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I like it a lot because I just do. It's not perfect, but it's something new. And in a world of Williamsburg white-boys ripping off Talking Heads, that has a tendency to set an album apart.

on Premature Evaluation: Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak at November 21, 2008 12:39 AM
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Well, that's good to know...he's much better at making disenfranchised, lower-class voters that the Grand Old Party has their back. Though knowing that much about Toby Keith has never really been a life-goal of mine.

In reply to yomomma's comment on Joe The Plumber Getting Record Deal? at October 30, 2008 3:17 PM
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Now that Toby Keith has come out as an Obama-supporting Democrat, the GOP needs a new country-music figurehead.

on Joe The Plumber Getting Record Deal? at October 30, 2008 3:03 PM
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That joke was never funny. NOT! It totally was.

on Liz Phair's 2008 Goes From Guyville to Swingtown at June 5, 2008 10:43 AM
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Oh, yeah. Liz was cool. Back when "indie" was called "alternative," she was very cool.

on Liz Phair's 2008 Goes From Guyville to Swingtown at June 5, 2008 10:02 AM
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Spy Yids

on Best New Party Game 10 at October 28, 2009 8:55 AM
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eyeliner, whaaa? no way.

on Seriously, Though, Nestor Carbonell Wears Eyeliner at January 30, 2009 11:21 PM
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As pointed out above, film was a central theme of his work. I was very interested in seeing his response to the process of adaptation. He excelled at first-person narrative essays, and this would have given him fodder for marrying his interest in film (see the US Premiere piece on David Lynch) with his life experience. Also, I guess I'd hoped the movie, as an external process, would drag him out of his dark place.

I cared that the film existed...I didn't necessarily care to see it.

In reply to Eli!'s comment on Is Any Writer More Inappropriate To Adapt For Film Than David Foster Wallace? at January 21, 2009 9:02 AM
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When DFW died, my heart broke. I just can't care about this film anymore.

on Is Any Writer More Inappropriate To Adapt For Film Than David Foster Wallace? at January 20, 2009 7:51 PM
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Explanation for this is at 1:25.

on Cheetah Lady Is Your Girlfriend at December 19, 2008 12:27 PM
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That's not gibberish. Locke clearly says "Ham. I win." Which means two things:
1. It's a game and, of course, Locke wins. The island has always wanted Locke to win, but it had to pretend like the game wasn't fixed, which it totally was because you don't see anybody else walking away from their wheelchairs now do you? But the island knows how to maintain the simulacra of fairness, that's what it's all about, like, "whoop, you can walk, how about that?" or "whoop, you just got disemboweled by a smoke monster, that's tough."

and

2. The prize is cured pork.

on We've Got To Nerd Out The Island at December 19, 2008 11:35 AM
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Both discs of my "Stella: Season One" have been played and overplayed to the point of near-ruin...just kidding, that doesn't happen, but if they were VHS tapes, they'd be just a plastic casing filled with magnetic dust. But what I'm saying is, the TV show was and is still my favorite...I love and obsess over every minute of it.

"I love the '80s". Ha! So self-referential!

on In Defense Of Stella at December 16, 2008 12:27 AM
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Boy, the singer sure looks a lot like the knight character. But the knight has a mustache and soul patch. And the singer doesn't. So, you know...

on No, Wait, THIS Is Your Music Video: Chris Dane Owens's "Shine" at December 5, 2008 11:18 AM
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I don't know about that...I quite like that Tony Hale.

In reply to Sammy's comment on Satan Caught On Tape Taking The Blame For The Economy at December 4, 2008 10:30 AM
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I think it's time we sit Beyonce down and have a talk with her about aging gracefully.

In reply to VampiresSuck's comment on SNL: Just The Funny Parts: Paul Rudd Naked! at November 17, 2008 12:43 PM
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