I mean, I would never use those adjectives to describe it, but I won't say I can't see where they're coming from. Not everybody was onboard with all the big, Harry Nilson string sections and heartfelt lyrics edging their way into their favorite independent murky semi-art rock band's music. I love that stuff, but I can…

Oh, I know him well, and would not be surprised to learn that he, for one, was welcoming our new Russian overlords. That particular tweet just seemed to obviously be a joke. I'm like the opposite of those conservatives who thought Stephen Colbert was actually a republican; reading sincerity as sarcasm instead of…

Also, umm, I haven't seen any of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend season two yet. I'm lead to believe it was good, yes?

Fuck. Well, the internet is always caterwauling about how Poe's law of satire is currently in full effect, but that might be the first time I've actually for realsies gotten something wrong because of it.

You know you're an insufferable loudmouth when Armond White is making fun of you for it.

Aaaaaand I'm back! Apologies for the abrupt hiatus, I know you all can barely get through the day without reading my comments, but I was quite suddenly spirited off to Disney World with my family. Which was actually a rather good place to be in light of recent events; it's constantly daring you to be cynical about it…

Dude, you should have kept your mouth shut.

D'awwww, thanks Shini! We love you too. And I appreciate your guidance as I explore the world of anime; I should finish Paranoia Agent later today, I'll post some thoughts on it then. I'm also a ways into Samurai Champloo, which is wonderful.

I think it's good. They've clearly wanted to talk more openly about politics for a while, and the way they would latch on to a pop-culture related story for a headline, only to use most of the article to discus adjacent current events, was getting a bit silly.

That opening run on Fables is just unbeatable. BAM "Feeling Gravity's Pull", BAM "Maps and Legends", BAM "Driver 8", BAM "Life and How to Live It".

Hey, hey.
Hey, guys.
Guys.
Do you guys think this might be one of those things where we realize too late that it was the bad guys' plan all along?
Like, that they introduced the travel ban so quickly and early because they knew the courts would shoot it down, allowing them to sell their followers a narrative that…

Well, I for one really love Fargo the show, and if its creator is making another show, which I didn't know about until now, well, I'll probably like that one a bunch too. Come at me.

Top five from Reckoning:
"Letter Never Sent"
"Camera"
"Time After Time"
"Harborcoat"
"Rockville"

Honesly, I think if comedy wants to properly make sense of and provide relief from the Trump machine, it needs to become less subtle. Insinuation and below-the-radar jabs are currently the tools of the enemy; we need brutal, viciously smart, uncompromising, Lewis Black-style attacks all over the place.

Come On Up To The House, That Feel, Hold On, Alice, and Down There By The Train. But I'm in a ballady mood right now; I could have a completely different list tomorrow.

Here's a thought. Lots of people are clamoring for Stephen Colbert to cut the bullshit and just go back to doing The Colbert Report, because we need it in this time of conservative power. Now, ignoring the fact that he was clearly sick of playing such a hateful person all the time, and that his Late Show is often…

I'm not a parent, but I imagine right now is the best time to be one in terms of having TV to watch that appeals to kids and adults. Hell, half of my favorite recent shows are cartoons.

#NotmyToni

Most underrated part: McKinnon's Betsy DeVos. "I, uh, don't know anything about school, but I, I do think there should be a school…probably Jesus school…"

That might break me, though. The West Wing is roughly what I see in my dreams of a reasonable, goodhearted, liberal White House. Calling attention to just how spectacularly Trump and his goons fail to live up to those roles might be too heartbreaking for me to laugh at.