Why does every Steve Hyden article I've ever read come across like an extremely poor man's Chuck Klosterman?

DAY IN, DAY OUT
DAY IN, DAY OUT
DAY IN, DAY OUT
DAY IN! DAY OUT!
DAY IN! DAY OUT!

Peanuts might have more insight into human nature than any other work of the 20th Century. Look at all the tropes and terms that have made their way into common language: "Security blanket". Charlie Brown and the football. Pig Pen. Adults with muted trombone voices. All of it says something about the way people are,…

The A.V. Club

Such a beautiful movie. I'm always entranced by stories about plucky young girls struggling to make their way in the world, and then on top of that you have this theme of "What is my talent? Do I even have a talent? What if I find it and then lose it?" which is deeply resonant to anyone with a modicum of creative…

God, Jackie Brown is just incredible. I always liked it even when I was too young to really "get it", but as the years go on and as Tarantino has kept on putting out more and more increasingly regressive juvenile garbage, it just continues to gain in stature and accomplishment. Pulp Fiction aside, I have a feeling…

I re-watched E.T. for the first time as an adult last week. It was my favorite movie as a kid. I think kid me still loves it every bit as much. It's like the perfect movie for when you're first starting to glean that the grown-up world is entirely different from the one you're in. Now it just reminds me that I've left…

Joni Mitchell - Hejira
Pink Floyd - The Final Cut

I want to watch this show but I fucking hate Hulu.

Once again AVC fails to ask the truly relevant, hard-hitting questions.

Listening now. This goes reasonably hard. Nice stuff.

Don't lie… you made out with her, didn't you?

My external hard drive died. 8 years of state secrets and useless Word documents, gone. FUCK!

"Favorite" is just too goddamn hard. I'll go with "Most Re-watched":

Hope your vacation is 2 days long, because chances are you'll blitz through the episodes in no time at all. I know I did!

Writing lame lyrics is absolutely crucial, I cannot stress this enough. You have to embrace that part of the process. Write the most hackneyed, shitty words you can think of, then write the same thought 12 more ways. You'll be surprised how much improvement you see.

I've been writing (or attempting to write) songs since I was 15 (18 goddamn years of this shit) and just barely able to play guitar. I've learned that you can't overthink things too much if you want to actually get any work done. If your material comes out silly and derivative, so what? Go with it anyway. None of that…

Oh, you *know* the word "Demogorgon" is going to appear in the lyrics at least one time.

Nothing touches The Thin Man.

Awesome! You are a legit badass.