I think we could all agree that the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson shouldn't qualify as pop culture. But if I couldn't prevent that, I'd at least prevent Judge Ito from letting cameras in the courtroom. Spare us the circus, at least.

Axl, is that you?

When I was in college, I remember walking past the Dobie Mall in Austin and seeing a little sign for MST3K: The Movie. I was a fan of the show so I decided I'd go see it in a few days. But when I came back a few days later, the show was no longer in the theater. I'm not certain, but it seems like it ran for like 4…

For some reason, it reminds me of one of those old 70s gameshows - I think it was The Newlywed Game - where they had to use the bywords "Making Whoopee" whenever talking about sex. "Where is the strangest place you've ever made whoopee" was ok, but "Where is the strangest place you've ever had sex" was not ok.

Now, the reading from the Book of Hottest Girls in the World, Chapter 12, verse 23…

Because all of the chimpanzees who wrote the scripts for Aeon Flux are dead.

I could have still used slightly more video content during that era, but they still had some pretty forward thinking and adventurous programming back then.

I saw that show and it was pretty awesome. If it's any consolation, though, Radiohead only played like a 30 minute set when we saw them.

Similar, here. I had it spoiled in film class in college, when some dingbat brought in the whole conclusion scene to discuss montage. ("If you haven't seen it, I'm going to ruin it for you right here… har har.") Of all the movies that effectively use montage, she picked the one movie scene that's just one huge spoiler…

Yeah, Lollapalooza '95 is my answer, too, partly so I could see/discover all those great bands again (I knew The Roots while the rest of you were still listening to 311, yo!) but more specifically because of the transcendent performance by Sonic Youth. The Diamond Sea… I'm a musician now partly because of that…

I was about to say Morning Glory was the album of 1995, to me, but honestly I think the 1994 album Sixteen Stone was probably the album that I listened to the most and Morning Glory was more the album that defined 1996, for me.

That was a really awesome book. Everyone who thinks Bono is just a messianic prick should read it. He's other kinds of pricks, too. Some of them incredibly entertaining.

9:30 p.m.: The Bluegrass Situation SuperJam featuring Ed Helms

This Is Hardcore is my favorite Pulp album. So shush.

I'm a huge booster of The Great Escape, but I thought that was a pretty conspicuous statement from the AV Club. I think you can easily argue it's been undervalued since its release, and that it's every bit a classic as the two albums that surround its release, but to outright call it the greatest Blur album… I dunno.…

It's also hard, in this age of stack rankings, annual reviews and punishing metrics, just not to be totally fucking jealous.

My wife had a Virtual Boy when I met her. God, I love that woman!

Post 9/11 paranoia, waist-deep in the Iraq War, Bush Jr wins reelection. My band breaks up and I go to work for my dad.

Just my opinion. I'm not pretending it's anything else.

Empire Records felt like a movie made by 30 year olds starring 20 year olds aimed at 16 year olds that connected with 13 year olds.