Many of them are smart and entertainingly soapy, but most of those kids live 10 lifetimes in the course of one season. The Netflix series, whose fine second season recently came out, is an extraordinarily wise comedy-drama, one that is about sex, yes, but more insistently about honesty, compassion, and self-awareness. The show — which is British, filmed in Wales, and set somewhere vaguely in that region — revolves around a mother and son whose boundaries are unclear, to put it mildly. Otis Milburn played by the perfectly sympathetic Asa Butterfield is a teen living with his divorced mother, who is a sex therapist. And yet his own sexual identity is a problem for him, more evasive and suppressed — not surprisingly — the more his mother urges him to open up about it. Meanwhile, his mother, Jean Milburn, performed by Gillian Anderson at her most playful, is proud of her ability to sleep around without emotional complications — until she forms a challenging emotional attraction to a handyman. The list goes on and on, each kid so confused, and so likable. And yet each time, show creator Laurie Nunn gives the trope a new twist, or treats it with a new sense of frankness or sweetness. Some of the kids are discovering their own sexual fluidity, others are learning to see behind the surfaces of others, and the most powerful relationship on this show about love and sex may be the platonic friendship between Eric and Otis; their open affection for each other on school campus warms the heart. Another remarkable thing: The adults.

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Save the ink. Forget about us. Osbourne changed his tune when Sabbath finally got in, but other artists were less flexible that year. We're not coming. We're not your monkeys, and so what. If you voted for us, hope you noted your reasons.
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With the annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony returning to its newish Brooklyn stomping grounds next week, one of the six deserving inductees is already causing trouble for the boomer proceedings: those pesky Radiohead lads. Thom Yorke has stated that he has no intention of gracing Barclays with his presence due to an overseas work schedule he could easily clear. What is interesting, though, are the various reasons behind the snubs, which can generally be sorted into the following categories: basic institutional hatred, lingering in-band drama, and scheduling conflicts. The remaining Grateful Dead members disagreed, and showed up to accept the honor — with a Garcia cardboard cutout in tow. Sex Pistols In perhaps the most infamous Rock Hall diss of all time, all surviving members of the Sex Pistols — Paul Cook, Steve Jones, Glen Matlock, and John Lydon — published a handwritten letter to condemn the institution and everything it stands for. It deserves to be read in full, typos and all:. Your museum. Urine in wine.
Don't have an account yet? Get the most out of your experience with a personalized all-access pass to everything local on events, music, restaurants, news and more. Update: Minutes after this story went to press, Chuck Wielgus, the longtime head of organized swimming, withdrew from his planned induction into the Swimming Hall of Fame on Fort Lauderdale Beach. It was 5 a. A group of muscular swimmers was already waiting in the bleachers, decked out in Speedos and goggles. Pussieldi, then 39 years old, ordered the athletes into the pool. Most of them complied. A lean year-old, Roberto Cabrera Paredes, did not. Again, the young man defied him. They cursed each other out.