True story: the first time I ever saw Hanson, the MMMbop video was playing in the background at somebody's house, and I thought (but thankfully didn't say aloud), "oh cute, the girl from Clarissa Explains It All has a band now."

I feel really old admitting this, but I was really into the Lou Reed cover of This Magic Moment.

I had a similar experience working at Blockbuster - in addition to movie previews, the tape loops played the second Spice Girls single, Say You'll Be There, Prodigy, and…The Verve Pipe, I think their name was? The Spice Girls song really lodged itself in my brain, though. There was also an AT&T jingle that will…

Oh my God, Vegas Vacation. Somehow I saw that in the theater, and I had completely forgotten that until now. Jesus, this entire comment section is becoming a prolonged acid flashback.

I've been rediscovering Supergrass lately, and that album is just so damn good.

Bonus: they both seem suuuuuper stoned through the whole thing. I actually saw this relatively recently - my mom played the concert album nonstop through my youth, and I never understood that joke Paul makes about "the guys selling loose joints" until this year.

Yeah, it's never come across as bitterness to me, just boredom and melancholy that his singin' buddy's off making movies and having adventures, and Paul's stuck sitting around the apartment, writing a great fucking song about it.

I do read the reviews and articles here, but the comments are so much richer than most other pop culture websites. For instance, back when Harrison Ford landed his plane on the wrong runway, the Newswire item was appropriately snarky, but, amongst our usual obvious "fly casual"/"get off my plane" joke comments, an…

Upvoted for LA Story.

The bands are out there, they're just flying way under the radar, probably due to the general lack of rock on mainstream radio right now. There are a lot of all-female or female-fronted rock bands right now on labels like Burger and Hardly Art - Chastity Belt, La Luz, Shannon and the Clams leap to mind, as well as LA…

Maybe she knew it was 1997 week here on the AV Club.

I'm not horrified at all by this, but it is a bit melancholy that they're singing "we all stand together" when Mel, Sue, and Mary Berry have all left the building.

I got to hear Norman Lear and Kenya Barris speak earlier this year. Lear was indeed sharp - the moderator asked him at one point "do you think audiences would accept a character like Archie Bunker today?" and he responded "accept him? They elected him!"

Give Cold Roses a listen. Some of his other stuff's a little patchy, but that one's solid all the way through.

I can never decide who I love more, Maggie or Hopey. It's like having to choose between my children.

Man, this is rough. One of my writing heroes, and a damn good actor, too. For those of you who only know him as Chuck Yeager, I recommend checking out his books - Motel Chronicles (which was the inspiration for Paris, Texas), Cruising Paradise, Great Dream of Heaven, and Day out of Days are collections of short…

I'm glad I'm not the only one who just got teary-eyed reading a menu!

Upvoted for "feculent rectal canker." That's downright poetic.

Every time I think I'm done having feelings about Star Wars, here come more feelings about Star Wars! This new footage looks really exciting, and I am alternately excited as fuck and freshly devastated that this will be the last time we see Carrie Fisher as Leia. Still, I can't wait to see this movie even though I…

Probably the realest rom-com relationship ever. I will never want that wagon wheel coffee table!