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Every couple years I come back to my copy of On the Corner and feel similar to you: the first thought is "WTF and why," but there seem to be new moments that make me go "Ahh, this is why" each time I listen.

It's a Tony Rice week in my household. Thanks to the overdue use of an Amazon gift card, I've been indulging in Manzanita, Tony Rice (1977 LP) and Backwaters. The man's solos on "Blackberry Blossom" are so good it almost seems like a different, distinct song.

After seeing Ben Bailey's epic takedowns at the Patrice O'Neal roast from back in the day, I'd like to see Cash Cab: After Hours on HBO.

#TheAssInvader

My fucks, particularly those for Ms. Lahren, remain woefully un-nominated and un-confirmed by the wife.

Seeing as how Bastard Executioner was basically an ill-conceived, super-sh*tty clone of the massively successful GoT franchise, somehow I doubt it.

Word on that. Hopefully this will allow me to fictitiously live out my fantasy of seeing Ed Sheeran get piked in the vocal cords.

"Mads Mikkelsen walked out on his Fantastic Four audition" — if only everyone involved in every iteration of that film franchise had done the same thing…

I love all three of these films, and maybe it's just the period of time in my life when I saw it, but I've always been partial to Deconstructing Harry among Allen's works. He somehow makes a dirtball serial philanderer, if not endearing, at least somewhat relatable. And I can't ever get enough of Judy Davis berating

True dat. Their Sour Soul album with Ghostface Killah is FIRE.

This comment will about proper use of the word "be," and will about my pitch to AVClub to hire me as its content editor.

"Yeah, but Logan… have you ever seen Cerebro… on weeeeeed?"

I think so. Presumably if you just cut the crops down, they'll move on to the next meal. And weevils aren't like Pokemon: you'll never catch 'em all!

I'm intrigued by the sauce. Let me know how that turns out.

My bluegrass band is continuing to attract attention. Played two bluegrass festivals in Jan. and Feb. and met some folks who put us on for another this summer. I'm starting to legitimately wonder if this band — which started as a side project — is actually the main band, and our full electric group is the side

Sweet Big Baby Jesus, thank you for posting this. I just read an AV Club piece about Future being the "best, bleakest rapper" out there right now, and a half-dozen 30-second Spotify previews later, all I could think of was, "Good Gawd, every one of these songs sounds exactly the same."

I haven't heard Stand Up, though I foolishly bought Bleep-Blorp or Whatever-the-F*ck and the Groo-Grux King and still haven't forgiven myself.

These reviews have spent a lot of time discussing how Eugene is a weak-willed, frightened person who from the beginning was willing to lie about his past in order to seem essential and not get left behind.

Dave Matthews Band, Everyday — Most people cite Dave Matthews picking up an electric guitar (a BARITONE electric guitar, of all things) as the reason they're not crazy about this album, but for me it started a long trend of vapidity. DMB lyrics have always been a combination of hippy-dippiness and

I blame Bobby Digital. That persona was one of the first times I listened to a Wu record and though, "Ehhhh, this just isn't that good." (To be fair, that might have happened earlier, but I let the first Cappadonna solo record slide)