I sure as shit am not reading any of the other sites.

I’m into DEPECHE MODE (I would simply bold or italicize this but I’m using a phone) this week for some reason. I didn’t realize I had so many of their tunes in my music library until I looked for some new ones and stumbled upon a couple more I enjoy, like “Stripped.”

This warmed my psyche like scotch in winter

Oh dear sweet lord, you made it. I feel a little better.

I mean, that was 11 years ago. I applied to be the local editor of the Austin edition (back when we had such a thing) and I mostly handled calendar listings and local show picks for several years as I slowly worked my way up into the national staff. I’d also spent several years before that freelancing off and on for…

This was a pleasure to read. Thank you.

Thanks very much for this. I still feel like shit about everything, but I feel like a different kind of shit about everything.

Great piece, Sean.

If the Kinjapocalypse brings more O’Neal works like this then I, for one, welcome our new Gizmodo overlords.