My faves in no particular order:

I'm muchly enjoying Ex Hex, love "Beast" and "Waterfall" the most. Also, how good is Rips as a title?

*pats Prighlofone's shoulder gently three times then hits him*
Warren!

Streets of Your Town- Go-Betweens
T-shirt Weather- The Lucksmiths
How to Make Gravy- Paul Kelly (Probably technically a Christmas song)
Island in the Sun- Weezer
Land of the Bloody Unknown- The Middle East

Cheer up Bret! (I still watch this when I feel sad!)
https://www.youtube.com/wat…

Oh, everything's cruel according to you… Streaming music is cruel… Keeping him chained up in the backyard is cruel. Pulling on his tail is cruel. Yelling in his ears is cruel. Everything is cruel. WELL, excuse me if I'm cruel!

I remember someone trying to convince me it was "If I was green I would die"…

True that. Although I was pretty young so can't say I was really in tune with that song's meaning (and sad foreshadowing) then either. I wonder if their music will be see a revival due to recent events?

I could only think of:
Thank You (For Loving Me At My Worst)- The Whitlams https://www.youtube.com/wat…

Oh wow, Jay and Jack, takes me back. Not to mention Scott and Steve and the Delta Park Project. Overload!

Too Many Cooks: Cereal Edition

Yeah she does so well with a character that obviously has a lot going on. A lot of Ali's negative character traits are kind of in your face, but she clearly has a lot going on under the surface, even subconsciously and her intentions seem to come from a good place. I found Sarah and Josh's attitude towards Ed in his…

Oh, a gym.

Thanks so much! That was very informative. I was surprised that there's a massive drop-off of involvement after that milestone. Like, it seems like that should kind of cement your commitment? Although now that I think about it, my experience was kind of similar in that I was baptised when I was about 5 and pretty…

Random question (and forgive my ignorance) but is it common for Jewish people who are not particularly religious to have Bar/Bat Mitzvahs? Like, people who don't attend synagogue regularly, is it common as a more general milestone thing?

Yeah leaving the talent show was one of the times where I was like, "How could anyone be so fucking self centered?" But, like you say, their narcissism is probably at least partially a product of their upbringing… Chickens and eggs.

I agree completely. I find it really interesting how religion plays a part culturally, if not spiritually, in families that are not necessarily practicing. Like you said, It's just sort of lingering there, because people don't exist in a vacuum, separate from their past or their community or whatever. And these things…

On that last point, I definitely felt frustration at the kids' lack of empathy etc. at various points throughout the season, which was unfair of me. I had to keep forcing myself to really think about it from their perspective… Just the pure shock of it, in addition to the fact that it can be extremely difficult for…

All the more powerful given that it's pretty clear that Ali is Maura's favourite child or at the very least the one she most sees herself in. And simultaneously the one she is most disappointed by, both generally and in terms of the way she treats her.

This show made me think about families and all the different dynamics and patterns within them, probably more than any other family-centric show I've ever seen. I guess we're all pretty blinded in terms of what we perceive as 'normality' within our own families vs. the craziness of others. Sometimes it really does…