Well, the difference between Kanye and white people who fail upward is that while you may not appreciate or like his music, millions of others would disagree with you and there are people whose job it is to criticize music who recognize the occasional brilliance in his work. I’m certainly not one of those “Kanye is a…

Did you read the book? The Alienist was one of my favorite books of the 90's, and I’ve been afraid to watch the TV show because I thought it might ruin the experience. As much as I loved The Alienist I had equally strong negative feelings about The Angel of Darkness, but might watch it to see if they can improve on…

As a person who really, really, really enjoyed the Alienist when I read it 20+ years ago I was incredibly disappointed with Angel of Darkness, as I think Carr’s editors let him meander far too much. Nice to hear that the small screen adaptation is faring better.

In addition to being a black man for my entire life I have also been a prosecutor for the past 22 years, and while we don’t have this statute in my jurisdiction we have similar ones. In my view, what’s going to happen is that the application of it in this particular case is going to run into a MASSIVE First Amendment…

Oh I LOVED that game, as I did most everything Rare put out with the N64- they were by far one of my favorite developers in the 90's. Now... yikes.

Hey, I’m seeing a market opportunity for an alternative Go Fund Me site for racists. All I need is a name... come on internets, help me out.

This is a case that absolutely cries out for at least 7-14 days in jail because you just KNOW that some buttwipe is going to start a Racist Go Fund Me and raise thousands of dollars to pay off their fines. So if they’re not paying with their money... need to pay with their time, because there ain’t no go fund me for…

That is pure gold.

I have a strong preference for rare steak. If I order a rare steak and it arrives medium rare, I will totally eat that without complaint. If it arrives medium, I’ll typically taste it and if it’s seasoned and has really good flavor, I’ll eat it but I’ll be a tad glum about the texture. But if it’s medium well or well…

Man, I google image searched “Original aunt Jemima” and holy shit that was bad. I can’t imagine living in a time where even my breakfast is super racist. Good on them for changing it finally.... but damn.

Man if Uncle Ben was Uncle Idris... sold. Coolest rice ever.

“Punk-ass NFL Commissioner Roger Goodel” is the way I’m going to refer to him from now on. 

In addition to Suchard Express, Milo is one of a few gems I picked up at our surprisingly good international grocery store. So good. First class recommendation.

“It also looks like he’s never held a bible in his life.”

Oh yeah. I had to read it in the eighth grade. I was super pissed when I found out there wasn’t an actual jungle involved in it anywhere. I am also an old, class of ‘89.

Bravo.

Absolutely loved this show, and while this sketch was not especially memorable for me it was still funny as hell. Thank you for an amazing interview. 

I would give the edge to Ghiradelli, only because they make boxes available in metric ton sizes at Costco. Clearly “more”= “better”. All kidding aside, thanks for giving us pleasant things to think about that trigger warm memories. You do such valuable work in times like these.

I am 100% stealing “...ACME coyote schemes...” as I am still laughing at how brilliantly perfect it is.

Thank you so much for this article. One more thing to add to my bucket list. What a great experience, and what a great job you did of relating it.