In college my wife suggested we should go see Gwar at a monster truck rally. I was really excited, and then she told me she was just kidding, and we both got embarrassed.

Pretty sure the melody was an old drinking song, and it really does lend itself to being belted out by a crowd of yahoos rather than delivered by a singer. 

There’s nothing automatic about it, but the Democrats trying to run a sub (when they have nobody on the bench) in place of the sitting president would be squandering their only advantage. Which, granted, is the most Democratic thing to do, but still not a great idea.

It’s literally impossible to predict the future, but history has a habit of repeating itself*, and historically the person most likely to win a presidential election is the sitting president. People don’t love change.

Since 1924, only five political candidates have ousted a sitting president - Franklin Roosevelt, Jimmy Carter*, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, and Joe Biden. The idea that Democrats should give up the massive advantage of having an incumbent (who already beat the challenger in a prior election) is terrible politics.

That last sentence is a little funny since the depiction of Italian criminals was actually controversial decades ago, when there was still a widespread belief in American society that Italians were an inferior race and a threat to American society. As American beliefs about race and culture changed, so did the meaning…

It’s faulty reasoning to imply that Hollywood is somehow bearing witness to the realties of terrorism when it depicts Muslims as terrorists. Action movies in particular are works of pure fantasy designed to amuse an American audience that’s overwhelmingly Christian, and their villains embody the characteristics that…

What are you under 35 or something? 

“Pennsylvania Man Misses Trump”

Pfft, grow some balls man. 

You believe the victim if they deserve it. If they’re some whiny ass punk you send them on their way.

If the genders were reversed the story would be more plausible because dudes are both violent and liars. 

Johnny Carson is thrilled, however. 

I don’t like the word “replace,” since the physical media market was based on sale and ownership, but cloud based distribution (from streaming services or even digital services like Amazon) is based on licensing.

The irony is that studios have invested so heavily in streaming that limiting their streaming content will also have a negative financial impact. They've created a cannibal economy .

When I actually see a movie in a theater the absence of a pause button is one thing I love most. I like watching movies at home, but there are too many things to take me out of the experience - my phone, the fridge, other movies sitting on the shelf. And while my house isn’t full of random people, it is full of…

To be fair, he doesn't have to write the material. 

He was well past his prime by the late 60s. Anyone who calls “Get Back” a well produced Beatles record might as well call “End of the Century” a well produced Ramones record.

Rhino released Elvis Costello’s “Spike” with a bonus disc of demos, and I really think they’re better than the album (“Tramp the Dirt Down” benefits from florid overproduction, the rest of the songs sink under it).

By the time they’re driving to the hotel, Wendy has already disclosed to the pediatrician that they left Vermont after Jack broke Danny’s arm. The movie never maintains a pretense that they're a happy family, the horror comes from Wendy and Danny being literally (rather than figuratively) stuck with Jack.