Yup. I also dig how the Byers' house is designed to look a lot like the Evil Dead cabin, right down to the swing on the front porch. They even cribbed some of Raimi's camera angles while shooting the exteriors.

Along with The Beatles and the Stones, Prince was one of the first names upon which I ever learned to pin a musical identity. This is largely because my mother and aunt were both obsessed with him in the early 80’s. The Purple Rain soundtrack played constantly in the house, the living room walls covered in posters and…

Wow, this makes me incredibly sad. I met Sergio at a MAD exhibit when I was a teenager (twenty years ago, granted), and the line to meet him was all the way around the building. Met Al Jaffee at the same event. Both men couldn't have been nicer. I'll stick with that memory.

Yeah, Friday was the first night. I was there, too. I think besides Bonnaroo, it was the first outdoor show of the tour, so their gear wasn't really ready for the fog and cold that hit the venue that night. I remember Thom threw quite a few hissy fits on stage because he was having trouble with his stage monitors.

Did you go the first night in Berkeley, or the second night?

Yeah, they've got some ways to go as a live band. I've seen them a couple times now, in the Bay Area and London, and both times it was solid, but nothing special. Mayberry's voice tends to go flat, and while she's added some stage moves to her repertoire, they feel really forced and self-conscious. On the positive…

I hear that he and his band have sold their turntables and bought guitars.

I heart Whang

Yup. Should only happen for a pennant or WS clinch.

You can pretty much say that for all Cubs fans right now… and the players, too. I'd love to see the team finally get its championship, but the way they stormed the field in Pittsburgh, like they'd just won it all or some shit, was straight tacky. You won a fuckin' Wild Card playoff game, that's it. Just relax, enjoy…

Love Jonze as well - he's made some great movies - but C.J. made what I would argue are some of the best short cartoons ever, in addition to contributing to many features. American animation would not be what it is today without his influence.

Chuck Jones over Spike Jonze for me. (If they can include Maya Deren, Jones deserves a spot as well.)

Not a crew member; it was Byron Kennedy, who produced the first two Mad Max films with Miller. (Hence the "Kennedy Miller Productions" banner.) He died in a helicopter crash unrelated to the film's production.

I doubt he's into manboobs. That said, I think he did end up signing the chest of some dude who was further back in line. So maybe I just set the table for better stories.

I don't consider myself much of an autograph hound, but after thinking back, it seems I have a few:

I'm probably pretty alone in finding "Used Cars" to be my favorite track. It's certainly not the catchiest or heaviest, but I do think it's the most sharply observed; it's the one song on the record that actually feels like a real experience, rather than a movie of said experience. And it's pretty hard to hear the…

Good one.

Robyn Hitchcock - "Gene Hackman"

He was also regularly banging late 70's-early 80's era Tina Weymouth.  A dork could do far worse.

"What was that?  You want an exhaustive re-release package for Blood on the Tracks?  You want rare studio outtakes and book-long liner notes for Bringing It All Back Home?  Well, fuck you, here's some Self Portrait up your ass!"
Gotta love Bob.