Sounds almost like Steve Bannon’s rap musical version of Coriolanus set during the Rodney King riots.

Perfect. Thanks for fixing it.

It was really the only way he could get through reporting the JFK assassination, the Watts Riots, the Tet Offensive and the assassinations of MLK and RFK without having a nervous breakdown.

James Franco and Anne Hathaway as JFK and Jackie, or I won’t watch.

Hoping this misguided, craven act against Seder at least brings Hugo back as a semi-regular character on Bob’s Burgers.

I consider “Wonderful Christmastime” a lark from a legendary pothead and enjoy it on that level. On the other hand I loathe all versions of “Sleigh Ride”, a litany of cliches that dares the listener to measure their own imperfect holiday against Currier and Ives.

Since Paul is a reputed pothead I like to think of Wonderful Christmastime as the product of a Maui Zowie-induced lark. On that level, it’s fairly amusing. It doesn’t warrant too much analysis or argument.

There’s a good share of Zappa that’s too juvenile and/or esoteric for me. But I really enjoyed the opportunity to explore his catalog when the Zappa family “trust” re-released his albums several years ago. I knew I wasn’t going to like them all, but I was glad how much I found worthwhile. I would encourage anyone…

Glad El Coyote is still around. Their chips were crisp and salty. Perfect for a margarita. Way before my time, but El Coyote was also a Doors hangout.

Were Morrissey’s anglo-centric album covers and literary references a manifestation of Little England prejudices? Or is he an intelligent guy who gave up on navigating the nuances of a changing world and found it easier to adopt a binary mindset that dismisses all media, progressive ideals and people of color?

The fiancee was fine. She didn’t treat anyone badly, brought the beloved Uncle Max into the fold and returned to Vienna with dignity when the engagement fell through. Now that politico who wanted the Von Trapps to fly the Nazi flag and insisted on escorting them to the concert ... there’s your villain. As for Rolf, he…

My worst restaurant experiences have started with no bread and no acknowledgement from the servers.

That seems highly plausible. I will assume so. There were also excellent paintings of hooded Inquisition figures surrounding the titular put in The Pit and the Pendulum. I love Masque but don’t remember any paintings in that film.

What about Burt Shonberg’s wonderfully creepy paintings of the Usher clan? And as over lit as the film may be, I still think Daniel Haller’s sets and Floyd Crosby’s photography are top notch- especially for an AIP film made for a teenage audience. Great example of how effective low budget filmmaking can be.

Your disdain is justified by the Times’ treatment of unions, but the Chandlers haven’t owned/run the paper since 2000 when it was sold to the Tribune Company. But long before that, Otis Chandler had transformed the Times from a right-leaning joke of a major metropolitan paper into one of the most respectable (and…

I know Wu-Tang didn’t intend for that one album to wind up with the Pharma Bro, but isn’t making an exclusive album for the highest bidder antithetical to punk?

Ironic that this is the one AV Club article on Brett Ratner that doesn’t display the picture of him ogling the Big Butts book.

Can we acknowledge that ‘96 was less a “primordial internet era” for soundtracks and more a peak CD era? I know the format sucked, but it was still dominant during the mid-’90s. I didn’t know anyone who owned a computer (or word processor), much less a dial-in modem, that year. That all changed in ‘97-’98, but a lot…

Never got the hate for 3. I always thought it was a nice satire on the insidious influence of marketing on undeveloped (children’s) minds. I also admired Carpenter for trying to move beyond slasher films and turn the Halloween brand into an umbrella for smart horror movies that would cover a variety of issues, topics,…

I would argue that Lee Ermey gives an iconic performance as Gunnery Sgt. Hartman, and Vincent D’Onofrio is outstanding as Pyle. But the rest of the performances are (only) good-to-great.