I read once that Brian May's son brought "Ice Ice Baby" to his attention and said, "What are you going to do about it, Dad?!" and Brian's reaction was essentially, "Oh, it's rubbish so no one will actually hear it anyway." Later followed by a sense of befuddlement and then the launch into action.

That Faustino named his rap album "Balistyx" screams early 90's. He was probably wearing SKIDZ and a Vuarnet T-shirt in the promo photos.

I can't vouch for whether or not it was the case for the Pumpkins, but I've heard plenty of bootlegs for shows I've attended that sounded nothing like what it did in the room. Things sounded more shrill, bum notes that were folded into the mix and not obvious during the performance stood out front and center. …

The RSVP tix sold out very quickly. If band practice schedules cooperate, I may consider your "Will Snark For Food" idea.

They are definitely keeping the hip hop redux of "Sugar, Sugar." For the kids!

Archie was my comics gateway drug. I read it a lot as a kid so I revisited it in college when I was feeling down- this got me in comic book shops where I quickly moved on to books with much more interesting stories and better art. I still have some affection for it, warts and all, but I wouldn't get riled up about…

Right. There was story after story of her being pretty close to perfect, excelling at whatever task was at hand with the hope of attracting Archie and almost pulling it off until Veronica shows up and says something bitchy. At which point Archie does an about face and chases after Veronica with stars in his eyes. …

But I think we are all winners here. Cause all you've got to do is win…

I… I don't even know what to do with this. I even enjoy the artists she mentions, but that is just clear insanity. I'm pretty live and let live in terms of people's musical taste, but I think making statements like the ones in that review should disqualify someone from being able to identify as a "Music Critic."

I have held on to my enormous cassette collection in spite of the fact that they are pretty much window dressing at this point. So many of them warped to being unplayable, even on the one and only cassette player I have that still works. I have some great stuff that was never released on CD or digitally so it's a bit…

I agree in principle, but that will not prevent me from buying this. Take comfort in the fact that "Teenage Wildlife" was included on the iSelect Bowie compilation, where the man himself selected his personal favorites out of all of the songs he's written.

I have everything he's released *including* the Peter and the Wolf LP! Does that mean I win? That never happens.

Aaaand it's sold out. I step away from the internet for one day and look what happens.

That's cause Mickee's On the Watah shut down, dude.

There were definitely sad elements to the story, but I was coming off of the 2nd and 3rd books in The Magicians trilogy and Gone Girl so maybe the fact that it wasn't utterly bleak made it feel more uplifting! I wasn't too bogged down by the flowery writing because I was pretty taken with the world she had built. I…

In the theater. I enjoyed it. I thought it was more atmosphere than story, but it worked for me.

Obviously individual preferences vary, but to me, Anansi Boys is the most Meh of his output.

Yeah, I'm fond of a lot of the Fables fairy tale depictions. Did that get picked up for a TV series or did I imagine that?

She was kind of ubiquitous for children of the 80's- I remember watching her on Hollywood Squares, the Pee wee Christmas special, and many many award shows. But no, it's not quite the same impact. She was a pioneer for women who dared to enter the boy's club of comedy though, so a certain amount of feed-clogging can…

Given that Les Miserables did pretty well in terms of nominations, I wouldn't be surprised if Into The Woods is well represented this time around.