I was at the same show (with my sister, as it were). Just an absolutely beautiful experience…

I was at the same show (with my sister, as it were). Just an absolutely beautiful experience…

Richard Bachman/Stephen King's The Long Walk provides a great example of a dystopian future whose background is not really fleshed out, but works well. I don't need to know how the Walk got established as an institution or how the Major consolidated his power in order to enjoy that story at all.

Fuck with Cy and you're going to need a good supply of body bags.

Not sure about that, but I do know that Powers Boothe's Cy would not abide these hoopleheads. Those that doubt me suck cock by choice.

Can We Talk About Deadwood Instead?
Long live Cy Tolliver!

I really liked Lions of Al-Rassan as well. I didn't enjoy the Fionavar Tapestry quite as much, though I was even younger when I read those, so they might have been somewhat lost on me. As for rereading, I go back to Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain and Tad Williams' Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy about every…

I loved both Tigana and A Song for Arbonne when I read them in my early teens. I actually reread them last summer for the first time in 15 years and thought they held up pretty well. This sounds pretty cool (I like digression), I'll check it out

I remember listening to Boxer the first time and totally not getting the hype. I tried a couple more times and then put it aside with an Eh. About 3 or 4 months later I put it on in my car and it was like I was listening to a whole different album. I don't know why, but Fake Empire just totally clicked right then.…

Conversation 16 was definitely my favorite for about the first four or five listens. Great song. Now, I'm obsessing on Lemonworld.

Fuck, make that Baby, We'll Be Fine.

"I have weird memories of you
Pissing in a sink, I think
I have weird memories of you
Parking your car, you said, I'm overwhelmed
You were thinking out loud, you said, I'm overwhelmed"

For me, High Violet and Midlake's Courage of Others are a clear #1 and #2. Not sure about the order.