My son's Spanish girlfriend came and stayed with us last week and in the short time she was here must have pretty much nailed our slightly twisted sense of humour because her parting recommendation was Damián Szifrón's Wild Tales or Relatos salvajes which we all thought was wonderful. We all had favourite chapters of…

Late eighties early nineties I would always listen to UK hip hop DJ Tim Westwood's show on Capital and there were just mind blowing jams coming out every week. One day he started playing the extended intro to Native Tongue alumni Black Sheep's track Similak Child which used the intro to Tom Scott's cover of Jefferson…

It really is. I think Tri-Danielson (Alpha) is still my favourite.

So much love for that White Denim track!

B.A.D~Medicine Show
Los Shakers~Adorable Lola
Willis Earl Beal~Evening's Kiss
Lucien Belmond~Aire Libre
The Everly Brothers~I Wonder If I Care As Much
The Beach Boys~Surf's Up
Esther Marrow~He Don't Appreciate It
Lata Mangeshkar & Mohd. Rafi~Meri Ankhon Ki Nindiya
Pentangle~Three Dances: Brentzel Gay / La Rotta / The Earl of…

What do you call a flan with a moustache and a historical cocaine problem?
Stacy Quiche!

Some great selections here. I think that Gondry would heartily approve of this one shot beauty from the great Danielson https://www.youtube.com/wat…

For sure man, That would be the first thing that I tell them! (I feel that there's too much sarcasm around and I keep having to reassure people that my enthusiasm for their comments and advice is indeed genuine)..

Well that is really good advice and, you're right, my daughters probably do know everything I would offer as advice. But please don't ever think I would blame anybody who had been through that~I just wouldn't do it.

Totally!!! Save yer sadness for people who'll be moved or comforted by your sadness! Of course you're allowed to have emotions, nobody is immune to that man. You know I'm not a troll and I hope that you know that i don't find rape acceptable never ever. But I really am not at all angry with you~please don't get…

That'd be great because otherwise really who's gaining from it? The answer is you.

I honestly can't tell if you're giving me actual parenting advice or just being snarky. Just to clarify; what are you saying I should do?

So I shouldn't give practical advice just because (and in all probability!) they might ignore it in the future and then blame themselves for ignoring it? Of course I wouldn't blame them but I have to give that advice anyway.

I don't think your sadness is welcome in this case or of any practical use.

Now you're patronizing me. You have no idea of who I am or my life experiences. I would never, never ,never blame a victim of rape for what happened to them but I most certainly would pass on their experience of that event to my daughters if i felt that it would improve their chances of staying safe out there in…

Yes, if that person is just talking about an experience they had, how they've processed that experience and the lessons they've taken away from it.
EDIT I'm well aware that another person who'd experienced the same shit might take away a totally different take on it and may well have processed it in an entirely…

Makes us kind of sad for her? Maybe she could've appended an emoji sad face to that to really drive home her point.

Just to be clear; if I give my two daughters tips on how best to try and stay safe and be smart am I pre-emptively blaming them? This article is absolutely abysmal and unbelievably patronising 'and that she doesn’t seem to realize that there’s another way of understanding what happened makes us kind of sad for her.' …

Bruce Langhorne's score for The Hired Hand is really a very pretty thing. The closing song, in particular, is very beautiful (it was reissued by Scissor Tail Records last year).

Hells yeah!