The Way I Have Always Felt About LifeOne day in 2000 I was in the HMV on Sparks St. browsing, a not uncommon state of affairs, and the house stereo was playing some...
Weekend Viewing: "Barney Miller"Not all drug-related episodes are very special episodes (like Jessie getting hooked on speed ). On Barney Miller, showrunner Danny...
Breaking Is Hard To DoDidn’t intend to post two Onion AV Club links in a row, but their interview with Mad Men ’s Matt Weiner addresses something I find...
Al Franken is not funnyHe hopes. More on what this is about: Franken is running 15 points behind his opponent, who is attracting the votes of one in five...
Indefensible argument of the dayU2’s "new" Live In Paris CD (available on iTunes here , if you’re into that sort of thing) captures the band at the height of its...
Okay, Who Here Is Reading Screech’s Book?Trick question. Of course we’re all going to read Dustin "Screech" Diamond’s tell-all book about Saved By the Bell , imaginatively...
Obama in Berlin -- and ParisIt wasn’t one of his best speeches, but of course it was a good event. Big crowds look great anywhere, and the McCain camp’s...
The Dreaded Paramount DisclaimerThe back cover art for the Duckman DVD includes the dreaded disclaimer we get on every Paramount TV DVD nowadays: The Paramount...
Hollytics vs. PoliticsOnce in a while you see a movie that terrifies you based solely on the poster. It’s wrong, I know, because you shouldn’t pre-judge...