Interesting to compare to his blog entry about his actual tour. The Buffalo thing did happen, but in real life he made one joke, the soldier objected (exact same words), and Louis backed down immediately. He said he recognized that memories of Buffalo might be what was keeping this guy going out there and it wasn't…

A little tasteless, perhaps, but "jaw droppingly offensive"? Hardly.

Frank Sinatra's "Mack the Knife" was my first thought.

That's what I would recommend as well. All of Nick Cave's darkness and weirdness in a tidy enough package. When I want to turn folks onto Cave, that's what I want to get them. More immediately accessible than Tender Prey, in my opinion.

I also thought the story changed the dynamic a bit. And, you're right, Louie does come off as a dick. A dick who may have been RIGHT, but still. He's the one who reached out to Dane, but it sounds like he then had trouble letting Dane offer anything. The mere fact that this pairing happened seemed like they were…

Interesting to read, but I feel like you're shoehorning unrelated comments into the episode-by-episode format. I'd LOVE if the guy detailed what went into each episode (like in the Community series), but there's very little of that here. What he has to say about he views the medium of television may be insightful, but…

"Maine's First Superhero"
Surely you remember the great Lobsterman! A man with all the powers of a lobster. No, I don't remember what those powers were exactly (turning red when cooked?), but I do know they sold the issues in the back room of a wood stove store up in coastal Maine. For an obviously stupid concept,…