I'm ADD and I remember being enthralled by this movie when Ol' Ma took me to see it when I was four or five. Haven't seen it since, but I remember seeing E.T. and thinking it was almost the same story as the Black Stallion.

Saw Wilco in Duluth, MN last night. They played "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" with Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker of Low on vocals and Richard Thompson on guitar. I was literally crying. My favorite concert experience ever.  
I fucking love that song so much.  I drive boats on Lake Superior for my job; it's a…

Fuck the millenials. Also, get off my lawn.

Love the video where he punches the fuck outta that guy. Buzz punches like a man: plants his back foot and powers his fist right through that dude's face. I'm all for nonviolence and turn the other cheek, but once in awhile, some mealy-mouthed motherfucker just got to get punched in the face.

My only concern about Mel Gibson lately: is it worth my time to get drunk on gin and tonics while watching "Get the Gringo" or should I opt for some old-school "Lethal Weapon" and a dozen Hamm's tallboys?

Star Wars. This looms large in my personal mythology surrounding my early life, explaining many things, including what I spend my money on, and my career in science.

Agreed. I use this feature to decide what eps to download and which to skip. Podmass: thank you for your service to the American people.

Okay… I betcha I can get Sports at the Rural Evil Corporate Box Store for $3.99. I'm gonna go do it as soon as this motherfucking snow stops!

Mostly joking! The women and VH comment was meant to be heard in a Jeff Spicoli voice.

DLR is cracks me the fuck up. Perfect mix of rock frontman and clown. He remembers that the audience is supposed to be having fun. 
We had some friends over recently and Roth's solo work came up. I cued up the video for "Just like Livin' in Paradise". Our four-year old kids watched Dave's antics on the screen closely.…

This was another of my favorites as a kid. I've been meaning to revisit it lately. Wondering if it still holds up?

I never put DLR-era VH down, even as a straightedge kid in the 90's. I will aways love that cheesy motherfucker Roth.

Van Halen-1984; 28 years. Stolen from a load of cassettes that an audiophile friend of my parents' dubbed for them. The B-Site was Billy Squier-Signs of Life. Loved "Jump" as an 8-year-old, but couldn't figure out why Dave wanted reach down between his legs… ease the car seat back…  in "Panama".

This makes me think of the Graceland scene in "This is Spinal Tap".

If we must be specific, take a look at the picture at the top of the article… who are the Simpsons so lovingly paying tribute to? There's your answer. The Beatles.

Agreed. I love the Simpsons probably more than any other TV show, but to say that it's the best thing that pop culture produced in the century in which all our modern musical forms from jazz to hip hop were entered their modern forms and movies with frickin' sound were invented… well, that's just kooky talk. Greatest…

Around the time it was announced that Disney bought Lucasfilm, a girl I know (a big consumer of sci-fi and fantasy novels) un-ironically said that she figured that Disney would "Disney-fy" Star Wars and make it all about absent parents. So I says to her, "Bitch, have you even SEEN Star Wars, or read ANY fantasy books…

I've always seen Maron in more of a Charlie Rose-type format (black backdrop) if he were to jump to TV. His lack of research usually works for me because I only know about half of his guests before the interview starts.

Those games were hard… and awesome. I remember drinking a case of Coors Banquets with Grand Moff Newman back in college and trying to get past Dagobah. Don't remember how that came out 'cept a case of ten centers…

YESSSS!