That's ignorant.

• I learned that on a recent Fear Factor contestants drank smoothies made from rat. This convinces me that the apocalypse is indeed nigh.
  
  
• After being reminded of his existence by a slow jam comp infomercial, I am convinced that Al B. Sure! has the greatest name of any performer ever.
  
  
• You can ignore the hype, Kinsey is a fine, nothing-too-special biopic. Liam n' Laura are swell in their parts and that's really that. It tells their story in a glossy, Oscar-refined, gotta get all the details in this movie in under two hours kind of way.
  
  
• ODB RIP. The Top 10 ODB Moments (via Tofu Hut.)
  
  
• I hope this winds up on iTunes... From Pitchfork's review of Michael Jackson's Ultimate Collection: "The second disc also includes a whole lot of utterly godawful rarities. 'Someone in the Dark' is a maudlin faux-Broadway ballad from the E.T. soundtrack that includes a bewilderingly bizarre vocal cameo from the alien himself. It seems to be the exact moment that Jackson began to make the transition from exciting young pop star to neutered humanoid elf."
  
  
• Low Culture hatchets Ratner. Love it.