One of the highlights for me comes when he tries to recreate his almost-perfect day with Andie McDowell by overdoing everything that had worked the previous day…and when they both land in the snow, he attempts to recapture the magic moment from the day before but he's a few inches off. It's funny & heartbreaking, as…

Not just watched…watched many MANY times. The first hour is as enjoyable as anything I've ever seen. It's slightly hit-and-miss after his first show with Steel Dragon, but I still love the movie and defend it whenever I can.

Nope, there was a later one. The one you mentioned was a classic for all the right reasons. The one I'm talking about is just weird, but I find myself drawn to it every year. I rarely watch the newer Peanuts specials but for that one I make an exception.

Glad you used the Peanuts Thanksgiving Special as the photo at the top, because that's my nomination. You have to love a Peanuts special that features the gang puking off the side of the Mayflower, as well as seeing many of their fellow settlers being buried.

To me, Timothy Olyphant will always be Mark Wahlberg's best friend (and lead guitarist in Steel Dragon tribute band Blood Pollution) in "Rock Star." The press conference scene where Wahlberg's character screams an extended high note, and they scan past his old bandmates where Olyphant's character gives a subtle smirk,…

No arguments here. I saw him twice (in '85 and again in '89 or '90…can't recall which) and he was mindblowing, especially that second show when he was clean, sober & focused. Hard to imagine what Hendrix live must have been like, but I was 4 when he died so I never had the chance.

Stevie emulated many guitarists, not just Jimi, which is one of the things that made him so special. You can hear everyone from Albert King to Buddy Guy to T-Bone Walker (and so on) in his playing, yet he always sounded like Stevie Ray Vaughan. I wouldn't lump him in with others who were merely following in Jimi's…

All true. I wasn't in any way implying that those guys were on the same level as Hendrix. I was merely responding to the comment that "nobody has yet to ever play like him," which isn't the case.

Well stated…although I disagree that nobody has ever played like him. Off the top of my head I think of Robin Trower and Frank Marino as two excellent guitarists who may not have been quite on the same elite level as Hendrix but whose styles…especially after his death…were clearly influenced by (and an homage to)…

That's right. So does this mean that they already had the baby before he proposed, and their trip to Farhampton in 2015 (or 2016?) two years after Barney & Robin's wedding was a getaway for the young parents?

I really enjoyed this episode…probably my favorite of the season so far…but one thing didn't make sense based on our knowledge of these characters: Would Ted Mosby really wait TWO YEARS before proposing to the love of his life after so many years of searching for "the one"? The scene itself was really well done but…

Who will play Capt. Avatar? Dibs on an Avatar avatar.

I feel the same way, and that future interaction last night indicates that's something they'll be doing. It would be pretty lame if the series ended with only one scene of them together, which is clearly not the case.

That final flash-forward scene with Ted & The Mother one year later was superb, and perfectly soundtracked by Billy Joel's "Souvenir." I was excited as soon as I heard that first piano note. One of the most emotionally satisfying scenes in the history of the show. Well done.

My biggest complaint about everything Mamet writes (or at least the stuff I've seen/read) is that it always seems like he comes up with the clever punchlines first, and then builds a story around them. When he's at his best it doesn't bother me, but some of his work makes me cringe just a little…even as I marvel at…

I understand, but usually that happens to songs that aren't necessarily great. If you do hear a great song played over & over again, you may not want to hear it for a long time…or ever again…but would you rate it as a bad song at that point? I have a friend who told me 20 years ago that he hates The Beatles because…

Yep. Even if people think the hits are overplayed (I rarely let that affect my enjoyment of a great song), there are a number of great songs on that album that never get played.

Would it be inappropriate for me to plug the 9-part series I wrote on Bowie's catalog about a year-and-a-half ago? If so, feel free to tell me to f**k off, but I've gotten great feedback on that series, especially the post on the "Berlin Trilogy," and I had an amazing time getting to know his music (I was only a…

Always happy to be corrected & learn something new. I know of a lot of songs with ebow (Richard Barone of The Bongos is an underrated user) and I always assumed that's what The Edge used on "With Or Without You." One more piece of trivia to cram into my brain. Thanks.

I'm glad I can be part of a collection of people who inspired you to check out more from Big Country. You may not love everything by them…their sound changed a lot over the years, especially from the early 90s on…but if you love "In A Big Country" there's a lot to enjoy on their first three albums. Don't worry about…