This album is everything fans could expect. Big fan of the tame impala cover, too.

I didn't really meant to associate myself with the conservative tribe and I'm not at all conservative. But if there was one it'd be Chris Stapleton's Traveler (judging by the CMT awards).

This list has no idiosyncrasies beyond being garden-variety liberal approved. Pretty unimpressed. If you're going to list Kendrick #1, say something substantial beyond breathless praise. Why does To Pimp A Butterfly perfectly capture its era? I would argue it doesn't capture the era at all (I loved 2PaB but Drake and…

Kimmel's not that bad, really. His interviews are sometimes laced with a sneaky contempt for the interviewee that is thrilling to watch. Also the most consistent monologue-r. I'll still probably end up watching Colbert most nights tho.

These GJI articles are increasingly shite.

Yeah you're right that Shadows wasn't a B-movie. It was B-movie-informed, but no B-movie. But I mentioned it just as an example of why I'm not mourning the loss of them. Shadows was probably my favorite movie I saw last year.

I think I can tell the difference. I recognize that once the big Hollywood studios used exploitation subjects to sell "A-move" plots eventually B-movies lost their distribution channels. Maybe those B-movies are extinct. All I'm arguing is "the B-movies" worth celebrating today don't get the same theatrical releases.…

Okay, I'll bite. What do you consider to be "transcendent B" movies? To me, that sounds somewhat oxymoronic. Mind you I love B-movies (or today's analogue, the direct-to-DVD / VOD feature). For example I'd recommend Skin Trade (purely for the physical contrast between Dolph Lundgren and Tony Jaa, which is hilarious).…

For those of you living in metro DC who remember those hopeless "Don't Fairfax Loudon" bumper stickers: today begins the "Don't Buzzfeed AV Club" campaign. Sigh.