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Sy Ableman?!
If my child stopped playing video games and started going to church, I would be very concerned.
I know snark is the AV Club’s thing so I’m trying not to take this too seriously, but I can’t agree at all that the Phantom Tollbooth - one of my all time favourite kids’ books - is about pedantry. It’s ultimately about the boundless wonder of knowledge: vast expanses of words, literally endless numbers, and the way…
Hope so, but it would be unjust if it was for Lynn Cheney instead of Louise Banks.
How did the Arby’s police arrest him in a Denny’s? That’s not your jurisdiction! You’re a loose cannon! Turn in your badge and gun!
Reel Big Fish.
A telethon? Now that’s the spirit!
Eh, you can disagree with his thoughts on one classic album and still enjoy the column. It’s consistently a great read. For me, the best thing on the site outside of Random Roles and the too infrequent longer O’Neal article.
You and the sound guy.
“a critic named Robert Christgau” lol this is adorable
I first saw Royal Trux at my college orientation, and I was mesmerized. My girlfriend (and future wife) had only two…
I’ll add Weezer to this. I loved the Blue album and Pinkerton and think they are two nearly flawless albums. It’s enough that I’ll at least give a new album a listen, and once in awhile they’ll have a song that reminds me of the better days...but that is fleeting. “everything will be all right in the end” and…
Stewart Lupton, singer of influential New York band Jonathan Fire*Eater, died on May 28 at the age of 43. Below,…
Wow... What a “good,” tragic write up. I intially wanted to say “beautiful,” but it feels like that would be a celebration of his downfall. And I don’t want to celebrate that.
i make fun of avc a lot these days but “(No offense to Imagine Dragons, who suck)“ is pretty damned funny
And here we all thought The Emoji Movie would be the bomb that ended his career.
Then there was the time Ernie the Kinja Tech offered the AV Club a million dollars to fuck its comment system.
If I may indulge in a pet peeve, I hate it when lists are alphabetized so that everything that starts with the word ‘The’ is placed under ‘T’.