Not much wiggle room. David Ayer also wrote that movie.

Those radio ads always make me smile. Like, I know that he's just phoning it in, and that the company is probably shady, but that goddamn voice of his is just so much fun to listen to.

Jethro Tull is the band's name, not the songwriter. You're thinking of Jethro Tull's Monster.

It's a really underrated novel, and it feels strange to say that a bona fide classic. But, as strong and terrifyingly real as the politics are, I wish more people looked at just how well-written it is. It's so often taught in schools or used as an allegory, but Orwell has such powerfully minimalist language and such a…

My local Classic Rock station played that about two years ago, when Israel stepped up a major bombing campaign. After it ended, the DJ just came on, said, "Same as it ever was," and cut to the next song.

Red car! Good point!

I'd like to take a moment to discuss one of my favorite holiday traditions: the Sonic the Hedgehog Christmas Blast. It's utter stupid garbage, but I love it.

He actually was, which is a shame. His argument was that "the internet" isn't the servers and data themselves, but the network connecting them. It's not his fault he was an old inarticulate coot.

You in Angelfire now, little priest.

Bitch took my skull!

My company does some business with Waffle House and I can vouch for this. They have a crazy level of engagement at all levels of the company, and it's common for people 4 or 5 rungs up the ladder to be down in the trenches with the cooks. I've got respect for any company where the person running half a state's worth…

It's great! It feels legit— Young could have just slapped up some synthesizers and called it a day, but you can tell he was into the genre and wanted to do it right.

Less expensive than two quarts of canola oil, that's for sure.

Who is giving romantic advice? Bear is giving romantic advice!

"…wanna fight?"

Why was "Fortunate Son" used to introduce Killer Croc? Why did they use "You Don't Own Me" for a character defined by her lack of self and her subservience to another— and why not use the version by Klaus Nomi, an actual creepy clown? Why were three different musical montages needed to set up the protagonists getting…

Whenever I was visiting my folks this year, my hometown college radio station was really hyping up the Dawes concert schedule for the end of fall. When the ad actually said "that Laurel Canyon sound" I couldn't stop laughing— I had no idea it wasn't just a years-long in-joke here.

You should. I haven't been able to bring myself to listen to the new one yet— I can only take so much grief —but the man's up there with Cohen as one of the most writerly and funny of the great songwriters. Tender Prey just tears the roof off with Old Testament blues-punk and No More Shall We Part is a staggeringly…

I've mentioned before something this piece touched on; which is the extent to which Blackstar feels like an act of reinvention and the taking on of a persona. It's Bowie conquering his death by taking it on as a mantle, making his dead self just another one of the many selves he's had over the years. It made his…

I tried, but her manager at the Jack in the Box said that she was busy cleaning the shake machine and got off at 9.