Hello America by JG Ballard - I read most of his novels & short stories back in the '80s but missed this one somehow - also bought his last book Kingdom Come but it will be on hold as Blood Meridian is next. (I've already read All the Pretty Horses & The Road and am really looking forward to this one thanks mostly to…

I abandoned Gravity's Rainbow about 200 pages in also (the first time I attempted it). About 10 years later I muscled my way through those same pages and ended up enjoying it. I thought V was much more difficult to read - maybe I read it when I was too young but Im still not sure what that book was about.

I can understand people not liking some acts or songs for personal reasons (I was a fan of Pavement but haven't listened to them in years) but the most universally despised song should be Come Sail Away by Styx - everything about it is atrocious to the point that the opening piano notes fill me with rage and they…

I can understand people not liking some acts or songs for personal reasons (I was a fan of Pavement but haven't listened to them in years) but the most universally despised song should be Come Sail Away by Styx - everything about it is atrocious to the point that the opening piano notes fill me with rage and they…

No he's not.

I think I read somewhere that Bennie and the Jets was the last song to go number 1 on the Rock, Pop & R&B charts.

Were close here - but I'd put Honkey Chateau at the top.. Also, don't forget the live album 11-17-70 - worth a listen for the version of Take Me to the Pilot.

Somebody at work loaned me the first few books before informing me that the series was not finished and the author was not even working on it at the time. I made it through the completed book 9 and then thought I would wait until the series was through before picking it up again. Over ten years later, I have no desire…

- according to his Wikipedia page, Fat Mike is 45 (he also is credited with coining the word "Nawesome" - which means not awesome.)

- according to his Wikipedia page, Fat Mike is 45 (he also is credited with coining the word "Nawesome" - which means not awesome.)

Leno's joke tonite; "Have you heard of this show, The Walking Dead? Well, it seems a fan shot his girlfriend last night after watching an episode because she did not believe Zombies could actually exist. I don't know about Zombies but this does prove we have reached the End of Time."  Guffaws and Titters all around..

Leno's joke tonite; "Have you heard of this show, The Walking Dead? Well, it seems a fan shot his girlfriend last night after watching an episode because she did not believe Zombies could actually exist. I don't know about Zombies but this does prove we have reached the End of Time."  Guffaws and Titters all around..

Yes! - you just can't count out the crazy ones.

Yes! - you just can't count out the crazy ones.

True Love…. Its the Devil's crowbar.

True Love…. Its the Devil's crowbar.

Like Beck I grew up in Southern California and seem to recall Bzooty being a 70's slang for a woman's breasts - but I could be wrong. Still, the phrase does not make sense and I too giggle at it.

Like Beck I grew up in Southern California and seem to recall Bzooty being a 70's slang for a woman's breasts - but I could be wrong. Still, the phrase does not make sense and I too giggle at it.

"Yes Dear."

"Yes Dear."