How did you expect me to sound? Barry Whiteish?

Also
"Mishima" was Executive Produced by George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola, something that almost makes up for "Howard the Duck" and "Jack". Almost

Yeah, "Mishima" is one of the rare biopics where the actor playing the subject is actually a lot less attractive than the real-life figure he's playing. Mishima may have been tragically, terminally vain but he was also a very handsome man. And also tiny: 5'1. He insisted his wife be shorter than him (it was an…

Wow
So Matthew McConaughey is handsome and takes his shirt off a lot? Brilliant observation, genius. You're just bucking for that Pulitzer, aren't you? Could this blog possibly have any less substance/insight?

Aw man
does this post bring up a lot of cheesy/awesome memories. Class of 99 stand up! Back in the old days (i.e last year), when me, Josh and Kyle all shared a room in the Onion office we would regularly subject our coworkers to loud, off-key sing-a-longs of many of the songs on your list. Good times, good times.…

"Someday, Someway" sounded to my untrained ears at least like a Buddy Holly cover, which kind of makes sense. I should definitely check out Marshall Crenshaw. I hear nothing but good things.

I repeated certain words repeatedly in this piece
so I would like to apologize upfront for all that unnecessary repetition.

Also
I love the fuck out of that Eddie Vedder speech. It's pseudo-profundity is awesome. Incidentally, has Vedder ever been funny before?

Coming up next on My Year of Flops
Pirate month! "Yellowbeard" and one of the following: Cutthroat Island, Ice Pirates or Roman Polanski's Pirates! Which should I choose? Comment now or forever hold your peace.

I cannot
recommend this man's music highly enough. Also, I'd like to think this interview nicely counterbalances my Ephemereview piece on The BET Awards. Guys like Steinski reaffirm my faith in Hip Hop.

Kyle has no idea what he's talking about. The A.V Club is like, sixteen people, or something, all of whom agree on everything. We're like the Borg in that respect. This "Kyle" person obviously is talking out of his ass.

Yeah, we missed a lot of stuff on this list. I ended up writing a lot of it myself and whenever I thought we were finished I'd go "oh shit, what about?". Finally, though, we just ran out of time. Your comments and suggestions are always welcome but that's especially true of this Inventory, where I definitely feel like…

I believe Mr. Ellroy would like to have some words with you, Sam Sham. In a dark alley. With some brass knuckles.

I was going to save this for my Van Doren entry but I am strongly considering changing the title of this column to Nathan's Literary Hall of Hussified Harlotry

Man,
How creepy is that poster? It looks like it should be for a horror movie about a mad scientist who grafts the head of Valerie Perrine onto Rod Steiger's crotch. Incidentally, "Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club" has been rotating with Tasha's Book Vs. Film but Tasha is working on all sorts of important top-secret…

Do you not find Carvey turtley enough for the turtle club?
Turtle, turtle, turtle! I was just reading a biography of Don Simpson and there was an interesting part about how Jon Lovitz and Carvey were supposed to star in "Bad Boys" except that when they sat down with Simpson and Bruckheimer, Carvey immediately launched…

I might cover it in Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club.

Incidentally
I tried to shoe-horn in more pointless, self-indulgent personal asides but there just wasn't enough space for them. D'oh!

Hey, he was great in "The TV Set", where he also played a writer, and very convincingly, I might add.

Oh, I watched all six hours of this here television program. Saw it through to the bitter end.