Heh, thanks. I realize "mom and dad loved you and were doing the best they could" isn't exactly prime rock and roll fuel, but there you have it.

And from the other end, speaking now not as a parent, but as someone whose childhood was filled with incidents that might qualify today as physical or mental/emotional abuse, to the point that I myself have had to ask my brother "did this really happen?" (as Case posits the child in the song will) of one memory or…

I'm either a Blacklisted or Middle Cyclone guy, but I just wanted to bitch for a moment about "Nearly Midnight, Honolulu", which is a self-righteous, judgemental-as-hell song from someone who has no kids and can't be expected to have any idea what it can be like. Case is such an amazing and insightful songwriter, and…

I don't like serial!

Leonard's back?!

Oh my God! They killed Kim Jong-Un!

Hell, I'm a man, and I won't comment anywhere using my real name. Even guys have people who'd love nothing more than to fuck up their lives in any possible way. Anonymity/pseudonymity is more critical than ever now.

Yeah, this. People always bring up "real names" as a solution for assholery, but anonymity offers just as much protection from assholery as it enables assholery. If you know someone's real name you can find them physically, not just on Facebook. That which enables you to identify trolls also enables them to…

Long Kiss Goodnight always seemed strangely underrated/underseen to me. It's got a lot of funny scenes/dialogue (the "Alice, please, your dog" scene, and "duck, not a dick", etc.), and the action is over the top and fun. I really liked that one.

OK, fair enough if it's one movie (or specific ones) that cheesed you off. It's just that when I think of the time we spend making fun of ourselves, vs. the rest of the world, I feel like that's gotta be like a 90/10 split. Partially because we are too self-centered to even NOTICE the rest of the world (see what I…

"Then again, when Americans make fun of the whole world except for the States itself, it does get tiring and annoying."

I think that's actually "N'OH!". Common mistake.

Movie grading scales should encompass ALL the infinite variety of life, from the darkest pits of abject misery, degradation and horror; to the ineffable heights of the eternal spheres, and the mysteries of the human spirit.

Thanks, but I got real windy there.

This is exactly it. More frames is more information, yes…but unfortunately much of that information cancels out the information the storyteller is trying to convey, via revealing details that are either irrelevant, or actively distracting by destroying the illusion (the 'zippers' you mention).

I'm partial to the Notwist cover. Especially the inexplicable blast beats.

You forgot about MC 900 Ft. Jesus! Now you're back to square one.

Yeah, but otherwise it's tight.

Not much to say other than Burial rules, and O'Neal rules for continuing to pay attention to quality electronic music in these pages.

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