"creepy glorification of many other WWII era 'collectibles'" - I know, right? I can maybe understand having some Nazi stuff in a larger collection - like one collects all sides of WWII stuff - but just straight Nazi stuff, nah, too "loaded."

"Fire in Cairo": I have an inexplicable distaste for songs that spell the title.  Doesn't bother me too much on that particular track, but I'll take Grinding Halt or Meathook instead.

Damnit. I couldn't resist the bait:

Could Gang of Four's "Natural's Not In It" be, you know, uh.."'in it?"  

Could Gang of Four's "Natural's Not In It" be, you know, uh.."'in it?"  

I got no business talking about playing techniques used to produce particular sounds, but as "Mm Abduction" was the first Swervedriver song I heard (followed by "Never Lose that Feeling"), I lumped them in with shoegaze.  Now that I think about it tho, much of that album seems more "rocking" than "dreamy."

I got no business talking about playing techniques used to produce particular sounds, but as "Mm Abduction" was the first Swervedriver song I heard (followed by "Never Lose that Feeling"), I lumped them in with shoegaze.  Now that I think about it tho, much of that album seems more "rocking" than "dreamy."

"Swamp Thing" through the group of overlapping songs to the "bonus material" with the full arrangement of "Tears" and "Paradiso" has to be one of my favorite parts of any album, ever.  That said, I seem to enjoy the individual tracks on Script of the Bridge a bit more as stand alone songs…even with its somewhat…

"Swamp Thing" through the group of overlapping songs to the "bonus material" with the full arrangement of "Tears" and "Paradiso" has to be one of my favorite parts of any album, ever.  That said, I seem to enjoy the individual tracks on Script of the Bridge a bit more as stand alone songs…even with its somewhat…

I've always thought The Chameleons could be seen as one precedent for shoegaze (one of many).  While I guess they would be "post-punk," The Chameleons do have that "other-worldly" + loud guitar sound that I get from shoegaze. 

I've always thought The Chameleons could be seen as one precedent for shoegaze (one of many).  While I guess they would be "post-punk," The Chameleons do have that "other-worldly" + loud guitar sound that I get from shoegaze. 

"Upstairs," which a friend put on a mix tape for me, was my intro to noise, lo-fi, shoegaze, etc.  Actually, I kinda think that song and maybe Tall Ships could be reasonably called shoegaze.  But yeah, songs like Sarah Sitting and/or Chris R. ain't shoegaze.  Certainly anyone who starts in with shoegaze should check…

"Upstairs," which a friend put on a mix tape for me, was my intro to noise, lo-fi, shoegaze, etc.  Actually, I kinda think that song and maybe Tall Ships could be reasonably called shoegaze.  But yeah, songs like Sarah Sitting and/or Chris R. ain't shoegaze.  Certainly anyone who starts in with shoegaze should check…

Last of the Mohicans
The whole climactic scene when Uncas is killed & thrown over a cliff by Magua and then Alice throws herself off the cliff gets me every time. The looks on the character's faces while this unfolds with Alice's far away glassy eyed calm as she kills herself and especially the look on Chingachgook's…

Midnight Express
Don't smuggle drugs. Don't plan on the American government helping you out if you get in trouble as they are more concerned with international politics than with you. Also, if Randy Quaid shows up on your vacation, you know hi-jinks (and perhaps some ass-stabbing) will occur.

is the consensus among Mogwai fans that the band has become more complex and/or better in later recordings? Personally, I always really liked CODY and the other two of the first three albums. After Rock Action, my enjoyment began to wane. I still think Ten Rapid is my absolute favorite of their works.

To follow up on Noel's point: I too remember hearing that the title of the song "Boy with the Arab Strap" was not only taken from the band Arab Strap, but that the song itself is a "poetic" portrait of Adian Moffat or at least of the persona Moffat adopts when writing songs. Perhaps a bit of, as the British would…

It is unsurprising that this took so long to come out considering Gza is pretty busy being the body dropper, heartbeat stopper, child educator, plus head amputator.

I'm not sure the Top Chef producers are overly concerned about the "drama" equation in a Pastry Chef show. Yes, the precision and planning aspect of being a pastry chef may not translate well, but the kind of people who are pastry chefs usually are (in my experience) Type A personalities with more than a bit of OCD…

I'm with you ekruorox. My first SDRE album was LP2 and I actually found (and still do find) the whole "disjointed" aspect of the album endearing. So when I went backward into Diary, the songs sounded too polished to me. While I recognize that Diary might be the more sophisticated or aesthetically superior album as…