Tom Waits, "Dirt in the Ground"

Waiting for Godot

Pity about the limited time. Secrets & Lies is a great film (and he was marvelous in it) and it would have been interesting to hear more about Mike Leigh. Still, great interview with an overlooked gem of an actor.

Pity about the limited time. Secrets & Lies is a great film (and he was marvelous in it) and it would have been interesting to hear more about Mike Leigh. Still, great interview with an overlooked gem of an actor.

Baby, can you dig your man?

Baby, can you dig your man?

At the beginning of the season, a lot of critics had this on the "first cancelled" list. I wonder if its success/renewal caught the showrunners a bit off-guard and they had do to some writing "on-the-fly" that affected how the overall plot was handled. I thought that the show had a better-than-average first season…

At the beginning of the season, a lot of critics had this on the "first cancelled" list. I wonder if its success/renewal caught the showrunners a bit off-guard and they had do to some writing "on-the-fly" that affected how the overall plot was handled. I thought that the show had a better-than-average first season…

Excellent episode. C+ my ass.

Excellent episode. C+ my ass.

For the lead in "The Spalding Gray Story"

Great interview

Lucinda learned about the financial troubles when Nick and Hank initially came to talk to the husband and Spencer about the death of the stepmother. I thought the episode was fine—provided a good episodic story while advancing part of the underlying plot about Nick's heritage a bit. It was at least a B. The parts with…

I'd have to go with "The Great Silence".

I would love to see a feature-length version of "Field of Pete"

Frank Tanana

Steely Dan
"Deacon Blues", to be precise.

I wonder
how he felt about Homicide: Life on the Street. That was a hell of a show, right up to the last season or so.

'Is that how they talk down there in Memphis, Tennessee?". Classic stuff. I saw a clip of the Letterman appearance with Lawler and that is just as funny today as it was then, maybe funnier.

'Wonderfalls' had a little bit of a wrap-up, though your point is taken. The less said about the 'Dead Like Me' movie, the better.