Fugazi - Long Division

Dada - Dizzkneeland

U2 - Stay (Faraway, So Close)

The New Pornographers - Letter from an Occupant

Falco - Rock Me, Amadeus

The Four Tops - Bernadette

Jawbox - Savory

When In Rome - The Promise

The band was called Polaris, and there was actually just a tribute/benefit album to the main dude in that band, because his wife died, leaving him with young twin daughters. Also, Pete and Pete is completely LARDED with the music of the Magnetic Fields. I guess it was unsurprising that I became a fan since I was…

'94 was also the year for Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain and "Cut Your Hair" on 120 Minutes. That, as much as Dookie was the next step for me.

@ThePope - I'd rather not, but I'll coyly redirect you back to that link…

I do some work with the woman at the Smithsonian who Bones is *very lightly* based on. She does *forensic* anthropology, which is basically trying to figure out what human cultures were like based on skeletal remains (among other things). As a result of that expertise, they do contemporary crime consulting stuff as…

Guilford is convincing me he cold be the next Jimmy Stewart, if there were actually that many roles for a Jimmy Stewart around anymore.

I honestly think the mezmerization comes from her bangs.

A couple more
While my personal 50 would have included plenty of the missing already identified by commenters, (You Are Free, Ted Leo, Late Registration, And Then Nothing Turned Itself…, Aesop Rock), I'll bring up a couple of unmentioned personal faves that might make me an AV Club Outcast: Dismemberment Plan -…

Yeah, I'd encourage you to listen to "No!" - if you don't think of it as a kids album, it won't play like one. There's some great shit on there.

None Shall Pass is a great album! I would have it in my top 50 for sure.

For real. End Hits is the tits. Break?! No Surprise?! These are both easily top 5 Fugazi songs.

Vampire Baseball
This was the only moment where I too wasn't bored out of my skull. The old timey outfits and the goofiness of it are the only fun or remotely novel things in this movie. What really broke my heart though was that Carter Fucking Burwell turned in such a shitty score. When I saw his name in the…

This is my favorite AV Club thread ever.