I'm not sure what makes you think I don't know it's an Ice Cube song. But the movie really isn't about NWA the group, it's about the three of them and the sound they spawned over the years leading to Eazy's death. As far as I'm concerned, Ice Cube and Dre as solo acts are just as much the protagonists of the film as…

No Vaseline shows up quite prominently in the movie, FWIW

As someone who has developed an app for iOS and Android, I've got to say that this is unfortunately difficult. iOS you have ~5 devices to support, and some 90% of users are on the latest operating system. Android you have thousands, each with various deprecated APIs, weird quirks, etc; not to mention the many…

I was there, and I was one of the latecomers from UTU2TM. Lapkus was so great. My girlfriend (who had not been briefed on the format beforehand) believed the entire show to be scripted, and still thought it was hilarious.

Conclusion of the article: "…coming at a moment when the Rodney King beating — the aftermath of which is portrayed here — seems less like history and when "Fuck Tha Police" hits harder than it has at any moment since the early '90s. The music remains essential, even if the movie isn't."

Totally. That's the only part that left me a bit unsettled — they showcase the violent lyrics (and make a compelling justification for them as a response to injustice) but barely confront the rampant misogyny. Not that they needed to preach about it; I'm OK, for instance, with the "Bye Felicia" scene leaving me…

Let us consult the prophet Drew Baylor, who spake in his letter to the Elizabethtonians: "As somebody once said, there's a difference between a failure and fiasco. A failure is simply the non-presence of success. Any fool can accomplish failure. But a fiasco, a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions. A fiasco is a…

The Unitarian Church analogy was too perfect.

I wasn't a big fan of Age of Adz, or most of Sufjan's output between Illinois and (the phenomenal) Carrie and Lowell. But I will always remember his live performance of this in Oakland a few years back, and the crazy joy it brought to the room.

I know the Stooges thing seems like a blunder, but to be clear, the question is about whose face you want to pie, not who you want to be. Maybe she sees some flame war between the Stooges and the Marx Brothers, and she's firing the first pie for Team Stooge — despite their gender ratio.

Northern is a very important qualifier — I live in SF now, and can attest to the abundance of rice. In San Diego or LA though, you'd be driven out of town for wasting burrito space with rice or beans (or for charging more than $3.95 for something the size of The Rock's bicep). Unless, of course, you're Chipotle —…

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Note to self: don't look at your Facebook feed today. You still need to maintain some tiny shred of respect for relatives and childhood church friends.

I finished IJ quite easily, and never did manage to finish Brothers Karamazov. So I'm with you there. Both hide nuggets of extreme sentimentality behind layers of dense prose — which lends itself to a massive Emperor's New Clothes complex for readers who never make it that far.

To be fair, I actually do bump into people I know in SF quite frequently — when you cut out the blocks that are too hilly, stabby, or urine-smelling, it's amazing how small the city gets.

I almost don't want to get involved with this, because it's clear that the world of opportunities for graphic designers is shitty. Maybe there's baggage I'm unaware of, and this is railing against a larger issue. I'm approaching this with the firm belief that graphic design is a real job, done by real professionals,…

In my ideal world, Chris Pratt will wind up A) giving visibility to many entries, and B) giving a real prize. Or actually taking the person to Applebees himself, which is a helluvalot more rewarding for a fan than a few hundred bucks, I'll bet.

Other, maybe even more direct example. A producer of a (unnamed, but widely loved by the AV Club) animated show, reached out to me asking if I was interested in helping code a nifty 3D visual in exchange for getting my name in the credits. We never discussed money. And while it didn't work out in the end, I would have…