I lean towards the stouts/porters/barleywines, and was never a huge fan of the IPAs, particularly the dank, resinous West Coast style (Stone, Sierra Nevada). But after discovering the juicy East Coast IPAs, I have been converted. Cigar City's Jai Alai is great. Love Alchemist's Crusher. Had a wonderful Hill Farmstead…

Josh—
I strongly urge you to get a copy of Echo & the Bunnymen's Ocean Rain. One of those albums you can listen straight through without skipping a song. I play it for my kids constantly…..My 6 year old daughter requested I play "Nocturnal Me" yesterday. Strong work, kid! (Plus, it has "The Killing Moon") Porcupine is…

I have all the Parker graphic novels, and have loaned them out to many friends. I was just browsing the Interweb last week to see if there was anything new in the Parker world. I love the sleek, cool, retro feel of those books. I will have to check out some of Cooke's other work.RIP Mr. Cooke.

I'm a huge JD fan, and I don't disagree about their influence, but they really only had 2 studio albums. Doesn't seem like that's enough to get to the Hall? I don't think New Order is in, either? Would say New Order are right up there with the Cure and Smiths……

Around here, the bartenders call shots of Angostura "Panther Juice". (I have no idea if this is a regional thing….). I am actually a big fan. Cloves and cinnamon, like a spicy vermouth…..not really bitter at all.

Oh Jeez…..I didn't even interpret it that way. Hope they don't go that route.

I am a sucker for vampire shows (ba-dum-bum-CHING) set in teh Overlook Hotel.
I have enjoyed this season far more than the past 3. Still not as gripping as the first season, though.

I was impressed when they started off the season with "The Eternal", which is an appropriate song for this season, but could easily have been "She's Lost Control".

I was waiting for the Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds song this season. I'm glad it was "Jack the Ripper" instead of the perfunctory "Red Right Hand". Great soundtrack this season…..deep cuts from my college playlist in the early '90s.
Question: Why was it so damn easy to kill Tristan? The other vampires seem to heal up…

I became obsessed with the Doors and Jim Morrison the Poet in high school, in the late '80s. Had the tie-dyed shirts, posters all over my room, even went to his grave in Pere Lachaise when we visited Paris. I grew out of the obsessive phase during college, but I still have a soft (parade) spot for the Doors. (Jim…

Has anyone ever noticed the similarity between The War on Drugs "Red Eyes" and " Young Turks".? (And I do not say that in a disparaging way. 8 year old me loved that video when it came out, even though I could never call myself a Rod Stewart fan.)

When my wife is pissed off at the kids, I tell her: "All that hate's gonna burn you up, kid"

I recently read the first 2 Bernie Gunther books— March Violets and The Pale Criminal (both pre WWII). Dark, gritty noir, with all those Nazis lurking around. I try to read series in order, so I have a while before Lady from Zagreb,

Sick for Toys and Coldsweat are my 2 favorite 'Cubes songs.
"I will not finish/ Until I'm fully satisfied"
I can remember Dave Kendall introducing the video on 120 Minutes…..

(I'm an oncologist and I shamefully laughed at this. Gallows humor).
And don't forget the Irish female clown, Kim O'therapy.

The FALAA remaster had some early singles which are great— especially "Blood Money" and "Bury Me Deep". But none of those appear on Some Girls Wander. I think Some Girls is still easily available on Amazon? Sounds like your friend and my college age self would have been pals!

If journalist is using "brobdingnagian" to describe the size of his cock, he might actually have a shot…….

The early Sisters were more of a singles band. Check out "Some Girls Wander By Mistake" (another L.Cohen reference….) for a good compilation of their early singles from '80-'83. "Kiss the Carpet", "Adrenochrome", "Alice", "Floorshow", "Temple of Love"……all worth the listen. I still love the shit out of the Sisters of…

No new music for years, but The Sisters still tour. They seem to have a bigger following in Europe. I saw them in Austin in the early '00s, for nostalgia's sake, and enjoyed the hell out of that show.

Here are the young men
With quarter pound burgers
Here are the young men
Well, where are their fries?
We knocked on the door
Of Hell's darker kitchen 
Pushed to the limit
For onion rings…..
Where is the bun? Where is the bun?