I got used to the Hailey mispronunciation much quicker than I expected. I wondered if it was Rodrigo being pretentious or being genuinely unable to say it properly, like the Dutch with the letter J.

The "1%" comment was aimed more at shows like Dallas and Miami Vice, and the general obsession with exotic locations and material possessions which reflected the shallow nature of the times. Now that I think about it, there wasn't much comedy that reflected that in the same way those shows did.

I once heard that Charlie Chaplin's cameraman sung a tune to himself to make sure the cranking required for those old cameras would keep a steady pace.

They had longer pieces, and they did solo quite a bit, but there's little traces of the kind of classical influence embedded in Robert Fripp or Rick Wakeman's playing. Like I said before, they were very influenced by blues, jazz, and some of their contemporaries.

Waters was very influenced by Plastic Ono Band so it's quite an apt comparison.

Fair enough. I really just got them initially because of the Blu-ray discs and a general curiosity about the concerts (some of which are available individually at the DGM website).

It is odd because you're thinking of someone else

Pretty sure Adler's character played the trombone, the trumpet's ugly sister.

They are pricey, and will probably stay that way because there's just so much. Honestly though, to me they are worth the value.

Animals is perfect for America right now. Waters wrote the lyrics with his view of Britain at the time but many of the same things resonate today. "Sheep" is practically the Tea Party anthem.

The very best one is "Echoes" with the end of, well, 2001. The "Jupiter And Beyond" sequence is just about the same length of time and fits extremely well with the song.

I really did with my VHS tapes long ago. It was out of boredom more than anything else but it kind of worked.

That has been replaced somewhat with Netflix because I can browse through the titles until I find something I haven't seen that I might want to watch. I'd rather do it that way then settle into something midway through, and if I like it I have to start from the beginning which means it's already kind of ruined to me…

His solo work.

I remember trying to synch Pink Floyd to every movie on VHS we had. The weirdest one I tried that actually kind of worked was Twister.

Non-sequitur, but I also discovered how nice it was to cut cable this year. I don't miss channel surfing as much as I thought I would.

I won't disagree with you there, it's just how much I loved that first season. Only Hannibal was better for me this year.

I think if I had never loved the Beatles' music, I'd probably still be a George Harrison fan.

Not so much psychedelic, at least post-Syd but closer to experimental, or art rock. But with heavy blues and jazz sensibility behind it. I'd say they were probably one of the first post-rock bands in a sense because of how little they utilized the flashy solos of bands like Yes, but still were able to construct these…

It's controversy was in it's accuracy. Long before "reality TV", networks were more interested in just being comfort food, when it came to sitcoms anyway. Not to say there wasn't quality, or even realism in some of them (like Roseanne), but there was more a sense of wanting to show you more of how the 1% lived than…