I'd have Feels above MPP (generally speaking actually), but most of their albums could be eligible.
And it's hard to disagree with Turn on the Bright Lights being picked as the best example of anything, but I've always felt Interpol last two songs of their albums were pretty much the prefect combination (more true for…

Just finished Eugene Oneguin which was really great, moving, engrossing and still funny in places.The translation was in verse and rhymes, and while very good, I wonder how much the constraints caused deviations from the original.
Like a few works of time, had quite a few references to Byron which made me think that:
a)…

@avclub-bde03a31feb6259716046ea17db6e426:disqus thanks, will probably give The Crossing a try soon then; I'm trying to have a rule of never having more than one unread book by any author at any time, time to live by it.

I'm quite amazed by what you tell me of training in the US (to make matters worse regarding my preconceptions with ballet training, I’m French), and yet it's eminently sensible as the careers are relatively short (among other things; for instance according to some accounts, British dancers don't (or at least didn't)…

How important is it to read the trilogy in the right order? I've picked up The Crossing and Cities of the Plain for dirt cheap, but should I still try to read All the Pretty Horses first?

Thank you for the insight, I live in the UK, and I'm pretty sure almost anyone who joined a professional company here has studied at a dedicated ballet school, I found it surprising they would even be going to a regular high school if they were serious about it.

Here is the link, http://www.guardian.co.uk/m… it wasn't at the V festival, http://www.guardian.co.uk/m… is what I was thiking of.
But really it's a lovely country as long as you're not surrounded by too many drunk locals.

Where does King Crimson stand here? Are they or were they considered broken up?
They seem a pretty good example of a band who will (or would) start releasing material and touring when they feel(felt) like it, they have enough fans to sustain it, and the media probably doesn't really care about them that much in the…

I never cared enough about the Stone Roses to pay whatever they asked for for the Reunion shows, but I recall a few articles/blog posts where people complained that glasses of piss were being thrown around, far too many comments were along the lines of :"what did you expect? Why is that wrong? It's a northern…

Have you listened to Clouds Taste Metallic? I haven't listened to any of the earlier ones, but this one has proper songs on it, and I listen to it more often than any of the three you list.
But then my favourite album of theirs is Embryonic.

@E.Buzz: But media has an influence on the public, I rail against it, but I have no doubt that I am just as biased as someone who has Fox News or the WSJ as their main news sources.
A media that tries not to take sides regardless of what happened and who did/said what will influence the narrative, and will in the end…

@E.Buzz: But media has an influence on the public, I rail against it, but I have no doubt that I am just as biased as someone who has Fox News or the WSJ as their main news sources.
A media that tries not to take sides regardless of what happened and who did/said what will influence the narrative, and will in the end…

People "shit on centrism" because no party dares to upset who they suspect their base is, and people who just wish that we all could get along sometimes seem to live in a dream world even further removed from reality than Rush Limbaugh's idea of a liberal.
And about the debt ceiling and fiscal cliff, by all accounts,…

People "shit on centrism" because no party dares to upset who they suspect their base is, and people who just wish that we all could get along sometimes seem to live in a dream world even further removed from reality than Rush Limbaugh's idea of a liberal.
And about the debt ceiling and fiscal cliff, by all accounts,…

There is always something to be said for bipartisanship, listening to the other etc., but far too often facts remain unchecked and any disagreement is boiled to down to: "well, I'm sure both have a point, why can't they listen to each other"
This is especially the case on any politcal debate on TV where moderators…

There is always something to be said for bipartisanship, listening to the other etc., but far too often facts remain unchecked and any disagreement is boiled to down to: "well, I'm sure both have a point, why can't they listen to each other"
This is especially the case on any politcal debate on TV where moderators…

re 2. I remember an interview where Emma Dumont said her mother was such a ballet enthusiast (ex-dancer maybe? can't remember) that she made her do tiny arabesques before she could even walk.
And you could definitely have kids in classes from 3 or 4, given that some ballet schools start at 10-11, kids really need to…

I might need to rewatch his introduction from last summer, but if I remember correctly, he seemed to hint at another path Sasha was considering without ballet in her life; now that her storyline no longer has her questioning her commitment to ballet (temporarily?) they don't seem so sure what to do with him (was worth…

People complaining that the problem these days is partisanship always remind me of Godard's quip about TV debate panels: "It's five minutes for the Jews, and five minutes for Hitler".

People complaining that the problem these days is partisanship always remind me of Godard's quip about TV debate panels: "It's five minutes for the Jews, and five minutes for Hitler".