We're all just a part of The Pear Dream. We are lost.

Well that settles it. I'm going to stop listening to his music. Because I would hate for someone I don't know who never bothered listening to a Ray LaMontagne song to possibly lump me in with that "horrible, Mumford & Sons-esque taste in music" crowd.

Looking forward to this one. "God Willin' the Creek Don't Rise" spent a lot of time playing in my ears, and it was one of those albums where it seemed like I was continually adopting another song from it as a favorite, so if that was "uneven, unfocused, and unadventurous" then I will take that any day of the week and…

"You could do a lot worse." For me, the scene in the film Fargo where Marge meets Mike and he starts to come unhinged is when I realized this movie was something special. Most films would have removed that scene before it was even shot - it adds nothing to plot, but everything to character.

I would recommend it, particularly if you have an interest in the pre- Citizen Kane theater career of Welles. Clearly historical fiction, but with a remarkable performance by Christian McKay as Welles I think it really brings that world alive.

True, but not just physically - the man had the huge personality to go along with his size. I am an SU alum and will never forget many of those classic Georgetown match-ups at the Dome. I was fortunate enough to be a senior in 1990 so I had front row seats to that classic where Coach Thompson was ejected and Billy…

Nope. Nailed it! Down with the tyranny of the author!

Magnificence!

This just in — If someone interprets this song as an "ode to lonliness", then that's what the song is "about" for them and it's just as valid as your take or whatever the author had in mind.

She's lying naked on the floor. Sorry. Anyway, I think the song has something to do with falling in love with an idealistic vision of a person, then coming around to who they are in reality. Either that or bondage.

He also is a bit of a jag on Orange Is The New Black.

Wouldn't it be easier to just start smoking and share hypodermic needles with drug addicts?

You forgot about the Chase's cat who went on to super-stardom that even eclipsed that of the actor that played Tino.

Movies, TV, whatever - she has an acting career and a talent most struggling actors would kill for (metaphorically speaking).

That's interesting - I remember at the time of airing the episode that seemed to garner the most hate was the one narrated from Danielle's perspective - where the parents go to the bed and breakfast for the weekend. Many found the tone to be out of place with the rest of the series.
I can understand what you mean about…

I remember liking how many of the characters would often be referred to by their first and last name (Jordan Catalano, Brian Krakow), which did sound funny at time but also made using only their first name more significant or intimate.

20 years?? Man I feel old, because I was already beyond my teens when this show aired and I fell in love with it. In fact, I even have an MSCL mailbox that came with the early release of the DVD's that was offered from the mailing list. This piece does a nice job summing up what made the show so special, and now I…

No big whoop but I'm pretty sure the name of the Edie Brickell and New Bohemians song is "What I Am" not "What I Know". Just want to make sure you get it right when you nominate it for a Hatesong, which I would second enthusiastically.

Not anyone? What about the people that watched Enlightened and Breaking Bad this past year and currently think "Enlightened was better than Breaking Bad"? Are these minority of people going to change their minds in 20 years? Or do you plan on killing them off?

Now I have to dig this out of my closet of old CDs. "Christmas in Hollis" holds up really well. However, you failed to mention my favorite track - "Coventry Carol" by Alison Moyet of Yazoo.