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Tim Foley
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No, I wouldn't. But that's the point; people do. People call Tom Waits hipster music, people call Leonard Cohen hipster music, they call the Clash hipster music. The way you use the word is how those people THINK they're using the word, but it's nebulous enough that they can simply apply it to anything they think is

"Dad rock", like "Hipster music", is a label than can be applied to almost anything the labeler doesn't like. If something is even vaguely experimental, it can be labeled as pretentious hipster crap by close-minded heirophants. If something has any popular appeal whatsoever, it can be labeled as dad rock schlock by

So, as a US citizen, I had heard of Boston prior to reading this piece. However, as an annoyingly stereotypical hipster kid still working his way through The Mountain Goats' discography who has shared mister Baizley's opinion of radio for long enough to have had almost no exposure to it for years, I had not actually

—Bernie Sanders.

Finally listened to Courtney Barnett's debut album after having "Elevator Operator" in regular rotation for a few weeks. Wonderful stuff; it's nice to have a songwriter so fascinated by the everyday. Ray Davies is one of my absolute favorite songwriters, and sometimes I miss that sensibility in modern indie music. As

Okay, seriously, why is nobody talking about The Most Lamentable Tragedy? That album was fucking incredible, and not only did it not make this list, but nobody in this comments section is bringing it up. We got a rock opera about bipolar disorder containing some of the greatest punk songs of the 2010s so far, and

Needs more +@.

"I don't think maturity has to be all serious, it's about developing but still staying true to yourself."
And there is Adventure Time in a nutshell.

Thing is, Finn has two key moments in Stakes which demonstrate incredible maturity. The first is when he stops Marceline from killing the Vampire King once he surrenders, showing more compassion and ethics than Marceline had in her rage. The second is his question to Marceline back at her house, about her newly

"Birdhouse In Your Soul" is a great song. The live version of "Birdhouse In Your Soul" from Severe Tire Damage is ten times greater, but is never discussed. The key change makes it all the more triumphant, the guitar and horn heavy arrangement makes it all the more overwhelming, and John Linnel's passionate vocals

They've got our boys!

AMO: "BMO's trash!"
Finn: "Moe!"
AMO [Removing disguise]: "Moe's dead!"

I am rather unreasonably invested in Gravity Falls and Steven Universe as well. Aside from those current ones, I am extremely fond of Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Phineas and Ferb, Over The Garden Wall, and the DCAU.

Believe me, "Finally read some damn Wodehouse because you know for a fact that you will love it" is firmly on the Tim Foley Agenda. Being lazy just doesn't leave a lot of time for doing stuff, you know?

I'll have you know that "Quite Weird, Very Personal And Barely Coherent" is my middle name!

Well, check Sanctuary out some time. It's a real thrill-ride, and it has one of the most terrifying villains in any book I've ever read.

For honesty's sake, I'll admit that I haven't properly read any Wodehouse, and my knowledge of Mr. Fink-Nottle's preoccupation with amphibians of the family salamandridae was gotten second-hand from messers Fry and Laurie, courtesy of their wonderful adaptation.

Have you read Sanctuary? Because that was great. It was like the literary equivalent of a Tarantino movie.

Cool.

Thanks, dude! I've been developing a grand thesis on Adventure Time's true meaning and its relation to Life, The Universe, And Everything for a while now. I might post it here in some definitive form sometime, although it might come out uncomfortably long, seeing as how I was never into the whole brevity thing.