AV Club, you guys are gaslighting me, man.

"TOP STORY THIS WEEK…"

Oh, so fucking funny.

In the late 90s, two things happened. A law school classmate dragged me to see Jets To Brazil play in an undergrad dorm on campus. I was already a fan of Jawbreaker, Sunny Day Real Estate, and plenty of early hardcore. Not long after, I popped for a $5 used copy of the Revelation comp "In Flight Program." Led off with…

Please
Please, Noel, I hope you're collecting all these for publication or something.

The Gambling Bug
I like the little Powerhouse bit about 1:00 in. Remember the cat who played cards with the dog for penalties? "Oh no, not William Tell! Not Gesundheit! Not the Post!"

Genesis of Bob
On the Gold Box, Lynch explains that Frank Silva was helping dress the set of Laura's room when someone warned him not to get trapped in there. Lynch says the comment sparked an idea, and he pulled Silva aside to see if he was an actor. So he was already thinking of Silva as Bob when the mirror…

I bought the Gold Box and didn't know which pilot version to watch. I almost picked the International version, assuming it simply hadn't been sanitized for US broadcast. Thank God I decided to hit Google first. I finished the box this weekend; now I want to go back to Disc 1 and watch that other pilot out of…

See, I liked the Andy/Dick/Lusy/little Nicky plot. I found the Nadine/Mike bits awful, and the James and the femme fatale plot seemed poorly done even for a daytime melodrama. But I completely agree that the show is much much better when the Earle plot picks up.

Yes, please add S5 of The Wire when it airs (and if you want to do the older episodes, that would be awesome).

Freaks & Peaks
re: Freaks & Geeks, I know the TV Club likes Alan Sepinwall, and his F&G blog will be hard to beat (sort of curious if that was an inspiration, actually).

adieu
I agree that KN is settling into a very predictable pattern, and even the (considerable) charm of Chef Ramsay isn't enough to keep me around much longer, either. But I'll still miss the KN TV Club posts. Thanks!

Snoop knows nail guns
And unless your nail gun uses gunpowder, your nail gun ain't tight.
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