Sorry, that's Mi'ma'makim.

Middle East Rock
Hey Tasha, a few suggestions from Tel Aviv.
My favorite Israeli songwriter is Itay Pearl. He's a fantastic lyricist (but I guess that's irrelevant here). Here's my favorite song of his; it translates to "Not Even Me."
http://www.youtube.com/watc…
Another great song is the title track off of Mi'ma'makin…

1. I Am Trying to Break Your Heart- Wilco
2. Mississippi (Tell Tale Signs, Disc 1)- Bob Dylan
3. Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles)- The Arcade Fire
4. Cellphone's Dead- Beck
5. 300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues- The White Stripes
6. How To Disappear Completely- Radiohead
7. Wordless Chorus- My Morning Jacket
8. King's Crossing-…

Yep JC, that was inevitable.
Love and Theft is definitely a great album but I still prefer Time out of Mind and Modern Times. Love and Theft comes off more ironic and it is a genuinely funny and rocking album. But Time out of Mind manages to be earnest, unpretentious and profound. Modern Times is closer to Love and…

I could be wrong, but I thought we could all agree that In Utero is the best Nirvana album.

Can't repeat the past?
I love Dylan, and the line fits his post 97 renaissance perfectly, but it should be noted that he's quoting almost directly from The Great Gatsby.
On page 116 of the Scribner edition:
"I wouldn't ask too much of her," I ventured. "You can't repeat the past."
"Can't repeat the past?" he cried…

Ah, depressing women- that's right in my wheelhouse. Thanks.

It's a rocking album. It's actually the only Harvey I own and I hear it's a real a divergence from the rest of her catalog. Any recommendations for a second entry point?
Also, here's a kick-ass cover of Highway 61
http://www.youtube.com/watc…

Icky Thump is my favorite. But have they made anything other than great albums? I think not.

I'd only heard The Bends and Pablo Honey before I left the US for a few years. I'd dismissed Radiohead as fairly decent but I noticed the absurd amount of love for Kid A on these boards and took my first listen around 6 months ago- um, that was a good call people.

Touching My Icicle

Well, Roth has published around 30 novels, with lots of variety between them. It would be silly to judge him off of any one of his novels. If you didn't enjoy Portnoy, then I'd recommend maybe Everyman, Sabbath's Theater or American Pastoral. They're each more ambitious, and in a way more polite than Portnoy. Portnoy…

Ditto.
My favorite episode is 'Say Something', S5 E14. The atrocities of the last few seasons could have been avoided if Luke and Lorelai had just stayed broken up after this episode.

Nothing left to prove
Nice write up Keith. I'd say that Roth ran out of things to prove after Everyman. The fact that the same guy wrote Everyman and Portnoy's Complaint is fairly astonishing. I guess when you're this prolific we should expect some A's, some B's and some C's. Roth's ratio is pretty damn good.

Hey Todd, sorry for calling you Scott.

Scott, are you saying if you had a mulligan, you'd include Gilmore Girls on the list? I'm just kicking a 2 year addiction to GG, so I definitely would've included it. Then again, I've only seen 6 shows off your list of 30, so what do I know.

Arsenic and Old Lace is pretty damn funny. And I wouldn't stoop to fibbing.

I don't know, Cries and Whispers left me a little cold, and probably not in the way Bergman intended- I may have to give it another chance. I love all the other films mentioned here, especially Persona, but my favorite Bergman has always been Scenes from a Marriage. I almost get more emotional thinking about that…

Awesome onion article
Area bay boomer claims to be "the luckiest man alive".
http://www.nytimes.com/2009…

What I meant to say was this: I think Dogville gets at some basic truths about human nature, but the film takes place in some artificially exaggerated circumstances.