Pretty Tone for US Poet Laureate. I am so goddamn not kidding.

So Phipps beat on, boat against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

So Phipps beat on, boat against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

Coming off my college-era class on Viking, Germanic and Norse lit, that came to my mind in a big way.

Coming off my college-era class on Viking, Germanic and Norse lit, that came to my mind in a big way.

The cover of "Satisfaction," on that note. I think it's supposed to sound like the song as conceived by a hardcore psychotic, and delivers fully on that promise.

The cover of "Satisfaction," on that note. I think it's supposed to sound like the song as conceived by a hardcore psychotic, and delivers fully on that promise.

Good to see someone doing justice to a quite underrated role and play, as well. That scene where Titus, in mourning, addresses the flagstones is one of the best in the history of drama, for my money.

Good to see someone doing justice to a quite underrated role and play, as well. That scene where Titus, in mourning, addresses the flagstones is one of the best in the history of drama, for my money.

Just listening to it for the first time, already a big fat fan.

Just listening to it for the first time, already a big fat fan.

Not that EW is any proof but:

Not that EW is any proof but:

I was pretty sure that I had read that Anthony Hopkins pretty much only does movies for the money at this point, by his own admission. Has he renounced this attitude? If I were him, I'd be more than hesitant to slap on the makeup for a low-budg biopic at this point in his career.

I was pretty sure that I had read that Anthony Hopkins pretty much only does movies for the money at this point, by his own admission. Has he renounced this attitude? If I were him, I'd be more than hesitant to slap on the makeup for a low-budg biopic at this point in his career.

Thanks for this. Townes lives forever.

Thanks for this. Townes lives forever.

Eric Clapton is still awesome, it just depends who he's playing with. I saw him in a huge room a couple years ago when he had Derek Trucks and Doyle Bramhall as his side guitarists…they played all the Derek and the Dominoes stuff with Trucks doing the Duane Allman lines, and it was fucking skin-crawlingly excellent.

Eric Clapton is still awesome, it just depends who he's playing with. I saw him in a huge room a couple years ago when he had Derek Trucks and Doyle Bramhall as his side guitarists…they played all the Derek and the Dominoes stuff with Trucks doing the Duane Allman lines, and it was fucking skin-crawlingly excellent.

Thirds. Best worn police uniform I can think of in a movie.