Sure. In short, as you said, the music speaks for itself.

In many ways I agree with you. I think we are more or less on the same page actually. Was the "rock and roll itself" part of my comment a bit of a not-so-subtle rhetorical attempt? Sure. Looking back it does come across as an exaggerated claim. But my point remains the same: When did we collectively start expecting…

Good for you, buddy. Nice talking.

Do you have a response? Or just a "haha! oh wow."

"But even with [Jack White's] infuriating insistence on grabbing headlines by bashing The Black Keys…" Insistence on grabbing headlines? He wrote an email to his ex-wife in outright confidence that was unearthed by the assholes at TMZ. How can you possibly call that insistence? Is the guy not entitled to opinions? I,…

And even with Jon, his back-and-forth loyalties between the wild-lings and the night's watch could easily be presented as an indication of moral duality.

Agreed. Keyword here, however, is perverse. The point is that Tyrion has transformed. The line between "good" and "bad" has been blurred for one of the few remaining favorable characters. The same sort of transformation occurred in Dany when she refused to provide a fair trial for the masters. For me, the beauty of…

Re: Tyrion's strangling of Shae: "It’s payoff, but it’s tawdry payoff that’s lit and shot like a much cheaper show than Game Of Thrones." I'd be careful to dismiss Tyrion's revenge on Shae as simply an undercut of the feminine power in the show. The strangling is a mark of Tyrion's transformation away from his noble,…