Please. Every 14 year old knows Finnegan's Wake is the best YA novel ever. Blood Meridian is, of course, second.

Please. Every 14 year old knows Finnegan's Wake is the best YA novel ever. Blood Meridian is, of course, second.

I suppose Elric is a straightforward starting point to recommend to people, but how do you go through an entire article on Moorcock, even mentioning the Oswald Bastable books of all things (A Nomad of the Time Streams), and not at the very least name-check The Dancers at the End of Time. It's always been my impression…

I suppose Elric is a straightforward starting point to recommend to people, but how do you go through an entire article on Moorcock, even mentioning the Oswald Bastable books of all things (A Nomad of the Time Streams), and not at the very least name-check The Dancers at the End of Time. It's always been my impression…

Whew. Glad to know my fuzzy childhood memory was on point.

Whew. Glad to know my fuzzy childhood memory was on point.

Hell, consider his top ten (which would obviously differ from person to person). My bet is that most directors would kill for that list as their career output. Someone like Allen, who sees the value lying in doing the work, not the final product, and who consequently makes a movie every year, is necessarily going to…

Hell, consider his top ten (which would obviously differ from person to person). My bet is that most directors would kill for that list as their career output. Someone like Allen, who sees the value lying in doing the work, not the final product, and who consequently makes a movie every year, is necessarily going to…

". . . the reluctant singer is only comfortable in the shower, leading to a deadpan staging of Pagliacci in which the star is wheeled around while soaping up in a moveable stall."

". . . the reluctant singer is only comfortable in the shower, leading to a deadpan staging of Pagliacci in which the star is wheeled around while soaping up in a moveable stall."

Mash-up of Blade Runner soundtrack and Rush album: Clockwork Vangelis.

Mash-up of Blade Runner soundtrack and Rush album: Clockwork Vangelis.

You guess correctly. I hadn't even heard of him before. I don't think I'll be making an effort to check out his blog.

You guess correctly. I hadn't even heard of him before. I don't think I'll be making an effort to check out his blog.

For someone with McCracken's background and credentials (at least according to his Wikipedia page), this guy sounds painfully inane and shallow.

For someone with McCracken's background and credentials (at least according to his Wikipedia page), this guy sounds painfully inane and shallow.

Mandatory "Whatever else you might say about him, Phil Collins was an amazing drummer" thread.

Mandatory "Whatever else you might say about him, Phil Collins was an amazing drummer" thread.

Holy crap. What the hell WAS that?

Holy crap. What the hell WAS that?