Designed that way, I'm pretty sure. They don't want you able to just drop in.

Someone needs to make a movie of Tapping the Source by Kem Nunn. Or I guess maybe a one-season HBO series would cover it. Incredible book - surfing, bikers, a Chandleresque noir sensibility, drugs, girls…
I remain incredulous that no one jumped right on it in 1984 when the novel came out.

Your mileage obviously varies, but if you know the Mott the Hoople's music at all, you know that All the Young Dudes is not even close to their best song. I'm not trying to start an argument, they're sure not for everyone…. but their best stuff, and much of Ian Hunter's solo work, is amazing.
It's a pity no one (as…

Well, I'd start with Jose Feliciano, now that Doc Watson is gone.

I'm not sure why, but when I saw Quadrophenia I had no idea who Sting was. He has a minor part and is quite good. That's the first and last time I ever thought he was worth a damn.

"Bargain" becomes even more beautiful when you find out that Pete wrote the song after leasing a car, but NOT for 0% APR. The man's an artist.

Well, I'd be hoping for a cross between Gidget and Dobie Gillis, and I guess I'd be wrong to do so.

One thing that Roger Ebert said about Ride with the Devil is that, unlike many Civil War era works of fiction, the characters don't ever seem to be confident as to who's going to win. (The book is like that too.) The story, then, has so much more immediacy and less of a foregone conclusion than most Civil War movies.
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It's great to watch Moon (I'm thinking of The Kids are Alright) drumming at breakneck speed, flailing all over the place, keeping perfect, thunderous time, and then, when called for, literally DELICATELY hit the cymbal…
His control was incredible is what I'm saying. And I went on at some lengh above about Entwhistle…

Not as cool as it seems, bfred. Not just almost new, but actually made of cream.

Damn good writeup, Jason Heller. I used to love Tommy when I was young, and still like some of the songs, but to me Quadrophenia worked better, and still does, as a "concept" album.
I never got to see them live; The Kids Are Alright is the closest I ever got. But man, the performance footage in that movie is amazing…

Good point about Stoker re: Vlad the Impaler. None of you are old enough to remember the Radu Florescu/Raymond McNally book In Search of Dracula (1972 or so), but that was the first sort of popular non-fiction work that went into Vlad's history for the English-speaking masses. Not that people (Stoker obviously)…

Way to spoil, man.

God, Winter's Bone is beautiful. The sense of dread and palpable danger is more intense than in many good horror movies. It's a great adaptation, too - the novel is by Daniel Woodrell, who deserves to be more widely read. He wrote three novels (Under the Bright Lights, Muscle for the Wing, and The Ones You Do,…

I live relatively near Cabazon, and regret never having checked out the dinosaurs before they became a thing for people who don't understand dinosaurs.

My aunt got a home computer by working part-time in a Volkswagon Jetta.

I think the cheap style of the TV programs would be the ONLY way to go. Maybe they could up the frames-per-second, but.. even those plastic dolls they had of the Peanuts characters (promoting something, not sure what) seemed off, because they had three dimensions…

Split the difference — ROOSEVELT Franklin..

Okay, I've decided I want to see this now, so I guess someone's job is done.
I really liked what Hartley did with Fay Grimm — a sequel to Henry Fool that sort of but not quite negated the "facts" from the previous movie. I think. (I saw them 5 years apart and will rewatch both someday).

I think we've already been told that reviews for Homicide: Life on the Streets will never come back, but… I really liked it when they were doing them.