have you ever seen video of what neutral milk was like live?  they were amazing and loud and jumping into walls falling down chaotic glory.  the solo shows were nothing compared to a real neutral milk show. 

There was this terrible backlash to them that I think is still in effect in most quarters but the ep and record they made with that deal are AWESOME.

kill the 3 times bass expansion unit.

I agree completely.  I like all the earlier stuff but House is their best.  I love that record.

Yeah he's the other bass player.

I think it's worth pointing out that the wrong suspect was definitely named on the police scanner, along with date of birth and address.  My wife and I heard it with our own ears.  The missing student suspect I never heard named, and that seems to have been a rumour, but for several hours the police were definitely…

Oh yeah, (last one I promise, I just really love that movie) now that I read a little carefully that quote is totally wrong. 
 He says he's going to defecate on stage, douse it with lighter fluid and kick it out into the crowd, and the whole fields gonna go up in flames and then he's gonna get a shotgun and just do it…

Weeks and Weeks:
Whatever you think of Kim and Thurston, Steve Shelley is one of the sweetest guys in the world, and an awesome supporter of outsider artists.  He was very nice to a very annoying 15 year old me at Lollapalooza sidestage in the 90s.  He was on tour with Jad Fair in a band called Mosquito playing for 20…

I think it's worth pointing out that Thurston was obviously in character for that entire film.  It's one of my favorite movies ever made, and Thurston never says a logical sentence in the whole movie.  The particular quote above is from him bullshitting to a journalist who doesn't speak English.  Also worth pointing…

What if he was confused and feeling more than one thing, and told her so?  In my experience, that's usually how you feel when you fall in love with a new person while still having great love and respect for your current partner.  You genuinely care about the original partner and don't won't to hurt them, so you decide…

Funnily enough, I've made several friends after seeing that look in their eye when talking about the avclub lately.  In Chicago at least, people that read about pop culture on the net are generally aware of us.  When you find someone else who's on here constantly, it makes for a pretty easy skip from acquaintance to…

I once thought that, and then the red house painters went and made that one of my favorite songs ever.

That's a great analogy and that wild joy is why it's my favorite van Morrison moment ever.  And Danko's lead vocal turns in TLW are heartbreaking and amazing.  I feel like I've actually heard a lot of criticism of that movie, but the performances at least are pretty much unanimously great.  The obvious joy that people…

it's amazing that after they put down the bong they could record helter skelter.

I thought Captain America was great up until he became the Captain, and boring and forgettable after that.  Thor was the pleasant surprise for me.  I wasn't even interested and didn't watch it until it showed up on Netflix, but when I watched it I really enjoyed it.  Expectations are funny like that though.  I much…

ddt:  ???  I don't think I said what you think I said.

As these comments make explicitly clear, being a southerner is now something people have been made to feel ashamed of for at least my entire lifetime.  As a southerner who grew up despising any "southern pride" now that I've moved away I find it a much less clear area.  I am proud of the south.  There are many amazing…

Oldham.  Palace alone beats Smog (although I love smog too, and BC's pretty clearly the better writer) and Bonnie Prince Billy has been one hell of a shocking icing on the cake. 

Bully is his best work.  That's a great movie.

Did he mean it as a pejorative though?  I agree that I hate it when people use gay to mean bad or stupid, but I took this comment literally, as in, I used to masturbate to this until I realized it was actually a homoerotic fantasy and I'm straight.  I haven't seen the video in years though, so that may not make sense.