I agree on California and Angel Dust.  And Mondo Cane.  California, Angel Dust, Mondo Cane, and Director's Cut.  California, Angel Dust, Mondo Cane, Director's Cut and this paddleball game. 

I'm waiting for the physical CD (well, vinyl, actually) as well!  I'm literally waiting for it as I type.  I didn't realize my local record store doesn't open until 10, so I'm killing time at the public library.  Who opens at 10?! 

@avclub-efb3d8be0319721ef751da0b05d9f6a5:disqus I hadn't considered the "it's the best Star Trek movie" angle, but that's a great way of looking at it!  Also, I happen to like Russell Crowe, but even if I didn't, Master and Commander really transcends being "a Russell Crowe" movie, I think.  It's got so much else…

Ah yes, the ol' "finish one Patrick O'Brien and pick up the next before the last has even hit the bookshelf", I know it well.  Glad you're enjoying the series!  When I finished the Aubrey-Maturin books, I read all of the Hornblower books in order.  Then I tried the Rammage books.  I got about three pages in and then…

Angel Dust - Faith No More
Gentlemen - Afghan Whigs
California - Mr. Bungle

D'oh!  Where were all you "meatloaf is cool" cheerleaders when I needed you 13 years ago?!

Pro tip #3:  If you want to impress a boy with your cooking skills, don't make meatloaf.  In college, I lived in a co-ed dorm where every room had a kitchen.  One of the boys on my floor was so adorable, but I was too shy to talk to him.  I usually don't cook, but one night I got a bee in my bonnet to make a fancy (by…

I have nice swaths of gray hair at my temples which could be viewed as distinguished, but they're only apparent if I pull my hair up in clips.  I was all into that until I broke the clips I had and then couldn't find replacements in any stores.  Being horribly self-conscious and terminally uncool, I decided that must…

I expressed scarf-doubt to my boss a while ago.  She told me she was once at a family wedding where her daughter only had off-white shoes to go with her white outfit.  The daughter whined to her aunt "I can't wear these shoes, they don't match!"  The no-nonsense aunt replied, "Well then, you just gotta walk like they…

"Stella!  Why can't you hear me yell-a!  You're putting me through hell-a!  Stella!"

I went to see an August Wilson play in previews on Broadway a few years ago; it was the one set in the '80s in Detroit.  The understudy was filling in that night but he was so not prepared.  It started with a few obviously flubbed lines and then spiraled into him calling for almost every line.  He was clearly pissed…

2 Fun Facts about "West Side Story":

My vote goes to any number in "Oklahoma!"*.  I was a technical theater major in college and also a total snob.  I was loudly and obnoxiously anti-musical, especially when, due to a scheduling problem, I got stuck taking a semester of Musical Theater 101.  I spent the whole semester being a total beeyotch about how…

When I was in college, some friends and I got together to try to learn pinochle.  We were all reasonably intelligent people, but for some reason, we just could not make heads of tails of the rules.  We spent hours going around and around over the rules, backwards and forwards, but to no avail.  Finally, one of the…

Coming!  *hic*  Coming!  /singsong

Coming!  *hic*  Coming!  /singsong

I never re-watched any of the Disney movies with the
same fervor as I did the "Goofy's Wide World of Sports" shorts.  (I'm
only commenting because Sir Hiss insisted that my avatar be present in
this discussion.)

I never re-watched any of the Disney movies with the
same fervor as I did the "Goofy's Wide World of Sports" shorts.  (I'm
only commenting because Sir Hiss insisted that my avatar be present in
this discussion.)

"Dark Mark Does Christmas" by Mark Lanegan.  No joke.  It's incredible:

"Dark Mark Does Christmas" by Mark Lanegan.  No joke.  It's incredible: