So, Finn has a birthmark shaped like a "Flaming sideways teardrop". AKA, a comet.

Adventure Time does have a knack for "Here we go"s. My favorite is from "Betty", when Bella Noche emerges and Grand Master Wizard booms "AH, CRAM. HERE WE GO!"

To put my thing in!

Hey, Farmworld Lich lost an arm, just like Farmworld Finn. Maybe the lose-a-hand thing is something innate to the comet cycle, since Finn and the Lich's souls both came from comets.

Going by my own personal track record, I'll probably look back on this season and realize it's my new favorite once it's over (This has happened with all six of the previous seasons), but it is true that for the first time in a while, Adventure Time isn't really experimenting. At least, not to the extent they have…

Actually, it probably saved time. It meant they didn't have to show as much stuff between leaving the Time Room and starting the central conflict by attempting to use the Neil Young-powered anti-matter cone.

I say this meaning it as a compliment: this season really seems to be a season of fanservice. There's nothing wrong with that; the last season was a very challenging, and for many, very alienating piece of television. This season seems like a reward to all the fans that stuck through it all, but it's fantastic because…

I'm just about out of steam here, but I'll leave one more reply for kicks. I think it childish and detrimental to the healing of our society to assume that a white mouth saying a racial slur is invariably on some level comfortable with white supremacy, and that this principle completely overrides all freedom of…

No, this is not a discussion about subjective opinion. This is a discussion about whether or not the use of a specific word always counts as a slight against a piece of art, regardless of any and all context or intent. Because unless I am very much mistaken, that is a position you hold, and I think that's a stupid…

See, those are fine arguments. I don't agree with them in the least, but they're reasonable grounds on which to find fault with the song. But that's not what has everyone jumping at your throat; the fact that you implied that there was no context in which a white man could utter a particular racial slur, even within…

No, it just means that I'm not that great at arguing. Also, it means that I—as I said—am not an expert in racial tension in this country. I don't pretend to be an authority on the subject; I do know that hurting people is something I never want to do, so I'm trying to tread lightly in an area I'm not very experienced…

I was trying to word that carefully so you wouldn't instantly assume that I was saying that black people using the word in conversation is the same as white people using it ever. You've made enough strawmen in this comments section already, I thought I would try to nip that one in the bud. It came out a bit dumb, I'll…

What leads you to feel that Newman believes he's above the issue? It's a song directed at people who think they're above the issue; I always assumed he included himself in his skewer, like most great satirists do.

See, this is what I mean when I say you're arguing like a fundamentalist: you're created a moral law, a concrete standard which says "Thou shalt not utter the syllable "Ni" followed by the syllable "Ger" if thou has white skin, no ifs, ands, or buts. It is thoughtless, and actually harmful, to deal with the complex…

See, by dismissing everybody on the other side of this particular topic, as racism-apologists, you're completely taking away any chance of rational discussion. This song is about a CHARACTER, a character WHO IS RACIST. The song is about how TERRIBLE it is that people like him exist, among other things. I'm not arguing…

"Land of Dreams" is also worth getting for "Bad News From Home", one of the most haunting songs ever written.

So, let me get this straight: Randy Newman, in the song "Rednecks", a work of art dealing with the theme of hypocrisy surrounding racial prejudice, employing a character who is obviously racist in order to illustrate a larger, anti-racism point, is not allowed to have that character use a racial slur that someone in…

I know what Vampire Weekend is. It's..a weekend away. With vampires. I read about it in the New Yorker; it's very popular.

My only hope is that they cast some really legit musician as Jareth, in keeping with casting Bowie the first time around. Thom Yorke, for example. Or Michael Gira, or Scott Walker, or Panda Bear, or Wayne Coyne, or Jack White. Any of the few surviving rock eccentrics would at least be worth watching just to see what…

I look forward to watching Dave Gobble and Brian Lewis discuss his performance in a car in the middle of the night nine months from now.