Yamazaki 18 is exactly the one I was thinking of in my little paragraph about prices getting silly.
It ranks as one of the best whiskies I've had but it's unfortunately a special occasion-ish thing (that may change as the pub I mention in a post above carries it), I am happy with the 12 though, I didn't necessarily…

Is it streaming somewhere?

I've had curry goat, but you can't really taste the meat.
Some of my colleagues expressly forbade me to bring back donkey cured sausage from my trips, they were fine with deer though; I would have imagined Bambi would be more of a taboo than the animal that gave the expression: "What an ass!"

I've been meaning to try ryes, do you have any recommendation in particular?

Since you apparently like blends, you should try to snap a bottle of Gold label before they have all disappeared (Gold label reserve is most definitely not the same thing), the Platinum they've just introduced is meant to be close though (same age statement and price range) but I haven't tried it yet. They're also…

I'm fine with it. As far as the ethics of eating goes, I don't understand how one farm animal differs from another.

Against the Day is partially set in Chicago, and I guess it can be considered historical, it's even the time frame you're looking for.

A pub next to my new job has an ok whisky selection (about 20 different ones) and I thought I'd go give it a try. I initially wanted to try the Caol Ila following Luppin Adams' praise, but my eye was caught by a Dalmore bottle, I couldn't see the age statement so asked the barmaid which one it was. She handed me the…

And the French.

Even though it sounds nice, that won't be the reason. Hong Kong is still politically separate from China (I'm 92% sure). This will only be for mainland China, this is strictly about money, but if we want to excuse Tarantino, we can say he's just doing Harvey a favour.

I think it was the first of his Criterion released on DVD, that's the main thing that makes me think that.
Also what passes for an art-house cinema where I live had a Godard weekend a few years ago, it was one of the only four they showed (the other ones were Breathless, Contempt, and Pierrot), if you're only going to…

It's not a bad idea to keep it for last, as in some ways it works as a "best of" or culmination of all that he'd done before, I can't find the proper sentence right now, but the publicity at the time used all the previous titles of his movies to describe the synopsis (something along the lines of: "C'est l'histoire…

Bande à part is amazing, Pierrot le Fou is unmovable as my favourite of his from the 60's, but that one comes very close. Your bringing it up actually makes me realise why Alphaville strikes me as a strange choice for iconic Godard. Compared to almost all his movies from the time, it is not fun. What I love about his…

On Saturday I saw Spring Breakers, the high praise read on these boards last week convincing to act on my curiosity. As has been mentioned before, it must be the biggest marketing swindle in a long time. Those who are really looking for titillation will find it, but little in the movie is played for it; as the movie…

What did you think of Yuja Wang?
I've seen her a couple of times and vowed to never again.
I guess Prokofiev might suit her better, but while she is obviously technically gifted, she seems intemt into turning everything into a virtuoso showpiece, fine with Rachmaninov or the transcriptions that got her attentions in…

I hope that wasn't a typo.

It's already starting to be pretty clear that she isn't the most socially gifted person, and her parents realise it.
I'm guessing just like with Rory's party (and SPOILERS, Madeline's later this season), her parents made her.

I'm pretty that by the end of the recaps, we'll find that the lines that make people groan are the ones that (perhaps too) clearly express how the characters feel about each other.
While it is clumsy, I quite like that the show wasn't always hiding behind the references and jokes; they're very good to lighten the…

That's more gettin promotion than gimmicks. Releasing songs that no one will listen to in their entirety just to get column inches is something else.

Spoilers
The line that really makes me wince is at the end of season three when Jesse tells Luke:"I am not going back to school!".
It's not the line , just the way it is delivered.