Bill Murray comes back a fair amount. He's hosted several times, he was really the only original cast member to actively host during the Doumanian/Ebersol years, and he'll show up for occasional cameos (like the '08 Presidential debate sketch). He certainly makes more of a presence than, say, Jane Curtain.

Last I heard, he wasn't dead, but was ailing.

He can still get a bone? He's 70+ now. . .

What bass player?

Apparently he only sneezed once?

Yeah, Matt Hollywood's definitely annoying. Here's another anaology - he's the kid who went to music school but wants to be in a punk band. He's doing all he can to fit in, but it doesn't work, and he's definitely got the biggest chip on his shoulder of everyone in BJM.

For DAWES?

There's a great bit in the deleted scenes, where some guy storms the BJM stage and is just in the background dancing, before he's escorted out by security. Joel sees this happening, runs off stage, grabs the guy and brings him back up to continue dancing with the group. Afterwards, he's talking about it and he's in…

I more or less agree, but the Dandy's best song is "You Were The Last High," and that came a little ways further down the road.

I will say, on the whole his records have made a lot more sense since Sea Change. He'll still get pretty abstract, but there's much more of a collective point now.

This is one of my favorite movies, but if we're going for a real-life "This Is Spinal Tap," a better example would be "Anvil: The Story Of Anvil."

I wouldn't say that. I walked away feeling sympathetic for pretty much everying in BJM, including Anton. He's a huge, huge asshole, but you get the feeling he doesn't know any better and can't always control it. Courtney Taylor comes off as a smug prick, but the rest of the Dandies seemed pretty cool, and you can't…

@avclub-cd01e5786d65f27654ca570edef28c69:disqus I do enjoy Guero, and "Clap Hands" is awesome. Especially the middle part of Guero, "Missing" and "Black Tambourine" and "Broken Drum" and all that, that's great stuff. But it was the first Beck album that didn't really wow me, or feel like a progression from his earlier…

Nobody's Fault But My Own
(Also, Broken Drum)

His drumming defines "Chemtrails." Makes me wish he'd been on more of Modern Guilt.

I put Sea Change above Mutations, just because the lyrics actually make sense. That was never really his thing until Sea Change, but he did it so well on that album. I think it sounds more honest than Mutations, just because he's actually addressing what he's going through rather than just putting melancholy-sounding…

I'm not defending Stern, but there's some pretty creative porn out there.

Which part was accidental?

And his belief in chemtrails. That's just depressing.

He hasn't released a bad album, but everything from "Guero" on* really hasn't been the same. He just doesn't seem as invested as he was earlier.