Ryan, thank you for writing such a naked, profoundly personal and elegiac piece — you nailed the essential anchoring depth of Cohen's music and impact on so many. And, yep, "Songs of Love and Hate" is my go-to Cohen album — and it always will be.

Ryan, thank you for writing such a naked, profoundly personal and elegiac piece — you nailed the essential anchoring depth of Cohen's music and impact on so many. And, yep, "Songs of Love and Hate" is my go-to Cohen album — and it always will be.

I dunno — I saw both Blade Runner and The Thing at the theater (yeah, I'm old), along with pretty much my entire social clique (except for the squeamish ones). And both films were highly regarded by us then.

Uh, Skinny Puppy isn't very goddamned jangly…

Crass already did it - "Merry Crassmas," a 7" back in '81. Cheesy synth versions of Crass songs.

Whoa, goddammit - no love for My Idea of Fun? Any novel that kicks off with the protagonist fucking the throat hole of the hobo he's just decapitated demands a little more fondness and affection from its readers… Plus, that's not the most disgusting sequence in the book.

unmitigated
I should note that I turned 49 this year and that I have no fucking Styx, Foreigner and Kansas CDs or vinyl in my collection — and never will (again — dumped all that junk by '81)…

Mmm — this makes me want a nice hot cup of Constant Comment…

Oops - make that @binkey…

@ blinky: "Round Midnight" — with a Thelonious Monk writing credit.

Throbbing muhfuggin' Gristle!
Holy shit.

"I'd love to have just the music from "The Gift," too. "