Wait a minute, I actually said "on both sides of the pond." My argument may now be moot after that disgrace.

Yeah, Symbolic is my favorite, followed by Human and then ITP. I dig Leprosy and Spiritual Healing, but nowhere near as much as the trilogy that followed. The last album was a good time at the semi-technical metal circus, but the songs were a bit overlong.

Yeah, Symbolic is my favorite, followed by Human and then ITP. I dig Leprosy and Spiritual Healing, but nowhere near as much as the trilogy that followed. The last album was a good time at the semi-technical metal circus, but the songs were a bit overlong.

Yeah, the write-ups were good as usual, but I don't really get the unnecessary jazz slam. There is much for fans of heavy music in jazz, much they can learn too. And while we're talking about jazz in the context of "underground" rock and metal, I'd like to make a shout out to the minimalist, noir-inflected music of…

Yeah, the write-ups were good as usual, but I don't really get the unnecessary jazz slam. There is much for fans of heavy music in jazz, much they can learn too. And while we're talking about jazz in the context of "underground" rock and metal, I'd like to make a shout out to the minimalist, noir-inflected music of…

I find this an interesting observation given that in one episode, Jez actually employs a Seinfeld joke ("it's like a sauna in here") and even credits it ("Oh, Sein!"). My guess is the writers probably watched and enjoyed Seinfeld, and may even cite it as an influence. And as an American who loves Peep Show (actually…

I find this an interesting observation given that in one episode, Jez actually employs a Seinfeld joke ("it's like a sauna in here") and even credits it ("Oh, Sein!"). My guess is the writers probably watched and enjoyed Seinfeld, and may even cite it as an influence. And as an American who loves Peep Show (actually…

Garbage Bag: so in your wildly subjective opinion, Seinfeld is dated and irrelevant even in its own time, despite being an indisputable cultural institution in the 1990s that changed the entire trajectory of sitcoms? Got it!

Garbage Bag: so in your wildly subjective opinion, Seinfeld is dated and irrelevant even in its own time, despite being an indisputable cultural institution in the 1990s that changed the entire trajectory of sitcoms? Got it!

Sucks, but who cares? He's a performer, not a policy maker. It's not like he's a wife beater or a rabid racist. He's a professional actor paid to entertain. The IDF isn't inherently evil anyway. I get the boycott, and I appreciate it, but it really isn't relevant to his performance on "Community." Cue cries of "dead…

Sucks, but who cares? He's a performer, not a policy maker. It's not like he's a wife beater or a rabid racist. He's a professional actor paid to entertain. The IDF isn't inherently evil anyway. I get the boycott, and I appreciate it, but it really isn't relevant to his performance on "Community." Cue cries of "dead…

Yeah, I'm a dumbass. I Internet kneejerked that without paying close enough attention. I'll go stand in the corner now.

Yeah, I'm a dumbass. I Internet kneejerked that without paying close enough attention. I'll go stand in the corner now.

You missed the best recent film about dying: Wit. For shame. Seriously, none of the contemporary films you listed even hold a candle to Wit's treatment of death and dying. Well, the Diving Bell and the Butterfly is pretty damn good, as well as the unlisted The Savages.

You missed the best recent film about dying: Wit. For shame. Seriously, none of the contemporary films you listed even hold a candle to Wit's treatment of death and dying. Well, the Diving Bell and the Butterfly is pretty damn good, as well as the unlisted The Savages.

Astral plane? This is the Prime Material Plane.

Astral plane? This is the Prime Material Plane.

Is that website a parody of paranoid and bizarre conspiracy theories, or the real thing? I'm confused.

Is that website a parody of paranoid and bizarre conspiracy theories, or the real thing? I'm confused.

Alvy: Not exactly the notoriety that catapults someone to global superstardom. We can talk about talent and social networking skills all day, she would never have been a global name/brand/whatever without the John Lennon thing. Sure, I can imagine an alternate world where she latched onto another big shot…