Yes, it is clearly a trend in general. But the unanswered questions here are do Duchovny and Anderson have equal "star power", and what was each of them initially offered? Was the going rate to get Duchovny to do a project was twice the going rate to get Anderson to do one? Were they offered the same amount and…

Just to play devil's advocate (and I like Scully better the Mulder and would prefer dropping him and keeping her if we had to choose), are comparing what each was offered, or what Duchovny negotiated with what Anderson was initially offered? And, were each of them in equal negotiating position? Aside from public…

But did Anderson do anything successful since X-Files? Just because she was an equal half of that show doesn't mean she's in an equal negotiating position. If they tried to do a remake of Dawson's Creek I'd certainly expect James Vanderbeek to be offered less that Michelle Williams for the same reason.

Is there any reason for her to be anything at all? Even if the other two bet 0 she couldn't catch them.

Actually they looked quite a lot alike as young men. https://www.google.com/sear…

It's saved from being too cruel by the Andy's poise. He's so used to being humiliated, but still has such self confidence, you can see him thinking "Ok, now I'm being shredded by my idol. Not how I thought wealth and fame would be, but ok."

Holy cow, he's doing a stunningly good David Brent impression there. Even the little tick at the end.

Considering the Extras Bowie clip that is going viral and how that show ended, that's almost spooky. Definitely "reality is stranger than fiction"; you wouldn't buy such an on the nose irony if it were fiction.

Wow, I feel intensely opposite. Each of the Beatles feels like a real guy I can understand and relate to, and most of their music goes straight to the heart for me and feels sincere and like it could have been made by an alternate universe version of myself. I've been struggling to comprehend people's sadness at…

His genre is so not my thing - very 80's glammy overwrought R&B. Pretty much that which I like least in pop music of the last 50 years. But man, he and his band just had it turned up to 11 the entire time and I could not resist the energy. Totally won me over by the end.

The best TAL parody, from the makers of Sky Maul:

They did some of the best war reporting on Iraq and Afghanistan too back when we cared about those places.

Riley Walker's Primrose Green sounds right up your alley.

Oh yes, the Aisha Devi is good. Thanks for the tip.

Thanks! I will say the Herdon album is almost ruined by the whispered spoken word track Lonely at the Top. I'd never buy the vinyl for that reason, but delete it from spotify or mp3 and it becomes a great album.

I'm not proud of this fact, but I get the vast majority of my new music exposure from NPR's All Songs Considered podcast and blog. But to be fair, it's way more expansive than your typical NPR adult alternative radio station playlist. Hard core rap, experimental electronic, black metal, and yeah lots of indie rock and…

Wow, new Local H. Totally missed that, thanks.

Rather than type out a list here is a Spotify playlist of my favorites of the year. https://open.spotify.com/us…
My top pick would be Public Service Broadcasting's "The Race for Space" because I loved 3-2-1 Contact as a kid and that album is kind of like the opening theme of that turned into a concept album.

Maybe it was cruel and vain to put it out there, but I still find it powerful with typically clever turns of phrase. The worst thing I can say about it is it's the best emo song I've ever heard.

Does anyone else remember The Steven Banks Show, a musical sitcom that ran on PBS in the early 90's? It used a remake of the opening of Don't Look Back. It was my favorite show as a teen because it was about the kind of person I wan't to become, a weird guy in the city with an apartment full of instruments who could…