This is not a productive area of discussion.

This is not a productive area of discussion.

Oh. Well, I'd accept that answer as well.

Oh. Well, I'd accept that answer as well.

Best use of the Lacrimosa from Mozart's Requiem: The Big Lebowski.

Best use of the Lacrimosa from Mozart's Requiem: The Big Lebowski.

I had low expectations going in, but I was completely won over by the general tone and the strong performances (Judy Greer's aborted dramatic speech near the end is both moving and oddly hilarious). Also: motherfucking Kawa'i.

I had low expectations going in, but I was completely won over by the general tone and the strong performances (Judy Greer's aborted dramatic speech near the end is both moving and oddly hilarious). Also: motherfucking Kawa'i.

Modern pop stuff is absolutely the worst - Adele's 21 was a garbage transfer, and to be honest I can't see a way they could have gotten it sounding good (also: Tom Coyne knows 6000 times more about mastering than I do). But yeah, there are certain bands who are either still recording onto analog tape or who put a…

Modern pop stuff is absolutely the worst - Adele's 21 was a garbage transfer, and to be honest I can't see a way they could have gotten it sounding good (also: Tom Coyne knows 6000 times more about mastering than I do). But yeah, there are certain bands who are either still recording onto analog tape or who put a…

The Vinyl vs Digital debate really hinges on the album, I think, because it really depends on how the album was mixed and (mostly) how it was mastered. The process for mastering an analog tape recording that has to be pressed to 12-inch vinyl is radically different than mastering something that's going to end up on…

The Vinyl vs Digital debate really hinges on the album, I think, because it really depends on how the album was mixed and (mostly) how it was mastered. The process for mastering an analog tape recording that has to be pressed to 12-inch vinyl is radically different than mastering something that's going to end up on…

"One" has a lot of depth beyond the anthemic chorus, though - it even takes potshots at self-righteous piousness (I'd like to think that Bono was turning the lens on himself, but that may be giving him a little too much credit. I've certainly read it interpreted that way.)

"One" has a lot of depth beyond the anthemic chorus, though - it even takes potshots at self-righteous piousness (I'd like to think that Bono was turning the lens on himself, but that may be giving him a little too much credit. I've certainly read it interpreted that way.)

You never got sick of "1999" though, right? Because that song is amazing.

You never got sick of "1999" though, right? Because that song is amazing.

Well, in theory, neither should the King. That's what started the initial drama - Urquhart was completely unprepared for a vocal monarch.

Well, in theory, neither should the King. That's what started the initial drama - Urquhart was completely unprepared for a vocal monarch.

In it, Christopher Plummer toes the line between "respectable" and "hammy as fuck", and it works really nicely.

In it, Christopher Plummer toes the line between "respectable" and "hammy as fuck", and it works really nicely.