I’ve long been a proponent that openers should never play for more than 20 minutes. If they’re good, they’ll come back around to headline and can play 40 minutes.

I think the only time I saw an opener do an encore was when Arcade Fire opened for the Unicorns in Philly. But they were also pretty great that night.

I was expecting a special LOLMETS section at the very end when they weren’t in the Blah tier.

I thought about this too at the end of last season. Still, as much as I like the show and hope that this season slays, I have already resigned myself that its last lines won’t affect me as much as Justified’s.

The Ariel Pink stuff in this interview reminded me of Lollapalooza 2010 when Julian commented during their set about how many great bands were playing the festival, then only mentioned Wavves.

The other night my girlfriend asked me why winners were getting stuffed tigers instead of medals. I had no idea. But I somehow convinced her that the tigers replaced medals this year because of a dispute over money between the IOC and whoever makes the medals. Now I wonder how long it’ll be until we actually do see…

Mine was The Wire seasons 1-4 on DVD in 2007. I watched them as fast as they were mailed to me.

Even with the sliders I faceplanted the first time I went curling. My girlfriend was in tears from laughter. In the next game, she fell in spectacular fashion. It wasn’t quite as funny to her that time.

years and years of practice.

A few years ago my girlfriend took me to a very fancy restaurant for my birthday. The couple next to us summoned a server after some commotion at their table. The woman said something was wrong with the soup. “There are rocks in it.” The server looked on puzzled while she fished out one of these ‘rocks.’ The server…

I was reprimanded for using ‘gobbledygook’ in an email about a client’s writing abilities. My boss thought it was hilarious and accurate. But her boss apparently didn’t read the source.

Using ‘parking lot’ as a verb wrecks my head whenever I hear it, and lately it has been often.

That sprung to my mind, too.

That would be great if everywhere had a bar.

Even though I very much enjoy going out alone, I still feel super awkward about solo dining at nice restaurants. The anxiety that comes with that tends to limit my food options, especially when traveling. It’s been a slow process getting over that.

My dad made clear that I was not to own any album with a parental advisory sticker on it. I still bought a few, but was careful to hide the booklets and not listen to any of them around him.

I could not agree more. Sometimes when it rains lightly they leave the sliding doors open behind the outfield, which allows a nice draft. But when those doors and the roof are closed on a hot and humid night, I’ve never been more miserable at a baseball game.

The beer mug is gone, but he still slides. Sausage race is a better mascot event at that ballpark anyway.

Another video with a great “YEAHHHH - awww.” https://twitter.com/AnthonyRothman/status/956724896641568774

Huh, Anthony Scaramucci is a producer on this. I wonder how much he’d be plugging it if he stayed in a White House communications role.