Who GIVES a shit? The man is the most insightful living "gonzo" journalist, and he happens to be a goddamn hell of a writer. I hate all these Hunter Thompson comparisons. Yes, Taibbi is smug; that doesn't change the fact that he's A) a singularly gifted writer, and B) right 90% of the time.

Yep. Sucks, doesn't it?

Nina Hagen is where both of them come from; conversation over.

That's what I meant. It seems to undermine their credibility on the matter, but then again it's bullshit anyway, so…

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Will he have a silly look on his face? That sounds like a great idea! You're hired!

Ha ha! He sounds like he's stoned
Let's write 7-or-so sketches around that one concept. I AM SETH MEYERS

No clips?
I want clips, because this movie actually sounds vaguely interesting. The "ultimate aristocratic act" is fairly chilling, if this is 1870s Ireland.

Hans Moleman —- oh right, he wasn't wearing a costume. That's not fair.

I am going as a member of the Blue Barracudas from Legends of the Hidden Temple. And as a bonus I get a sweet-but-flimsy gold bike helmet out of it.

Far more than a Broadway!

Personally, I hate the video for Losing My Religion. Michael Stipe looking super duper sad and wearing frilly shirts and running around like a ballerina?

As has been said before, "married, buried" is a creepily prophetic burst of lyricism.

1978 had The Cars, This Year's Model, Darkness on the Edge of Town, Road to Ruin, Heaven Tonight, More Songs About Buildings and Food, Third/Sister Lovers…

And honestly, looking through my admittedly incomplete iTunes, 1984 is making a strong case to be better than 1983, albeit with less Tom Waits.

1983 is up there with 1977, 1978, and 1994 (and maybe this year as well), but I don't think they quite match 1991.

It's kind of amazing to consider that Great Wide Open isn't from 1974.

Right Next Door to Hell is a great song, and I have a massive soft spot for the glorious ambition of November Rain. GNR (read: Axl) was essentially making a greatest-hits album for the last thirty years of rock music; Civil War was written during a time of peace and only really meant to pay tribute to Bob Dylan. See…

Nirvana was only "disposable punk" for one album; In Utero is a deep, dark, twisted thing. Open your ears up for Pennyroyal Tea and really listen to it once or twice.

Levon, because he represents the larger Mexican social framework and sense of overarching cultural setting that they, essentially the petty bourgeoisie, are ignorant of. One of the points of the film is that their little sexual tryst through the country is in a larger sense totally meaningless — in the end, they…