Well, that is somewhat damaging. I hope I can unremember that for the sake of future Badmotorfinger spins.

I'd like to hear a tribute with Mark Arm doing Cornell and Mark Lanegan holding down the Vedder part.

[beer bottle slide guitar solo]

YUP. Maybe a weaker track or two in the back third, but speaking as someone who got into it almost 20 years after its release it does hold up. Say Hello 2 Heaven is by far my fave tune on it, and one of Cornell's greatest performances.

I can't claim to be MLB's biggest fan. but I'll note the following:

Heyo, I'm on the final volume of Lucifer. Just finished the [spoilers?] epic final showdown in the silver city of heaven. Amazing how all the threads tied together. Carey and Gross rock the house. Once I finish this I'm going to finish Unwritten (I stalled midway).
Stoked that Saga is back. I don't love the plot…

It wasn't quite on par with the so-called trilogy you mentioned but I'd take Tempest as a final album of originals if that's the case. It's got three or four classics on par with Love and Theft material (his post 00's high watermark in my view), and the rest is highly listenable.
I'm usually 100% behind his voice (I…

I haven't heard this yet but I too love most of his output since Time Out of Mind, leading me to ask, which specific album/songs don't you like? I recently revisited Modern Times and it's even better than I remember!
Together Through Life is the only drag on his late-period renaissance.

Guys? Les Mis? Hell-llooo?

I may not have reached the four millionth listen mark, but I'm certain I've listened to it hundreds of times since 2006. It's a song that grows and grows in stature like no other… soon its towering magnificence may eclipse all other songs and become The Only Song (ok that last bit is hyperbole). It's my fave…

Yes, however I'm hitching my boat to Star Witness, my favorite Neko Case song.

I saw it, and might not even buy it for a dollar.
The blandness… The blandness…

Great small-town desperation, great performances all around but in particular I recall that Hugh Dillon is awesome in this. HD always brings it—*SPOILERS-Y:* his and VF's work in the main relapse scene is so understatedly poignant, highlighting everything that's cool about this movie.
Also, everyone needs to see Hard…

He is. I read the three Gunner memoirs a few years back. Slash's was most fun (obv) and Adler's was sad (duh) but Duff's book was really great. Weirdly I still remember way more about his post Guns years—his biking and martial arts practice, his return to school and general lifestyle makeover. His book was a…

You are not alone this autumn! I just finished reading LA Confidential and White Jazz for the first time each and they were awesome. Dave Klein's first-person narration in White Jazz felt really vintage noir, like Thompson and his ilk.
The shift in Ellroy's writing over the LA Quartet from eloquent and seedy to blunt…

IV is a very good TP primer. Just try and remember that for all of his stature/import and verbosity he's at heart a very silly writer. So many laughs to be had!

Everyone always says that about the other two, but they are on deck and I am determined to enjoy them for what they are.

Thanks to Perfidia in September I've been on a James Ellroy run… I finally finished the latter two books of the LA Quartet and am now 2/3 through American Tabloid. This is a general call-out of appreciation for all AV Club commentariat who have plugged American Tabloid over the years. Thanks guys! AT is my favorite…

I have it on vinyl and side 2 (tracks 4-6) is pretty stunning. Never Let Me Go and Breaking Down are awesome tunes.

That's a good point about the changing of the guard. I definitely grew up with him too. Kinda stopped reading for a while, other than the Dark Tower which… well, we've gone over the pros/cons of that series on this site a fair bit.
It was actually Zach's rave about 11/22/63 that made me seek it out and, of all of his…