So is a trumpet(te) a small fart?

The best Gentle Giant album is definitely the live album "Playing the Fool" - the versions of the songs are much more muscular and the musicianship is jaw-droppingly impressive.

The best Gentle Giant album is definitely the live album "Playing the Fool" - the versions of the songs are much more muscular and the musicianship is jaw-droppingly impressive.

So I clicked on the link for Peter Hammill (I've been a fan since a buddy introduced me to one of his solo records - PH7) and it takes you to a page (still on the A.V. Club site) with his name and a link back to this article - what is the purpose of this?

So I clicked on the link for Peter Hammill (I've been a fan since a buddy introduced me to one of his solo records - PH7) and it takes you to a page (still on the A.V. Club site) with his name and a link back to this article - what is the purpose of this?

I think the coolest thing about Paul Williams is that he got rich before he had a hit single because he lucked out and got several songs on the B sides of hit singles - I've seen interviews where he talks about it.   Seems like a decent enough guy…

I think the coolest thing about Paul Williams is that he got rich before he had a hit single because he lucked out and got several songs on the B sides of hit singles - I've seen interviews where he talks about it.   Seems like a decent enough guy…

Yeah - it never works for me as a joke.  Maybe it's the gun I wave around wildly while I'm saying it…

Yeah - it never works for me as a joke.  Maybe it's the gun I wave around wildly while I'm saying it…

I think vaginas make a fine appetizer - they even make their own sauce.

I think vaginas make a fine appetizer - they even make their own sauce.

I dunno, but I think it lives on the second floor…

I dunno, but I think it lives on the second floor…

Oh yeah - well I'm worth a million in prizes…

Oh yeah - well I'm worth a million in prizes…

The guy in the cover art looks uncannily like a young Gordon Pinsent: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm…

The guy in the cover art looks uncannily like a young Gordon Pinsent: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm…

I know MadTV gets no love here, but in the early seasons they did some brilliant parodies and mashups:

I know MadTV gets no love here, but in the early seasons they did some brilliant parodies and mashups:

Not a movie parody, but Eugene Levy's parody of a Perry Como special where he is so laid back that he is eventually singing while lying in a bed is both spot on and hilarious: http://www.youtube.com/watc…