Sam's Town was dismissed by a lot of critics and fans who were expecting Hot Fuss 2 - and Brandon claiming it was the best rock album in 20 years didn't help - but it's experienced something of a revival in the last three years or so.

Todd VanDerWerff recently said on Twitter that we need to send out a space probe blasting that song into the far reaches of distant galaxies.

"…a devout Mormon in mascara whose starchy flamboyance made him seem sincere and ironic at the same time."

Oh man, is this one of the greatest albums of our time? I wish Brandon and the Killers were still able to make anything on the level of their first two albums.

They remind me of Belle & Sebastian in the sense that both make effortlessly moody morning music.

"Where is Bourne?" "He's this way!"

That moment in the season 6 finale when a dozen bands are onstage with Andy and Duke Silver singing "Bye, Bye L'il Sebastian" while Ben looks on incredulously from the front row may be the high point of the whole show.

Benjamin Linus.

This reminds me of the (apparently true) story of the time Travis had to fold up tents in the middle of a set because it started raining the moment they began to play "Why Does It Always Rain on Me?"

maybe a little *too* laissez-faire? http://www.buzzfeed.com/and…

Leslie Knope for the feels, Michael Scott for the laughs. We'd find little times to work during the day.

there's a great documentary, Wings on Wheels, that you can find on YouTube. Max and Bruce are both interviewed and it's excellent

She has eaten the other friends.

Is Phoebe real tho

Watch Every Episode of Friends, Once!

this comment seems weirdly prescient in hindsight, given the Newswire about porn character Dikachu.

I'm just so glad we're moving beyond the point where every animated sitcom feels it has to be the hybrid offspring of Southpark, The Simpsons, and Family Guy. Television animation in this decade has been far more experimental, offbeat, sincere, sad, and funny.

Since the beginning of time, man has yearned to destroy the sun…

Mr. Burns? Nah. As I've said before, at this point our only real chance of stopping Trump is keeping him from ever getting that sports almanac in the first place.

I remember really enjoying this movie as a lad, though I don't remember much of the story. I was elated when it eventually showed up in a famous sequence on The Simpsons.