Yeah, Revolver -
"Taxman" kicks it off perfectly and then to go straight into ER.  Imagine being 16 in 1966 and hearing this for the first time.  And then, after all that, that closer.

Yeah, that is a good choice.  Love that whole album, minus "Girlfriend".  Christ, of all the songs to cover.

"Respectable Street  / "Generals And Majors"
from XTC's Black Sea.

You're right, dahlhaus.  I should have picked a better example.  As I said, it was the first thing that popped into my head, probably because it sounds like a singulalry pop-culture reference point.  No slight meant to Buffy.  Replace it with Community.  Or The Wire.It was a faulty analogy to begin with, comparing lit…

No, not simpletons, teenagers.  It wasn't a legitimate dig, it was just the first thing that popped in.  I added the "not that there's anything wrong with that"  as if to say, "Hey, I'm one of you!  We're all  in this together!"  I didn't even use a hyphen for that part - that's how genuinely committed I was to…

Its understandable that teenagers might complain about the difficulty of understanding Shakespeare.  Look at all the other crap they're trying to get into at that age.

My pet theory on the assassination is that Oswald and another group - or individual - just happned to pick the same place and time to shoot at the President, completely unbeknownst to each other.  The shooter in front didn't know about Oswald and Oswald didn't know about the other shooter. If that happens, then its…

My pet theory on the assassination is that Oswald and another group - or individual - just happned to pick the same place and time to shoot at the President, completely unbeknownst to each other.  The shooter in front didn't know about Oswald and Oswald didn't know about the other shooter. If that happens, then its…

Really?
This was an awesome toy. I played it, briefly, between the ages of 10 to 12 in the 70s. How the fuck does one go about making a two hour movie about it? Although I could stand to watch a 10 minute movie of two people playing it.

And another thing!
Summer Of Sum gets bopnus points for featuring "Won't Get Fooled Again" in its entirety. If memeory serves, and it rarely does these days, I think it also has "Baba O'Riley" in its entirety as well. I like the film a lot and I thought the dog scene was brilliant, funny and creepy at the same time.

And yes, as culture whores go I am one of the more popular, thank you. Just ask around a bit.

Straight to video?
Miracle At St. Anna? I've never even heard of that one. Last thing I remember is She Hate Me. How c an big name directors like Spike Lee and Woody Allen release films that get zero publicity and popular culture whores like me don't even know they exist?

Good luck, Ray
My only concern is that "post-war ballroom scene" doesn't really sound like a theme that's going to pull the punters in. I'll like it (probably), because its Ray. I'm really hoping its a success so he might do Schoolboy's In Disgrace next. Arthur probably would have been a better choice, so much more…

Not a ditz
I've had the hots for Terri Garr ever since Young Frankenstein. But I never really saw her characters as ditzy (except maybe in Young Frankenstein and After Hours) or a doormat, just a very cute and sexy girl next door with a complicated life going on just under the surface. There's no question though…

Definitely
Dick, Heller and Vonnegut wrapped in alchemy and dystopia…I'll be getting Camp Concentration this week, Jason.

So what?
This piddly-shit passes for news of interest, now? Like we all haven't been in this same spot half a dozen times already. Yawn. I'm beginning to think I might be a gangsta…yo, North Dallas in the house, ya'll!

Sure, true on both points, generally speaking. That's annoying, that's the kind of shit that would give any rational person a headache. That's just a dead-end street, trying to have any kind of meaningful theological (or social or political) discussion with people like that. You know, when I'm faced with that…

Good choice
I rented this not really expecting much and was surprised at the amount of belly laughs I got out of it. Rabin, you captured it pretty good, it does have affection for its targets and enough inside info on them to know exactly where to poke fun. The only one I thought was labored (though obviously with…

The greatest failure of atheistic dogma, as its practiced, is that it chooses to turn its belief on exactly the same precept as blind devotion, namely that the stories or events in the bible (or any theological script) must be viewed literally or they have no intrinsic value. For example the book of Genesy. God…

Athiests
From the rationalist,
"Non-believers don't "blame God" because they don't believe that god exists—hence, blaming god is an impossibility.
Non-believers also don't like to be called "non-believers" because they find that being defined in terms of religions they don't subscribe to is offensive and patronizing."