To hell with boomer announcing, Hendrix would have been ridiculous in the 70s. We had to have Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield, Funkadelic and Sly carry the torch but Hendrix was obviously unreplaceable. I don't know the entire story behind the album in terms of time before death but "The Cry of Love" truly is…

It's not entirely consistent but Robert Plant's 80s stuff holds up better than most 70s heyday musicians determined to ruin their careers that decade. I'd loved to have heard Zeppelin in the 80s. "In Through The Out Door" is pretty cerebral and mature.

Loves and curios
1. Superfly
2. Death Proof
3. 24 Hour Party People (outstanding remasters on that soundtrack…even if you own the songs, buy the soundtrack for superior masters)
4. Magnolia

Read some Friere, Guggie. I was skeptical that some single viewing doc could adequately portray the inadequacies of our education system but reading this interview embarrassed even that idea.

@Malleable

Spectator, participant, academic observer
Spectator:
LA Forum - Oct. 1968-Oct. 73
No money concerns, huh, Patton Oswalt? OK, I'm a season-ticket holder for the LA Lakers five seasons. While immersing myself in the awesomeness of Wilt Chamberlain and Jerry West, I see them lose to the classic Bill Russell team, a Lew…

More inclusion
I love the trio of "Batman", "Bucket-T" (especially) and "Barbara Ann" on the special edition of "Quick One." They could rock a cover.

Flaming Lips and full nudity
Although I'm basically done with festivals at this point in my life, I'm still tempted by Sasquatch annually due to the embarrassing fact of not having been to The Gorge Ampitheatre — a venue constantly admired by fans and musicians. I live on the coast of Washington but that distance is…

Children of Men
The film's too dignified and beloved to fall into becoming a sequel probably. (Man, I'm sure that prediction will come back to bite me.) But obviously there's so much story to build on. What happens with Key's child, protecting the child, all that.

Eminem and "The Amazing Race"
I was really repulsed by the Eminem phenomenon in the late-90s for numerous reasons. 1) I knew platinum blonde hair on guys would be my generation's flock of seagulls reference joke 20 years from now. 2) There was a genuinely sophisticated, groundbreaking movement in hip-hop/r&b during…

This thread is where I meant the above message to be posted. Whoops. This is to back Piggy.

Yeah, sports bars are too expensive. Every year, April through June, becomes my obligatory period to order cable for my house. I'm a big hockey and basketball nut (yes, fans of both do exist) so it's simple to concentrate my cable into a brief 6-8 week period. I justify paying the cable bill easily by the fact that…

D'Angelo
It's been 10 years since "Voodoo" and that's OK. The album's that good to listen to. But I'll take one more before he entirely disappears from the earth into some afterlife studio.

Yes, there's an obvious sexist connotation with hating "Death Proof." The reason is specifically relative to how much you like/love Tarantino films.

from the Pretenders debut
"Lovers of Today". I understand that the song was overlooked for a single considering the wealth of pop rock ready inclusions from that classic album. But that song's very existence as the second-to-last track, before "Mystery Achievement" closes everything out, is a bracing reminder of how…

Thank you, Jarret. Perfectly written.

I grew up with "On The Road" and still listen to it sporadically enough on my mp3 player. I even plagarized a portion of "On The Road" for an in-class speech I had to do in fifth grade about all the snappy comebacks kids have for parents. To avoid suspicion, I threw in an anecdote about our local amusement park that…

Tried out for The Doors?
It occurred to me while reading this interview that Schneider trying out for The Doors after Morrison died must be an urban myth, right? Has anyone else heard that one before?

You Are A Beautiful Woman, And I Mean That In A Completely Non-Threatening Way
http://www.theonion.com/con…

Hate is a strong word
"Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" was the inexplicable gateway for me becoming a Flaming Lips fan. I still like the band but I've burned that bridge and don't know what I originally saw in that album. Too much bubbly synth noise for me. I'll stick with Transmissions and Soft Bulletin.