Yeah, I was never sure how to classify him. It always felt wrong to simply call it "jazz"

Completely agree. I'm a fan of the just dive right in approach

Oh dude I saw the Super Furry Animals (with Times New Viking opening) several years ago. They did a show in a smallish independent record store. Tiniest venue I've ever been to, but what a great show that was. I had never listened to them before and my friend dragged me.

This is just a terrible gimmick account. The Adam Sandler one is funnier, for Christ's sake.

You know, Dexter is ending this week, and I've been doing a lot of reflecting on these two shows. I think one of the major differences contributing to the disparity in quality is this: Breaking Bad is not afraid to change. And possibly more important-it doesn't deify it's main character-it's not afraid to make Walt…

Restrain this!

The Homeland debut's already leaked-I watched it a week ago (was boring). I know you said you've avoided pirating it, but since you pay for Showtime there should be no guilt.

God damn this is amazing. I was just getting back into jazz. My personal favorite jazz album of all time is Back at the Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith-you guys should do one of these for him.

Exactly. I hated it when I was a kid and my father put it on. The beginning just sounded like a child just slapping at a piano. But it really has grown on me.

Looking at my bookshelf, I just realized that I'm like Mel Gibson in Conspiracy Theory-except instead of Catcher in the Rye, I buy a Pynchon book whenever I see it. I have the Gravity's Rainbow with that big sun, the rocket diagram, and the deckle edge one. Still haven't finished it.

Nah, in terms of hitting the Aryans, Gomie was better off with his shotgun (in terms of hitting them, he has fewer rounds to play around with than Hank)-Hank's handgun was basically useless.

Yeah, Saul (from the preview) is right. If they can't get Walt they're going after Skyler.

So I'm not going to search through 24 pages of comments to see if someone has already said this, so here goes: the finale is entitled "Felina," who is the woman sung about in Marty Robbin's song "El Paso." If you listen to it, it fits thematically with Breaking Bad, it fits absolutely *perfectly* and it is probably a…

@avclub-b5507f51b88a3ae4a99ba87e4877ab57:disqus How great is it that New Hampshire is the "Granite State"? It's another Breaking Bad double meaning, as in, Walt's fate is sealed at this point, it is pretty much carved in stone-he is literally in a granite state.

So looks like next week Walt talks to Saul, who is telling him about the DEA going after his wife. I remember in "Crawl Space," when Walt needs to skip town Saul tells him that that Hadji's Quick Vanish guy will put him up in a safe house until everything is set. So there's some decision point at the safe house, but I…

@derek noakes Does that really count? He did that as much to save himself. Recall Crawl Space-He knew Gus was going to kill him and he didn't have the money for vacuum guy.

@avclub-00ee877a1f7246f67e0badda72e8fa57:disqus Is he not Smog anymore? And yes, more people need to get into him. I'm surprised he's not more popular. He's not even on spotify (which admittedly may not be the best barometer, but virtually everything else I listen to is).

Ninth Doctor ftw!

Yeah you know what, I think that's right thematically. I guess more accurately, the final decision point for Hank was entering Tohajillee. That was the final nail in the coffin.

Aw shit Lewis won? I don't think his character is as much of a heavy lift, honestly I thought he was more of a cipher most of the first season (although I barely remember it).