(full playoff standings can always be found here) Group 7 Champions: Wild Card Standings: The rest of the group: Now we get to the eliminations. We have 1,047 songs in this tournament; they have been broken up into 22 groups … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 1996-2000: Group 9
Spoiler Policy: All spoilers up to and including the currently discussed episode will be unmarked. Spoilers for episodes beyond the current point will be enclosed in Fast Forward blocks, which will include spoilers for the entire series. Future Vision Official Description: Steven learns that Garnet can see into the future. Finally, I can stop putting all the references to Garnet’s Future Vision inside of the spoiler boxes. Which will now be renamed Future Vision boxes, because I can. In keeping with the general theme of growing up we’ve had this season, Steven is packing up some of his toys that he … Continue reading Steven Universe Rewind: Future Vision / On the Run
Hi, everyone! So, as some of you may know, the new and final season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars started airing a few weeks ago. I definitely recommend watching it if you haven’t, it’s a great series and really … Continue reading Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Suggested Viewing
In Which There’s a New God In Town The world of video games is one replete with mashups and things that are like other things. More than any medium genre is determined by its relativistic qualities to certain other entries … Continue reading Weird, Overlooked, Wonderful 03: ActRaiser
Shot in just six days, the 1945 film Detour is a masterpiece of film noir and one of the best movies that came out of the “Poverty Row” studios of 20th Century Hollywood. Tom Neal is a hump of a … Continue reading The Detour Day Thread (April 2)
Pooch Cafe Thursday Continue reading The Comic Strip Club (Thur 4/2/2020)
The problem: You’ve got a lot of beautiful art hanging up around your house, but nobody can come over to see any of it. The solution: Show it off here! Take some pictures of some of your favorite pictures (or … Continue reading Show Off Your Pretty Pictures!
Welcome to the weekly TV thread! As I’ve long said going back to the earliest days online doing this, one cannot live on anime alone. And compared to twenty years ago, there’s so much more content out there now and … Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread
Happy Thursday, friends. What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, what is your favorite or least favorite licensed game? Cast a wide net: games licensed from movies, books, and more are … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Licensed to Ill
Let’s discuss any and all music here. Got a new artist who’s rocking your boat that you want to talk about? Post a video! Found out about that unearthed Coltrane album that has the jazz freak in you losing your … Continue reading The Weekly Music Thread Jumps Ship
So, these days are a strange time to be sober, huh? I feel like it’s pretty much the same story for a lot of people just staying cooped up inside all day, but it’s nice to finally go for a … Continue reading Sobriety Thread: Quarantine Edition
Can the first person here each day create a Results thread so it’s always first when sorted by Oldest? That will make it much easier to track results. Or visit the quiz here. Remember to post your results (as a … Continue reading Triviacados: Thursday, April 2, 2020
Morning Politocadoes! I hope everyone is doing well. The world is scarier and even more uncertain than it was a month ago. Be sure to check in with friends and family when you can. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis finally, finally, issued … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Remains Indoors
I believe the AV Club’s comments called this Chekov’s cock: what comes out in the first act must go off in the last act. Anyhow, pour one out for Segovax, the Gaul whose major failings were basically Spartacus’ failings—a desire … Continue reading Spartacus: Blood and Sand: Episode 8: Mark of the Brotherhood
The song “Fool For Love” by Sandy Rogers was created for the Robert Altman film of the same name which starred Sam Shepard and Kim Basinger. However, it would outlive that movie and become a pop-culture touchstone thanks to its … Continue reading The Fool For Love Night Thread (April 1)
Look! a survivor thread! Come talk and chat Continue reading Survivor 40 – Winners At War Episode 8
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Adam Schlesinger, Grammy- and Emmy-winning songwriter and co-founder of the band Fountains of Wayne, died today at the age of 52 due to complications from COVID-19. In my opinion, he was one of the true genius figures in modern pop … Continue reading Adam Schlesinger Remembrance Thread
Live-blog today’s press briefing here! (We’ll see how this goes. If it works, we might amend this to be a pinned thread that we use until these briefings are mercifully over.) Continue reading Covid-19 Press Briefing (4/1)
OH MY GOD WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH THE TITLE, DROP?!?!?! Hold on, calm down, everything’s fine. Well, except … *wildly gestures at state of world*. I have actually given some thought to this! The wrong thoughts mayhaps, but thought, … Continue reading Dating, Relationships, and Sex (04/01/2020)
The first of April is the 100th birthday of legendary Japanese actor Mifune Toshirō. Born and raised in the Japanese-occupied…Chinese province…uh…you know what, never mind. To commemorate the birthday of Toshiro Mifune, I look at one of the films that he … Continue reading WTF ASIA 101: High and Low (1963)
Introducing today’s contestants: Kami, an education advocate from Missouri, plays Irish sports; Hemant, a blogger from Illinois, tried to sell his soul on eBay; and Leanne, a legal secretary from New York, did opera using cat puppets. Leanne entered the … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Apr. 1 – repost
