It really is wonderful. That one page with the teenage girl about to jump has more of a complete grip on everything that Superman is, and why he's an important character who has endured for so long, than Zack Snyder has managed to gin up over the course of six hours with almost a billion dollars.

"That divide creates the subconscious sense that there’s a party
somewhere that all these rural folks aren’t invited to — and everybody
at the party is laughing at them…"
See, it's just like that Paul Simon song I was talking about yesterday. "The riots started slowly/With the homeless and the lowly/Then it spread into…

I just heard the song "Wristband" by Paul Simon for the first time. I randomly stumbled across it on YouTube, and it's the first thing I've heard from him that came out less than twenty years ago. He clearly made a deal with some dark power to preserve his singing voice. Also, the song is kind of genius. It's funny,…

So, the only thing to do in the face of politicians having horrible positions is to ignore them completely, because by mentioning something you'll inevitably expose it to people who agree with it. Thus rendering all political satire not just useless but dangerous, because you have to assume that adults cannot make…

Man, what's BB doing these days? I could use a dose of whimsy. My only news source for him is his official YouTube channel, which a) Is a thing that exists, and b) Hasn't been updated since he posted a thirty second video about the fact that his dressing room was underneath a roller-coaster a few years ago.

Yeah, holy shit. And coming on the heels of our discussion on here a few weeks back, in which I said that with a few exceptions, "Hallelujah" covers bored me. I guess I shouldn't have tempted the fates to put together such an awful conflagration of circumstances designed to inspire one more rendition which I couldn't…

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Witnessing humanity's capacity for acts of greatness or kindness gives me hope, but seeing them in a pure, almost unhinged state of fun, with no fucks given as to what anyone else thinks of them, is what reminds me of their essential goodness. What Craig, Geoff, and their guest…

For Jarmusch, I'd say Down By Law is more "Feel good" than Stranger Than Paradise. Plus, the stars are John Lurie, Tom Waits, and Roberto Benigni.

And John Wurster is a good person to be in the same room with after something terrible happens.

*sigh*
Well, at least this one doesn't come out of nowhere. He knew it was coming, and talked about it. He seemed very much at peace with the fact that he was almost finished, even slightly amused in a sad sort of way (True to form). It's hard to call this one a tragedy; it's just one more terrible straw from this…

I just saw Bob Mould, and remembered my faith that this broken world can be redeemed by the power of rock music. Also, for an encore he did "Love Is All Around" and "Makes No Sense At All". A very, very good selection—something to hear and take comfort in, and something to shout along to with confused anger. It makes…

So, what's everyone's pop culture comfort-food tonight?
I'm opting for an old episode of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Somehow, watching a Scottish man and a robotic skeleton play with some puppets and talk with celebrities about basically anything other than the movie they're there to promote, the world…

At this point, doing something in-line with his stated ideology would almost be hypocritical in and of itself.

Here's the most comforting thing I can think of: Donald Trump will absolutely betray his supporters and completely fail to improve their lives in any way, shape or form. And that might be the only way to start fixing this twisted mindset that has infected our country. If we give these people the benefit of the…

Thanks, Todd. Thanks for letting us keep this little corner; it's been a lot of fun, and I think it's provided all of us with a lot of comfort over the past 24 hours. If I didn't have these folks to keep checking in on, I'd feel even more alienated from society than I already do. You guys made that possible, and I'm…

You know, people always jokingly turn to "The Sound of Silence" when feeling angsty, but I think it legitimately applies here. Seeing as how it's essentially about the dangers of people becoming isolated from each other, only pursuing their own interests, and eventually choosing artifice over true humanity. "And the…

Sort of like how The West Wing gave us an ongoing alternate universe where a brilliant, kindhearted democrat was president during the W. administration
EDIT: Woops, someone already made that comparison further down. This is why you look before you leap, folks.

Easy: Pirate Radio. I'm not even sure if it's a good movie, because it's so thoroughly satisfying throughout that there isn't really any tension. It's just pure fun being pumped into you like a morphine drip.
Also, Local Hero is rather comforting.

And, finally:
There's nothing in the world that you can do/You gotta come on up to the house/And you've been whipped by the forces that are inside you/Gotta come on up to the house/Well you're high on top of your mountain of woe/Gotta come on up to the house/Well you know you should surrender, but you can't let go/You…

All broken down by the side of the road/I was never more alive or alone/I've worn the faces off all the cards/I'm gonna take it with me when I go.