It goes without saying that 'Buncha Losers' comedies speak to tough times. The massive unemployment of the Reagan years gave us 'Taxi,'… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
Rebecca Black might sing like a robot, but that's just proof she has evolved beyond us. Her vocal is just a slightly… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
When I started out as a music journalist, at the end of the 1980s, it was generally assumed that we were living… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
The key thing about LCD Soundsystem is that people always wanted this band to exist. For years, it was glaringly obvious that… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
'Drive,' that's the one. I love dozens of songs by R.E.M., but that's the one, even though it took me 7 or… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
Thanks to the greatest invention of recent years, the MP3-playing alarm clock, I can now choose the song that wakes me up… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
But MTV relishes its vestigial role as a star maker, so every year it puts all its clout into making the VMAs… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
Not being able to protect her from things was the most frightening thing I'd ever felt, and it kicked in as soon… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
God bless America - what other civilization would give Patrick Dempsey another shot to rule as a sex symbol, twenty years after… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
One of the best moments of any Liars show is hearing the crowd squawk 'We're doomed! We're doomed!' on cue during 'We Fenced Other… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“I suck at fighting. I have never really learned how to talk and be mad at the same time. If I have angry words… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
Morrissey was my Mrs. Garrett, the house mother from the Facts of Life, a soothing adult figure giving me words of wisdom. — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“I had never gotten the hang of dating — I was always going to be somebody who either had a girlfriend or didn't.” — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
The hottest trash-disco star in the world: Ke$ha! She has a lot in common with Kiss, actually, even spelling her name with a dollar… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“on the 11th of every month my friend elizabeth would say, "well we made it through another month. so do we get her back… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“What doesn't kill you maims you, cripples you, leaves you weak, makes you whiny and full of yourself at the same time. The more… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“But when you're a teenage boy, you can be narrow-minded about things that are girlie, things that are frivolous, things that are pop. Boys… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“I've never heard of anybody getting rid of their prized Exile postcards, much less actually writing on them and sending them through the mail… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
It's always that one song that gets to you. You can hide, but the song comes to find you. — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
There are all kinds of mix tapes. there is always a reason to make one. — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“By the time you're an adult, you're used to seeing your friends disappear into their five-year plans. They drop out to get married, have… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
