I adore "Singin' in the Rain" but in my opinion the all-time greatest musical, which is also the all-time greatest movie musical, is "The Music Man." FUCK I love that show. I love Robert Preston as a person for his performance in it—just thinking about it makes me happy. Wow, I have GOT to go to bed.

I love Elvis as a singer, too—I try not to be a honky any more than I can help it, and lord knows I love all the musicians from whom he allegedly stole, but damn. If you like to sing and try to keep up with Elvis, you've gotta appreciate what the man could do. I can either put in about 50% of the expression he…

Right on, Riff. Her books are immensely readable and chock full of subtle, delightful moments that are fairly easy to catch and also easy to miss if you don't give her a chance. Some neat genre humor, too, especially in "Northanger Abbey" which does a take on romances, then gothic novels, and others I can't remember…

Aaaaahahaha!

That was a brilliant combination of comment and avatar.

I get my feminist hackles up a tad when d-bags dismiss certain country artists because so many women in country have been so very cool and funny and entertaining in a way you don't see as often in other genres. I LOVE Dolly for one, but man, Loretta Lynn? That woman can write some clever lyrics. It's late and I…

I have no words, really, when people can't be bothered with this movie and there are SO MANY that make that statement like it's a trophy worth carrying around. It's very funny, very well-paced, chock full of heart in ways that are both sweet and dark. Next to the incredible gift that is JS's performance, you've got…

That answer was excellent and not flippant.

When a Bowie song's on, even one I'm not necessarily real big on, I kind of feel like he's singing to me, his secret cool friend who gets him. Doesn't every Bowie fan get that "we understand what's great and someday the world will, too" feeling?

I've heard "Yakkity Yak" too many times in my life to really hear it anymore, but the line "you tell your hoodlum friends outside/you ain't got time to take a ride" makes me laugh every time.

Um, Raucous? Your story's adorable.

Alcing—yurrite.

Hartman: now THERE'S a sacred cow. I wonder if I've ever heard anyone badmouth that guy.

I have a good friend who "doesn't like movies." Something to do with her mom being in terrible health and only able to watch movies all day, and how that depresses my friend and makes her want to spend her time in other ways. I respect my friend a lot, but I think that's an excuse in a way—she grew up not watching a…

El Crab, Anchorman's a GOOD one. I haven't talked to a lot of people who are neutral about the spirit of that movie—it's kind of yay or nay. I'm in the yay camp—I'm not one for dog reaction shots or some of the other gags they use, but I find the general conceit and feel of that movie to be a lot of fun. I can…

The ability to burn DVDs and CDs may have made some this theft less necessary. I have a ton of shit burned off a really annoying old friend by his roommate who'd been left with a bunch of his bills to pay or something. Not a big violation but we did go through all of his shit and take what we wanted without…

Ha!

I echo TomWaits—well, I can't really reproduce his voice but you get the idea.

mbs, there are tons of fans—no one can find you without knowing your name, hence the value of coming out as your screen name on that particular discussion board. I'm just sayin'.

Lot of comic potential there, Corlow (Harley? That sounds tougher).