That last shot is echoed occasionally throughout the season, which makes it doubly interesting - there aren't a lot of Buffy POV shots in the series. I like the way you mention the "fragility" of this shot because this is also one of the last times this season when the Scooby gang is "together." During the "enjoining"…

Yeah, here's a good primer of typical "lies":

De gustibus non est disputandum, and all that. Replying not to convince you or anything, just to point out what I like . . . I think the subject matter overlaps a bit with some Pumpkins stuff ("it's just that demon life, that's got you in its sway"), it's got that delicate mix of snappy/murky production that was so…

I'm a pretty big Pumpkins fan, but a song like Sway "transcends" just about everything - including most of SP's catalogue.

He might think that - or he might really like her as a person, or he might feel somewhat indebted to her for her performance as Faith which, regardless of her acting abilities in general, was a huge part of the Buffyverse (and, I'd argue, whose appearance on Angel in S1 was the first real hints of that show's…

Actually, it was sort of all Dushku and Fox's doing. She had a development deal with them, for her to star in something. She took the idea to Whedon and they developed it together, but afaik, it never would have happened without her involvement.

Yup, the Studio System was pretty pretty nasty - unless you were a Warner or a Mayer or some such . . .

If you want to shore up your pop culture trivia, look up 30 Seconds to Mars and the De Havilland law - a pretty interesting intersection of Leto's music and film careers which also set a new legal precedent in the music business.

It's not her best for sure - some of her columns here have been quite good - but it's not awful. I think the hate from her "Pink Houses" thing might turn out to be long-standing, but she's funny and this was a good read. It's a bit too "on the nose" for a reason.

Yeah, this primer was very American-centric, which is no complaint really, and makes sense given the location and majority of the audience. But most Brits I know of a certain age absolutely adore Peter Green, and rate most of the pre-B&N Mac much higher than the hits stuff (one friend in particular I love to rile up…

Yeah, I've seen it. It's a good film, if you like your entertainment grim and depressing. Even if parts of it are bit overstated, Loach really is excellent out of the gate (well, he'd had TV work for a while beforehand). Worth watching, especially if you're a fan of Loach or British social realism in general. Also,…

I've been thinking about this for a while. Some day I'd love to know the behind-the-scenes story of last year's great exodus. It does seem like, for whatever reason, the site has decided to favor headlines and cheap grabs over the more nuanced thinking and content the old guard used to provide. While I keep reading,…

Actually (and I know you're being humorous), in Northern Ireland, where this was largely shot (thus many of the resemblances to GoT), there are huge expectations for this film, having very little to do with "quality." If it does well, it shows that big-budget films shot in NI can work, and it might be just the boost…

And also, based on the comments thus far, she seems totally to have misread that.

It's not even that "people live through it," it's that they're expected to live through it by the fat cats who "vacation down at the Gulf of Mexico." The "American dream" makes losers of most of us, but we accept it because it sounds like a good idea even if our own lives are shit. The song is still such pointed and…

Yeah, experiencing a bit of cognitive dissonance right now (or whatever variation of that describes this feeling) - I generally really like Esposito and usually find her column here really pointed and funny. And I generally hate (ha ha) this insipid "hate song" column. But the two together - unfortunately - have…

A blow job doesn't mean blow.

Noel Murray!

Yes, this. As much as I love Bon-era AC/DC in general, I think the Vanda/Young production on those early albums is vastly underrated for its raunchy awesomeness. The guitar sound and the mixing of the guitar tracks are both amazing.

My favorite song all song has been the awesome "Heart and Soul" by the Glasgow group Twin Atlantic - loud, poppy rock, so much fun. But man, are the verses daft: