What?! Blue Valentine is great! Red Shoes at the Drugstore, Whistle Past the Graveyard, Postcard From a Hooker in Minneapolis… is there some kind of concensus that Blue Valentine sucks?
What?! Blue Valentine is great! Red Shoes at the Drugstore, Whistle Past the Graveyard, Postcard From a Hooker in Minneapolis… is there some kind of concensus that Blue Valentine sucks?
Wow, Magnus is going to get really worked up when he realizes that "two acts" means two thirds of an episode.
Nilus called it. And even with that long list, you left off dyslexic and incestuous!
King Cat?
I work at a comic shop, and we have a handful of King Cat books… I had no idea that they were so highly regarded. Are they really any good? I've flipped through them and they look idiotic. I'm all for simple cartooning a la Kevin Huizenga or Adrian Tomine or Johnny Ryan or Charles Schulz. Those guys show a…
Wait, what? That's the cover of the book? I assumed it was a promotional photo. So the cover of the book is the author holding up the book? Except the book he's holding looks completely different from the book you're buying? What if I want the book he's holding, instead of the one with the picture of him holding it?…
Sidebar: for the record, I'm pretty sure if Dane Cook did die in a fire of canceraids, a lot of people here WOULD be cheering his death.
Haven't Read The Article…
…but that picture looks like the weirdest dance party ever.
Are there really people competing for this two points bullshit?
Holy Crap
Watch the interviews on the Virgin site… the one labelled "Best Interview Ever" … undeniable proof that someone, at some point, tried to conduct a serious, hard-hitting Barbara Walters-style interview with the Iceman.
To quote you:
I meant the Dead, not the Band.
When did the Dead declare themselves a "rock" band? And what's the point of these limiting genres? "Yesterday" doesn't rock, the Beatles are a rock band, so "Yesterday" is a failure of a song. The Band meld rock, county, bluegrass, folk, a little soul and funk, etc… but I guess that doesn't matter, because the only…
This conversation has certainly made me realize what a douchebag SOMEONE is.
Also, I just want to mention what a cool, hip, rockin' guy this Warren must be, what with liking the most famous "obscure" bands in the world. Television? The Stooges? You are EDGY, man. Let the masses have their Kid Rock and Clear Channel! A musical journeyman like you won't rest until he's discovered the secret…
Ann Coulter. Challenge answered.
I would make this Beetlejesus fellow required reading for graduation.
Well, that was… vivid.
I like the supergroup question. I think that should be the next feature. Send it in.
Wrong Answers
It seems like most of the writers here misunderstood the question: "it was which band would you like to see reunite," not "what historical concert would you like to go to?" The former is a much less general and more interesting question. I'm with Jason, though, reuinion shows suck. Still, I'll go with…
What drives me nuts is the fact that Shakespeare has somehow become synonymous with "hoity-toity artistic academic crap." Performed properly, Shakespeare plays are almost unbearably thrilling and explosive and awesome. They're also, in many cases, melodramatic and hyperbolic and even a little campy. There's nothing…