I am incredibly sad right now. Roger served on the board of the organization I work for, and I had the chance to meet him at our gala a couple of years ago. It was brief, and of course the conversation was one-sided, but he flashed that thumb and I felt like i was in a special presence, because of course i was.

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Yup, the Game is one thing; the Song of Ice and Fire something way more crucial. I hope GRRM can really bring that home over the last 2-3 books.

don't fuck with me, man. I am Ahab.

Indeed, which is why I think the woman in the shop who gave Clara the Doc's number is actually Rose, not River.

*Jonathan Pryce dementedly stares into the middle distance*

So yeah, this shit is fraught.

'Mystics' isn't as good as 'Yoshimi' or 'Bulletin' but it has my favorite set of back-to-back tracks in the Lips' catalogue: 'The W. A. N. D.' and 'Pompeii Am Gotterdammerung'…

"PROVIDED I CAN HANDLE THE FUCKING SNAP."

I saw Weezer and Foo Fighters together a few years back. Weezer covered "Big Me" and Foo Fighters played… nothing by Weezer. The end.

I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac.

I've been listening again to 'Heathen' in the run-up to this new one, and I'm realizing that it's not just good late-period Bowie, it's just a great David Bowie album, full stop.

I'm jamming w the MickJaggernauts

My favorite singers' best moments:

You need to listen to 'How' from her latest album, @avclub-609cea48021426221f352b14511dda72:disqus . Not necessarily disagreeing w your take on her earlier stuff, but damn is she great on that song.

God, the score for The Fountain is fucking brilliant. That motif is so haunting, and so versatile…

So I'm gonna be way too late on this to get any kind of hearing/viewing, but, hell, I'm on lunch.

'Lost Cause' is amazing. Hits a bit close to home at the moment, so of course I'm putting it back in heavy rotation.

It can only end in tears…

Jaybee Black? I dunno, doesn't sound very cool to me.