Brock Sampson (is a closet vigahaed)
Yeah, sometimes the book reviews seem as if they're passed over, but less commented upon doesn't mean they're not read. With AVC reviews of movies, music, and especially books, I tend to return to them again once I've seen/read/heard the material in question. Returning to an old…

regarding Downward Spiral, The Fragile, and past hits…
to quote the Wilco song The Good Part:
every artist falls apart / thinking he is only, only his art.
I think it's more interesting and subtly more rewarding to embrace an artist over the long run of their career, especially when you have an artist as storied and…

yes….
I'm going to have to pick this album up. I was among the many fans of his Postal Service effort, but Life is Full of Possibilities certainly was no disappointment. It's nice to know that the breakout success of Give Up has been taken in stride.

Blonde Redhead recommendations?
I like the sound of this album. But what I'm curious about is to what would be an ideal entry point into this band's discography… after all, seven albums. It's a band whose name seems to hover on the cusp of recognizable—I know I've heard the name before, but can't say I've ever…

when you put it like that…
…I feel as if I'd be terribly amiss for not giving this album a chance! Which I'm more than happy to take a glowing recommendation at face value. This is definitely worth checking out, to say nothing of the album earning0 very solid grade. Thanks Noel.

can we stop with the "first post!" nonsense?
A fitting elegy for a complicated though brilliant writer. I've only read a select few of Vonnegut's books, but they remain quite memorable.

Way of the Gun supporters unite
Yeah sorry about walk right into the hornet's nest on that one, Keith, but I also think it's surprising to see the kind of support WOTG rallies. In my mind, it's closer to having a "cult following" than most these days, when cult following tends to mean "sandbagged by studio and found…