It’s the funniest to me on sheer numbers and precision, but it feels the least substantial. “Shaun” and “World’s” have more depth of feeling, esp. “World’s,” which is some kind of masterpiece.
I don’t know if it’s possible for them to make a song I like more, but holy shit that whole album is good. It’s like the reincarnation of SONGS FROM THE BIG CHAIR.
Gawd they’re so good.
This movie was my intro to both Amirpour and White Lies. Pivotal stuff.
Slowly figuring out woodworking so as to make shelves for physical media. Getting pretty good at circular saw!
Toad forces Mario to drive just outside his apartment, whispering about the Koopaling in there with his wife.
Mario side-eying the scum of the city as he drives, mutters “Mamma mia.”
Writing a gritty Mario flick called “Kart Driver” where Mario straps a fire flower to his arm before going into Bowser’s brownstone whorehouse to rescue an underage Peach. At one point he looks in a mirror and grumbles “Are you-ah talkin to me? Let’s a-go.”
Over covid I caught up with the albums I’d missed, there’s so much good stuff.
A.A. Dowd did a good primer a few years back:
They’re a great band and have released only one real clunker (“Damage”) and even then that one has some bops.
I’m tempted to do a thread purely about Jimmy Eat World deep cuts right now except it would have an audience of, like, three.
The cover of Jimmy Eat World’s 1998 album Clarity with the title track being played.
Listening to Classic Rock™️
(nodding aggressively)
“Pacific Rim” should’ve spun off a Saturday morning cartoon.
Sidebar: this country would be a lot better imo if Matt Zoller Seitz and Walter Chaw had a Siskel & Ebert type show or podcast.
There’s something deeply backward about Matt Zoller Seitz losing his job at the same time actors have to do more and more junket interviews with every new movie.
Gotta admit, “(neither Biblical)” is very funny.
I actually worry about this a little less and worry a little more about the vloggy grifters who have all the conviction of a flatworm, out of a terrific fear of losing access, and how their numbers have polluted the very concept of cinematic expertise online.
Rogan staring at the president’s approval polls and shifting his dialogue accordingly like a windsock.
Yup. The very real shift from “how do we make the best product for our customers” to “what is the worst product possible our customers will put up with.”
My last bit of venting for the day is I can't believe how fast we've gone from companies saying "we should create things that customers want so they will give us money and enjoy our brand" to "fuck you! eat shit! we put shit in everything and you'll eat it! die!"
The trailer for EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU FOR MONEY. In select theaters starting April 17th 🍿🤑🤣
Pop quiz: if I send these emojis what am I talking about?
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newspaper ad for the master, an a-team style show starring lee van cleef as a ninja and timothy van patten as his new hunky ward.
Any list without “The Master” is invalid.
lee horsley as matt houston and pamela hensley as cj parsons, in the driver and passenger seats of a car, looking backward at us
Where is “Matt Houston”?
We all dabble from time to time.
Hi! The Onion and Bluesky are throwing a party at South By Southwest in Austin on Saturday. It's free and spots are limited, so sign up nowish.
We did this last year and only a handful of people died, so we're hoping to keep those numbers down once again!
anormalfuckingparty.splashthat.com
Currently weighing in: the most terminally online, artistically illiterate chuds you’ve ever seen.
note the top is based on combined ratings of imdb, rotten tomatoes users and critics metacritic users and critics, tv.com audience and critics
(mechanic voice) Well, there’s your problem right there.
