As far as music goes, it's basically him 'n' Paul Simon.

I guess Teens of Denial's not just King Tut anymore!

"Alexa, I said a new showrunner!"
"Acclaimed sitar player Anoushka Shankar will arrive in three business days."

Spotnitz wasn't hands-on enough? So he wasn't able to… spot nits in the production process, so to speak?

This is the second in two weeks, is why i asked

i liked her outfits. their low-rentness was a plus, not a minus, for me. They had a distinct theme & feel which is more than can be said for, say, Bob (who had plenty of strong looks but nothing unifying them, and mostly coasted on strong challenge performances). And chi chi had the best interviews & winningest…

Kim Chi had the most fan support judging by fb/twitter votes but her final song was unfortunately dire… I wonder how much input the queens get into the songwriting, if any… remarkably, "Legs" was the best song & the best performance (Bob has energy but the song sucked and her lip synch was technically mediocre esp the…

Good article!

Fantastic article, Noel. I hope this means "Very Special Episode" will be weekly? This kind of in-depth, detail-oriented and historically-aligned coverage of TV, past and present, is something the AVClub needs more of.

Yep! Also, haha, we have the same account-gimmick! (albeit yours also extends to the name)

exactly, Shock and Au.

Not the 8 most recent, the last 8 well-reviewed albums. *HALF* of which were instrumental. Your argument against pitchfork is that "Pitchfork basically pretends instrumental and experimental music just doesn't exist at all." That is, like, patently false. If anything, they over-cover instrumental/experimental music.

LOL lechuck465 are you trolling or just confused? Pitchfork hasn't given an album a 9.5 in two years. An 8.5 is a *rave*

last 8 albums to get a 7.5 or higher from pitchfork:
Daze - Brood Ma, experimental and instrumental.
Ultimate Care 2 - Matmos, experimental and instrumental.
Jesu/Sun Kil Moon - self titled, weird indie rock
Seth Bogart - self titled, over-the-top indie pop-rock
Moodyman - DJ Kicks, a DJ set of about 1/2 instrumental…

Fantastic article, this and the Big Short take yesterday. The film section should really be structured around this kind of smart, deep programming.

As a Rooster Teeth fan, I would say that making a fun, non-great movie is the best possible result under these circumstances.

Here's a question for myself: Did you make this shitty content in an intentional attempt to go viral?

I made this, just for the future's information. I'm Sam's Cool Links. Feel free to ask any questions here!

I made the damn thing and I can't get that far

i did it in garageband over the speech