full of families. Though my local cinema still has an intermission half way through every film and a guy who plays the organ so I can't really say I'm completely up to date with what goes on at the movies.

this is very cute.

"Some find Elmo insufferable. They complain about his high-pitched squeal, his unmotivated giggling, his cloying niceness and oppressively sunny disposition. With all due respect, these people can all go fuck themselves."

This certainly is a news story!

No I'm pretty sure it's Darth Ted and Luke Bill.

Call me, beep me. I actually got a Disneylife subscription a while ago and started watching a bit of Kim Possible just for a giggle, and the voice cast is great. John DiMaggio is the main villain, and Gary Cole is her dad.

bit harsh

"Luke Bill" is up there with "Cellar Door" and "The Joy of Cooking Millhouse" in my all-time ranking of beautiful combinations of words.

Does this also mean punk rock supergroup Black President will be relevant again? If you answered yes, you were incorrect - they were never relevant.