But whaddya know? The di-dog is first up to bat.

I thought it was the 'Decline part one' that was impossible to see—like 'Urgh! a Music War' which had been a Nightflight staple but which then was like the Loch Ness Monster for nearly 20 years.

I was in on the original U2 backlash—and 'Rattle and Hum' was a big part of it, but it was not the beginning. In the US, where a MTV had made New Romantics like Duran Duran and Culture Club seem like the only face of Post-Punk (or what we then called New Wave) and where Gang of Four and the Au-Pairs were relegated to…

Blame Canada
Netflix keeps feeding me these Canadian crime TV series. I've been watching The unfortunately named 'DaVinci's Inquest' and, by the same creators, 'Intelligence'. The former is like 'NYPD Blue' meets 'Quincy' and the latter is like a Canadian junior varsity version of the 'The Wire' (with all that…

How about a 'True Grit' quote thread?
The original 'True Grit' is one of my alltime favorite films—primarily for its dialogue—which comes directly from the book which I also love. Since the Coens are my favorite living directors, also known for idiosyncratic dialogue, I have nothing but good will toward this movie. I…

'Mary Tyler Moore' had different openings AND closings recorded for most seasons. People are going to hate my saying so, but one of the first really lame TV themes was that measly vamp and cheap synth whistle line that passed for an 'X-Files' theme. Perhaps it worked in context, but damn was that ever half-assed.

I thought the same thing but with Copland as an example. John Williams can win for 'Star Wars' I guess because he hides his sources more deftly. So much composition is theft it boggles the mind.

I guarantee you Bucky, Valerie links are the furthest thing from sausage.

"Don't throw darts at the people"

Again with the dork insult? Does the whole world look like an 8th grade gym class to you?

It's called a "Yule Blog".

"I really want to read several volumes about the battle between S.T.O.P. and S.C.U.M."

"they use tracking cookies" Really? I thought it had something to do with an article's content—because if somebody mentioned Celebrity X in passing, an interview with Celebrity X would often be in the recycler.

This is the first thing I thought of too—They have Valerie Solanas dolls? I want one! And so there must also be other Warholian action figures and a whole damn Factory playset/carrying case! Imagine a Candy Darling Doll with fabulous "head bobbing" action (Of course, it's worth a lot more to collectors if you still…

"ninja-hood"
Unless this is the part of town where ninja are confined due to redlining and socioeconomic disadvantage, I believe the word you want is "ninjosity".

I give you shit like that to make fun of and that's all you got? Jesus, If you're going to insult me, use some imagination.

What does it mean?
That I actually used to use the phrase "laugh it up, fuzzball" in grade school all the time.

Falken—that may be true but you can't deny the resemblance to this:

I only ever mean Socialist in a good way.

For what it's worth I've sampled that bassline and the keyboard/drum measure that comes before the horns kick in. I put it in a song overlaid with a flute rendition of the opening figure of Bach's 'Air Suite Nr. 3.' I like to think Deitrich would approve.