I had never heard of Rhode Island (and apparently MA) having a huge amount of Portuguese food until I moved there for work. But every pizza place had a Portuguese pie, and every seafood restaurant had Portuguese options. I finally had to ask a couple of people what it was all about, and they had no idea. They assumed…

Dude, there's one quasi-famous one with at least 2 locations in Southern WV called Hillbilly Hotdogs that is BANGIN'.

I know this goes by number of restaurants, but I will say that the best food I've had in WV has been hotdogs.

Having a hard time identifying with someone who is sent too much free beer to review, so I'm taking SweetWater's side in this.

Kessel might have been upset by the reporter's critical tone, but that's definitely one of the biggest supporters I've ever seen.

Oh, ok. I was on my phone. That "concern" was worded a bit too bluntly anyway. I basically was just wondering whether I had missed something because I never really saw Magnolia / PDL as a huge dividing line, but your response makes sense regardless.

Can't wait to see it. Only concern with write up—why is the line drawn after Punch Drunk Love regarding characters who are melancholy and reaching toward something they can't define and they know they won't get? Magnolia would definitely seem to fit there. Hard Eight even more. I guess the desires in Boogie Nights are…

I'm also pretty sure I would rather get sexually harassed through a paper-covered hole than pull my pants up after barely wiping my volcanic asshole.

Gone Girl (movie) is incredible. Dumps some of the more interesting psychological stuff from the book, but you pick up a phenomenal score and humor.

So no one else misunderstood what this was, thought the opening verse was supposed to be acoustic / solo, and then when no one else started making noise, assumed for at least 2 minutes that it was some TV taping trick where the band and backup singers pretend to make noise and it's added in later? Great.

I actually spent years building up credibility with level-headed, insightful comments just so that I could be a non-gray commenter when the time came to squander it all by defending Taylor Swift.

I haven't listened yet, but I'll give a big ol' PREACH for recognizing how great she is. The haters' tears fuel me.

This is the first time I've read anything about it other than that it will be an awards contender. They seem to get their info from somewhere, though, so who knows? I hope it is. Joaquin Phoenix is so under-recognized, it's so upsetting.

Disagree. I love his early movies too, but it's easy to see why this is the one that might win an award. It's tempting to see Grand Budapest as less serious because there are some moments that are so twee they're caricature, but the acting alone sets it apart for the Oscars. Royal Tenenbaums, which has always been one…

Egils is definitely not the worst beer in Iceland, but even the worst is fine. Must be the water. Einstok is the best. That said, they make some disgusting-ass liquor and non-alcoholic drinks (I will never understand how people drink Malt). And I think Joel meant $90 worth of beer or $9 for each beer.

You'd be surprised. A lot of guys with frat brands actually get them voluntarily as upperclassmen, not during pledgeship.

This is great, but is it really that weird? If I'm not laying down, kneeling is the only way I can finish on my own. I imagine he didn't want to use the guy's bed, so...

UPDATE: I watched the first two episodes of Twin Peaks and, although it's more watchable than Mulholland Drive and I will keep watching it to find out what happens, I feel vindicated. This show is garbage, daring you to call it out as garbage, but hoping you'll be too afraid to seem like you just don't get it. I can't…

I'm mostly just fucking around at this point... to me, someone insisting that Mulholland Drive is legitimately excellent in every facet (which I know to be untrue) just reminds me so much of people who form their music opinions based on Pitchfork who somehow think Kid A is a better CD than, say, Is This It, Funeral,…

Preach.