Linda Ronstadt's Willin'? It's kind of a slow song, but the lyrics? "I've been from Tucson to Tucumcari / Tehachapi to Tonopah …"

For Indiana, how can you not go with a Henry Lee Summer song?! Please, don't say 'easily.' This is a serious rhetorical question!

So here's my story: I'd listened to punk and post-punk from the time I was about 15 until the time I graduated college, with periods of classic rock, '60s British Invasion, blues, blues-rock, garage rock, rockabilly, '70s rock, '80s rock, and whatever other kinds of rock have you, sprinkled in between. I still love…

They did a great parody of Yoko Ono and sounded better than the original. And for that I love them.

The James Hunter Six - Minute by Minute
Devon Allman - Turquoise
The Shouting Matches - Grownass Man
King of the World - Can’t Go Home
The Fabulous Thunderbirds - On the Verge
Hollis Brown - Ride on the Train
Devils Creek - Teeth
Bobby Rush - Down in Louisiana

Yeah, I love that The Americans tones down the '80s-ness of the '80s, but at the same time the music does a great job of conveying the menacing, Cold War-inflected mood of the Reagan era hanging in the air — the constant (manufactured) threat of a Soviet invasion, '50s style bomb shelters, etc. Lots of metallic sounds…

Yeah, I wish Keri Russell's work on the show got some recognition at the Emmys. I haven't seen Nashville (though, I love Connie Britton) so I can't comment, but I've seen Bates Motel and I was surprised by Farmiga's overemotional overacting. Surprised because I last saw her in Up in the Air, where her acting was a lot…

Re: The Americans. Yeah, The Americans in general. Favourite new show. So many great moments.

Oh, you'll have a blast watching that one 20-minute scene documenting the birth of the Universe in The Tree of Life. I'm serious, in that it seriously has a 20-minute scene documenting the birth of the Universe. If I had a do-over, I'd re-watch Koyaanisqatsi (the music!) and Imitation of Life instead.

My biggest surprise of the year so far was The Heat. Is it groundbreaking filmmaking? No. It's a genre flick. It's Miss Congeniality meets Identity Theif meets Foul Play meets every '80s buddy cop movie. But that's its strength. More importantly, it's a helluva fun movie. It does well what Identity Thief failed to do…

I thought I was the only one noticed this about Ted (he's an obsessive, anal-retentive, abusive jackass). Guess I'm not the only one after all.

I'll explain to you what being "taken by the wind" means so you don't feel dumb.

Keri Russell is terrific on this show! The thing I love about Russell's acting is the subtlety of it (I never watched Felicity, I first noticed it in Waitress). It's refreshing to see a female character who doesn't emote all over the place every three damn seconds, and who doesn't keep hitting you upside the head with…

I hear you.

There's something so funny to me about the line where Tim Robbins' character calls Edith Piaf (whose music Annie is playing in her room) "that crazy Mexican singer." I love the complete conviction with which he says it. Aside from the kitchen sex scene (which looks good but terribly uncomfortable), it's always the…

My favourite song in King Creole is not even the theme. It's "Lover Doll", which he sings in the shop scene where he's trying to distract the shopkeepers while his "buddies" steal things. He sings it both to distract the shopkeepers and as a serenade to the female store clerk, whom he likes. I just love how…

All good recommendations. I also like Elvis in Person, but mostly because it has my favourite version of Can't Help Falling in Love.

Speaking of Elvis worship, one of my favourite Elvis movies is a 2004 movie with Kim Basinger and John Corbett called Elvis Has Left the Building. Elvis is not actually in it, obviously. Kim Basinger plays a Southern beautician who dresses in pink clothes and drives a pink Cadillac. According to an Elvis biography:…

It may sound good, but it isn't good. The acting is wooden and you don't buy Elvis as a doctor for a millisecond. Elvis looks disinterested the whole time. The dialogue is almost indecipherable (Elvis' Southern accent is pretty thick in this one). And there's not even an ounce of chemistry between the leads. It's such…

Worst Elvis movie? A Change of Habit. Elvis plays a doctor who falls for Mary Tyler Moore, who plays a nun. Nuff said.