It is comforting, isn't it. Great cast, chemistry, solid jokes, characters you care about. It's just really fucking funny, too.

Yes for the Man with No Name trilogy! "The Good…" will always be one of my favorite films, but I actually think "For a Few…" might be even better.

Yay for Fawlty! Twelve of the most perfectly crafted episodes of comedy of all time. I think the Waldorf Salad one is my favorite, but, really, they are all gold. *beats car with tree branch*

I always drop in at these points in threads and congratulate anyone who mentions MST3K in hopes of starting a quote-fest. I mean, what else are comment sections for? You too shall learn the ways of Big McLargehuge!

Right on, for sure… The mic sounds like it's inside Roger's mouth, and you can hear every swallow and tic. It certainly makes it a fascinating, intimate thing, though—Waters bearing his soul, sort of delving into his psychology and tying into the Falklands, which I can't remember anyone singing about, other than Elvis…

Indeed—I love his spiteful delivery through most of "Animals." The cutting criticism, helped so much by his delivery, in the lyrics of "Dogs" is really something. That delivery is what lifts "The Final Cut" for me.

I am not ashamed! I love "The Final Cut," too. It's not anywhere near their best stuff that preceeded it, of course, and I suppose it really is a Waters solo album, but still. The songs are kinda slow and same-y, but those lyrics—I really think they are some of Waters' finest. The album is powerful, and I think it…

I'm not sure what it is about that outro that always struck me so. Man, the days before the internet when we had no idea what some of these tunings were! Hell, when I first started playing I had no inkling that other tunings existed, much less could evoke some amazing tones. That DGCGCD tuning is really…

That Nick Drake piece is really something, and Ian uses it to get into his own depression. The last line or two serves as his suicide goodbye, I think.

As well he should—guy was relentless.

Me too, my man. And the stamina…unreal. To keep that bass drum going for 10 minutes without lagging, and I'm pretty fit, but holy crap. What do you think about "Barracuda," which lifted that drum riddum hook, line and sinker?

All great choices…especially Achilles and Carouselambra. Mind-boggling stamina and control. Wonder how he would have developed as a player in the muck of the 80s.

All good choices. I'd pick "The Rover."

"No Quarter," as gloomy as it is, just makes me smile so much. Those drums, that riff, Plant screeching in the outro—it shouldn't work as the over the top "Lord on the Rings" claptrap that it is, but it rocks so much.

It's staggering how good Bonham is. What is also staggering was the amount he could fucking drink. But seriously, is there another musician who is universally loved by other practitioners as much as Bonham? Every drummer I've ever encountered, including myself, has so much respect. Is it like that for other…

"The Rain Song" may be my favorite Zep song. I learned it in standard tuning, too! Holy shit, was it hard. Learning it in the actual tuning (I forget what the specifics are at the moment) was like the sun coming out. Made all the difference in the world, and I could finally play that outro without breaking my wrist.

Yes! The remixed Zep stuff sounds really nice, especially on III and Houses. The CD versions I used to have sound pretty turgid, like the way Yes always sounded to me. Remixed takes a little of that watery shit out of it—certainly sounds more lively.

Have you checked out "The People's Music" or the one he wrote on Shostakovich? Both are full of amazing observations. He has a knack for summarizing careers, motivations, etc., with the most succinct, penetrating phrases. It's really something. So so sad that he killed himself.

Hey, thanks…I appreciate that. After all these years, I'm still fascinated by how they worked together and the results they got.

I will always have a special place in my heart for this film…it was where I first became aware of the fetching Judy Greer. I just hate her show "Married,"—it got better as it went along, I suppose, but I thought it was just an ugly, joyless thing (and marriage can certainly be that way, of course). She always deserves…