For what it's worth, there are no hippies left in the upper Haight. All priced or died out. And it's a crowded urban mall up there - stay away!. Golden Gate Park is the place to be. Walking around there by the Conservatory of Flowers (and going inside if it's not a peak visiting hour), and walking to the De Young…

Mainstream-celeb / Trump-supporter-fan Venn diagrams would make math quizzes more applicable to real life.

Anansi spins stories like spiders spin webs.

Poet/novelist in the best sense possible.

The book is a sort of lyrically written "Mommie Dearest" account of both parents, who suck at being parents and suck at being people too. Every chapter ends with a harrowing account of abuse and/or neglect. It's a slog to say the least. The trailer is bathed in a warm glow and threatens to be heart-warming, with…

The role of the clown throughout history was to upset the social order — to make fun of society, especially those in power. They're supposed to be funny but they also cause anxiety - that's the role of the clown. The "It" clown isn't funny, so I'd say it's bad at its job.

Yeah, there was a "beach" episode where they had to be in swimwear, but Depp stayed in jeans and hoodie the entire episode, like the TV rebel he was. Also, my brother and I watched way too much 21 Jump Street, but we couldn't help it—we were the age demographic and we were also very ironic in our TV viewing habits.…

21 Jump Street was like a good, cheesy, earnest (but funny, thanks to the Penhall/Hanson riffs) B-movie every week. Solid entertainment for youngsters. Once the hippie captain left (he called Hoffs, "Peaches," which was unconscionable), the show hit its stride. Sadly Depp's stardom meant he was disgruntled or phoning…

PENHALL. That is all.

MINOR TO MAJOR LEAGUE! - yo.

You can get a film-school-level education by listening to the commentary tracks of any Criterion Kurosawa film on DVD. Master historians, talking about how a master did his work.

I love how this episode tackled the complexities of female (and to some extent male) friendships. Touching on how important those friendships are to our sense of self and well-being and how difficulties within friendships can be as potentially traumatic as any romantic breakup. Also, the ballet was really good!…

Bobble eyes on a broom! I'm so happy this show is back.

It's just a lot of Superchunk.

Thirteen Superchunk CDs. *staring into the middle distance, thinking: did I read that right? double-checking* Thirteen Superchunk CDs…

Same here and me too! I'm glad I finished "Smile" because it was about recovery and I needed that. I got "Drama" for my actress niece. I remember thinking at the bookstore that it's so cool to be able to buy a good graphic book for a young girl. "Ghosts" sounds really good—great review—very heartfelt. I hope I can get…

What I briefly appreciated about this show, mid-run, was its main theme was failure. Particularly middle-class failure. The family would *never* get along. They would never be at the top of their career fields. They bumbled through parenthood, hoping for the best outcome, which was dependent on their kids figuring it…

Me too. Watching Wilder get manically inspired is still inspiring. Cinematography is fantastic too.

Finished watching "Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell." Must be the most beautiful TV series ever filmed. Great cast, great visual effects and some slightly buried critiques of how class, race and misogyny work for the benefit of the ruling elites, plus a mirrored (heh) theme that the otherworld of fairies has mimicked…

The crew's headquartered in an abandoned tenement building among the rubble of 70s-era Bronx, watching their subway art roll past at dawn. That should be worth watching alone. The vibrant cast and soundtrack is the icing on the nostalgia-cake.