Right on. For as sloppy a band as they were, Jones was (and, I suppose, still is) a killer guitarist. I'm pretty biased, though, as that album was my gateway into a punk as a whole and just blew my mind when I first heard it in my adolescence.

Heeeell yeah!

Oh yeah, he is either terrible at picking roles or just great at doing work he enjoys. I'll just never pass up a chance to sing the man's praises as one of our best living actors.

No, because people actually give her the respect she deserves.

Really? I know film geeks love him, but I don't know how much the Hollywood Foreign Press really cares about staging a comeback for the guy who made Showgirls and Starship Troopers.

Maybe this will get Elle into my goddamn state.

It's very good but much lighter, more fun fare than the other two. I'd put it above Machester but below Moonlight.

You're not wrong.

God, the Weinstein are shameless. Nothing beats out nominating Rooney Mara as supporting actress for Carol, though. She played the main goddamn character!

I couldn't quite wrap my head around the fact that it was a real movie, getting an actual theatrical release, being advertised before a PG-13 Best Picture contender.

Fallon gave up at least five years ago.

It's Hedley.

Spent some time rewatching some Strangers With Candy episodes with the life partner and an old college buddy of ours. It's… god, I've been rewatching this show on a regular basis since I was in high school and certain bits still get me. It feels so ahead of its curve in its deadpan imitation of shitty niche media and…

Thanks for making the One From The Heart connection— the missus and I definitely felt that vibe in it too, and I'm glad to know we're not the only ones. It really felt like the movie One From the Heart was trying to be and couldn't quite pull off (Coppola's probably my favorite director, but that film is heartbreaking…

Man, I think it's interesting how the remasters have caused so many people to have a kind of totemism towards certain physical copies of Star Wars. For years, I only knew them from the version my parents had taped off of TV that was letterboxed, but not the Lucas remasters. It's still weird to me to see the original…

Thanks for bringing up the self-harm angle— so much of the discussion revilves around preventing mass shootings, when that's him the bigger issue. Guns make suicide incredibly easy and, unlike other methods, almost guaranteed once attempted. I know that, as someone who deals with depression and has had periods of…

None; the Obamas paid for it themselves out of pocket (this was mentioned in some other news stories, and Obama has generally been pretty good about using his own resources— which come mostly from book sales, not from his government salary —to pay for non-government functions and personal services).

Nah, VGS is incredibly mean-spirited and argumentative and tends to block anyone who disagrees with him. See, for example, instantly calling you a liar and insulting you for asking this question.

Damn, somehow I'd remembered the birth year wrong.

Iommi rules.