I stand corrected! But considering the humor you point out, I would still say "Vinyl" is just more programming designed with the demographic of adolescent boys and men in mind.

Bravo for jumping in the comment thread.

Throughout this pilot there were moments when I felt the producers were indulging themselves (for example, Jagger’s nepotistic cameo for his own son) and other moments when I felt the producers were going out of their way to try to convince me that I was being indulged
(the “You Were There” aspect of the club…

Kudos for relating to the folk on the comment thread and taking the time to explicate. This improves television reviewing (I'd say 100%) and could be adapted helpfully by all the writers for AV Club. When AV Club ratchets up the role of discourse this way, it takes a major step toward improving television…