@avclub-6956968b560a7eb499ca03a8b3b43189:disqus Also Malick.

@avclub-6956968b560a7eb499ca03a8b3b43189:disqus Also Malick.

Yeah, have to second (third) this.  Visions of Johanna is close, but Idiot Wind is always the one I go back to.  The tougher decision is which is the better of Blood on the Tracks version or the Bootleg Vol. 2 version.

Yeah, have to second (third) this.  Visions of Johanna is close, but Idiot Wind is always the one I go back to.  The tougher decision is which is the better of Blood on the Tracks version or the Bootleg Vol. 2 version.

That's a great first tape to have bought (obvious musical quality aside), because of the fact that the tape casing was that unique translucent yellow (assuming you're U.S.-based; I remember how jarring it was when I saw someone's Israeli copy and the tape was just opaque white).  Automatic's still the only album I own…

That's a great first tape to have bought (obvious musical quality aside), because of the fact that the tape casing was that unique translucent yellow (assuming you're U.S.-based; I remember how jarring it was when I saw someone's Israeli copy and the tape was just opaque white).  Automatic's still the only album I own…

Indeed.  If nowhere else, at least under the AIDS section, considering how widely that was assumed to be the primary theme of the album at the time.  In retrospect, it would seem to be much more of a facing mortality in general album than specifically AIDS-based, though of course there are fairly obvious AIDS…

Indeed.  If nowhere else, at least under the AIDS section, considering how widely that was assumed to be the primary theme of the album at the time.  In retrospect, it would seem to be much more of a facing mortality in general album than specifically AIDS-based, though of course there are fairly obvious AIDS…

I agree completely.  Stewart and Colbert can be funny, but Dave's show is the one worth watching considering there's the highest chance of something bizarre happening (though Conan still has his moments occasionally).  Dave's biggest asset is that he just doesn't give a fuck, and while sometimes that comes across as…

I agree completely.  Stewart and Colbert can be funny, but Dave's show is the one worth watching considering there's the highest chance of something bizarre happening (though Conan still has his moments occasionally).  Dave's biggest asset is that he just doesn't give a fuck, and while sometimes that comes across as…

Times have been changed in this regard for at least ten years.  Remember in 2002 when ABC put on the full-court press to get Dave to come to their network?  And of course once Koppel left, Nightline's security at 11:35 was only ever going to decrease.

Times have been changed in this regard for at least ten years.  Remember in 2002 when ABC put on the full-court press to get Dave to come to their network?  And of course once Koppel left, Nightline's security at 11:35 was only ever going to decrease.

Late Night with David Letterman from 1982 to 1987.  Just the development of what are now classic bits and the general zaniness that must have gone on there.  Back when Dave would have interacted much more with the writers and producers because he was so monomaniacally invested in not having another show fail, and he…

Late Night with David Letterman from 1982 to 1987.  Just the development of what are now classic bits and the general zaniness that must have gone on there.  Back when Dave would have interacted much more with the writers and producers because he was so monomaniacally invested in not having another show fail, and he…

I'll watch this, just for the fact that Lin-Manuel Miranda is in it.

I'll watch this, just for the fact that Lin-Manuel Miranda is in it.

The only reason I go to Slate anymore is for Dana Stevens's film reviews.  I would argue that she's THE essential critic in the business right now if you're looking for non-heavy-handed and thoughtful criticism.

The only reason I go to Slate anymore is for Dana Stevens's film reviews.  I would argue that she's THE essential critic in the business right now if you're looking for non-heavy-handed and thoughtful criticism.

Yes!  I remember that one, though not as well.  I mostly remember that it had a story within the story that the girl read backwards and at the beginning of the story (the end chronologically) she threw up the prune juice that she drank at the end (beginning chronologically).

Yes!  I remember that one, though not as well.  I mostly remember that it had a story within the story that the girl read backwards and at the beginning of the story (the end chronologically) she threw up the prune juice that she drank at the end (beginning chronologically).