^ this is the foundation upon which every conversation with my parents is built.

"Even as a child, I doubted our traditions. I remember in high school, the teacher told me, 'we had gods, but we killed them.' Fair enough, but doesn't Zizek say that the only way to be a true atheist is through Christianity?"

But people still insist on worshipping Tolstoy!

Agreed on the monologue.

Can Christian Bale ever catch a break?

I saw Nick Cave recently. He stalked around the cusp of the stage like a spider, swatting phones out of peoples' hands and altering his lyrics to things like, "take one more fucking picture!" and "the devil gonna come and take away your cell phones!"

I laughed for a long time after Blacklightosaurus.

My friend and I always chuckle about just how horrible Kirk is in TMP, and how unfair the movie is to Decker. Kirk acts nothing like the hero and it ends in a kind of Disney-reversal.

You're thinking of Creeping Death.

Rodriguez also plays for camp grindhouse schlock appeal what Miller plays totally straight.

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier is a great example. Everything is terrible, but the madcap Shatner energy behind it all makes it watchable and enjoyable without detracting from the awfulness. Definitely a better awful film than any of the TNG movies.

Lisa looks hot tonight!

That scene in the elevator is on my list of the 10 great scenes of the decade so far.

I always thought it'd be a better idea to do a third movie where Anakin has already become Vader and the Empire's regime is beginning its stranglehold.

So there's this film called The Greatest where Pierce Brosnan hurls Susan Sarandon into the sea, because emotions. One of the worst screenplays ever written, though I guess the passable production values and better-than-solid cast saves it from being a full-on shit miracle. Boy, does it come close, though.

That's just Frank Miller on Frank Miller.

St. Anger anybody? It comes with the added benefit of an entire documentary chronicling all the shit come smashing together in ways so over the top it's almost hard to believe (increasingly inflated therapist who starts trying to write song lyrics, Lars Ulrich, etc.).

St. Louis 2008 is generally regarded as one of the best shows Bruce has ever played.

My girlfriend of 3 years called me at work and dumped me the night before we were supposed to go see the concert. I ended up winning the ticket lottery beforehand and got to be literally as close as possible. I made a sign during my drunken stupor after work that said, "Hey Bruce. I just got dumped. I'm Goin' Down."

Don't mean to be that guy, but I did see Mary, Queen of Arkansas in 2009, when he played his entire first album in sequence. Including the first ever band performance of The Angel. It was also the first ever performance of Restless Nights, a pretty top-tier outtake. There were a whole bunch of other huge surprises…