This. I once had a multi-day email exchange at work about copyright, licensing/permission, and how something wasn't in the public domain just because it showed up on Google Image Search. Like, a lot of back and forth and discussion of how they might be served with C&D letters, not to mention embarrassed. To explain…

You, my friend, might be looking for slowcore.

Even worse is IDM, like "we're going to be pretty vague, but we're also going to be pretty condescending about it."

If I remember my late-90s painfully-thorough explanations correctly, techno was influenced by the Detroit scene and sounded like DJs clarifying why the records they spun were or weren't technically techno, whereas electronica was influenced by LA and sounded like DJs complaining how The Man was trying to co-opt their…

Say heck no to techno!

I never really understood the E in EDM. Or rather, never understood how it wasn't just understood. Nobody thinks they're referring to hootenanny in the context of popular music.

"Found them last"

I assume there's some Munchausian machinery behind this.

I thought we were calling them snow machines now.

Occasionally they were self-righteous (but still not very good) activist types working pro bono, if memory serves.

This show made me believe that it's totally acceptable to keep a bottle of whiskey in your desk drawer (and apparently tumblers? not sure where they came from).

Weren't they often public defenders, though? My lesson from L&O was don't commit a crime unless you're rich, because public defenders are overloaded and will absolutely bungle your case.

My takeaway was that "All Mod Cons" was realtor-speak for "all modern conveniences", which finally explained the title of that record by The Jam.

I always thought that juxtaposition was a little side comment on the wildy-varying quality of Lou Reed's solo career. You can rightly deride some of his records, but still admire "Perfect Day".

Because I am not a good person, this seems like as good an opportunity to post Achewood as any: http://achewood.com/index.p…

What's surprising to me is that her family apparently treats a governmental like a family business, and nobody seems bothered by that part. Her mother held the position for something like 40 years, she's worked there for 24, and her son also works there and is the only deputy clerk that also refuses to follow the law.…

My favorite thing about Sanders running is that he actually is as leftist as some people feared Obama would be. We're still in the "let's play pretend" part of the election cycle, so who knows if he will get significant support when things start getting down to brass tacks, but a fella can dream.

Quit trying to make "quit trying to make 'quit trying to make ___ [INFINITE RECURSIVE ERROR. SHUTTING DOWN]

Apparently he's pretty clever and somewhat dark in real life. Jason Segel tells a story about meeting him for the David Foster Wallace movie, and joking that he (Segel) started writing parts for himself because nobody was beating down his door to play Captain America. Eisenberg quickly replied "Yeah, but you could…

Maybe she was an architecture student at some point? Many architects or students have read that book (or at least started that doorstop) just because it's one of the only well-known works of fiction that feature an architect as the hero.