I’m with Barb on this. I could have given one shit for Born to Die, and was lukewarm on everything else. NFR, though? Fuck it, it’s fantastic. She’s reached a zenith. Great, acerbic lyrics and a consistent point of view. Brilliant production. Lovely melodies. Everything just ... lands this time. I don’t know how else…

Sit with it for a few more days. It is, in my opinion, near-pop perfection. My favorite album of the year so far, and nothing else is close. I find something else I like about it on each subsequent listen, and I simply can’t stop listening.

Really outstanding.  My favorite album of the year by leaps and bounds.

I can only assume someone’s writing a separate piece on Norman Fucking Rockwell because it is AOTY for me

I think the title track is a stunning piece of pop perfection.  Of course she wrote it herself.  

I didn’t know until 1 minute and 49 seconds ago (the time it took me to read this article) that Tampa Bay will have an XFL team ... and I live in Tampa Bay

“...but it’s seemingly reacted to the freak occurrences in the presence involving antimatter.”

The closed captioning on this show is superb.  

Not only lazy, but it’s the trap that every damn Netflix show seems to fall into ... TOO MUCH PLOT. We’ve got the BTK Killer on the loose. We’ve got the team tracking the Atlanta Child Murderer. We’ve got continued interviews with serial killers. There’s a lot going on. WHY, then, do we need a freaking on the nose…

Jacob’s Ladders

I’m calling BS on you lumping The Munsters into your list of “lazily written dreck.”  The Munsters was great.  Genuinely subversive stuff.

YIKES to all of this!  

Loving the new Hold Steady as well. And you are on point re. Sleater-Kinney. Yuck. Not into it. I’ve never cared for St. Vincent, so go figure.

counterpoint: your opinion is hot garbage

I’ve seen THS several times, both with Franz and without.  From a live show perspective, Franz’s absence was palpable. He and Craig are the dual centerpiece for the band on stage. So glad he’s back in the fold.

this deserves WAY more stars.  shame I only have one to give

This is a great article. On the unemployment rate, while it is important to know what it was at the depth of the Great Recession, it is also worth noting that in December 2007 it jumped to 5%. Throughout 2006 and into most of 2007, it had hovered around 4.4-4.6%, so the needle was already moving negatively (and, in…

I’m trying to get my head around how this senator’s politics should somehow alter my sympathy for this tragic death. Also, looks like this poor kid died in a manner that was at least foreseeable given the problems they had with getting this ride in working order in the first place. And then your statement regarding…

Wow your post is fucking gross

I don’t think you are being pedantic. It is incorrect to suggest (as the author does) that bond prices are going up because yields are going down. That’s not how it works. In fact it’s the opposite of how it works. Your explanation is spot on.