Nice to see someone recognize a "Marilyn Miller piece."

I'm one of those fans, and I think the description of it as dreamy and drifting is just right…seemed to capture something about that time.

I'm one of those fans, and I think the description of it as dreamy and drifting is just right…seemed to capture something about that time.

The best tribute I've read today, too, and I've read a bunch. All the comments about Levon remind me of the Beatles line, the love you take is equal to/the love you make. His was a clear and steady light.

I tired fairly quickly of a lot of the vocals on Pentangle, but the guitars of Renbourn and Bert Jansch were unbeatable, in that band or on any of their other records. Agree with Wolfman, they had so many things going that they're hard to categorize. For pure British folk genius, try Renbourn's The Lady and the…

NY Times obit on Bert Jansch cited Graham as an influence on Jansch.

"This Moment" is a wonderful tune that for me captures the best of 60s LSD mysticism (granted, a genre that is often unbearably sappy).

"weirdness for weirdness's sake" is an apt description of much of the 60s, and it begs the question, is that a problem? In retrospect the answer is yes, but at the time, given enough hashish, a different conclusion was often reached. ISB weirdness trumps a lot of folk rock earnestness, imo.

Season of the Witch alone makes him a contender. But you can hear the nominating committee discussions: 'This is NOT the folk fairie Hall of Fame, goddamnit!"

Manson and Family credited the Beatles' Helter Skelter as inspiring their acid-addled attempts to kick-start the Revolution. Aside from a number of bloody murders, real-world impacts included massive increases in paranoia and a general realization that some genuinely scary people (besides Hells Angels) had infiltrated…

I should add that I broke my own prohibition against internet snarkiness, so I apologize for that too. I'm glad you interviewed Lebowitz at all.

Sam, sorry if I wasn't more clear — I didn't mean to imply you should have changed her quotes — I'm with her on the sanctity of quotes. But I think the interview just goes on too long…sections could have been cut and it would have come off better, in my opinion.

thanks…
for this excellent primer — meticulously thorough and well informed, and Brooks is a perfect subject for it.

Both Brooks and the Muppets were victims of the intensely competitive SNL staff, who viewed them as interlopers who took away air time. Brooks has said in interviews that he was aware that his films were viewed within SNL as if they were some alien virus. The writers considered being forced to write sketches for the…

some good lines
I enjoy very much Lebowitz's ability to stand outside the culture and see with precision its absurdities. Especially enjoyed her comments here about Einstein's house: "Einstein wasn't getting lost in the master bedroom, he was lost in thought." That's an edited version, and I think AV Club got…

and his dad.

It was Hunter's feeling that it was time to get off the stage, and that seemed reasonable. The one who I wish would have cleaned up and carried on is Lenny Bruce.

I think that's it….the sequence starts with Tony laying on his back in bed, staring at the ceiling, Tiny Tears is the soundtrack.

Because it incorporates Land of a 1000 Dances, I would guess.

Jesus, I've stayed away from these boards for awhile because I got sick of the stupid comments, and I see now that was the right decision. I love GP enough to have named my son after him, but if you've ever played in a band, you know that your bandmates expect you to do your part onstage. If you're literally falling…