Your inclusion of Nick's pretentious film from "The Big Picture" reminded me of one of my favorite fictional works of art: His pal Lydia's student film "Afterbirth of a Notion." It was actually made by actress Jennifer Jason Leigh and has the sort of wacky energy that would've been completely foreign to a cinema snob…

Your inclusion of Nick's pretentious film from "The Big Picture" reminded me of one of my favorite fictional works of art: His pal Lydia's student film "Afterbirth of a Notion." It was actually made by actress Jennifer Jason Leigh and has the sort of wacky energy that would've been completely foreign to a cinema snob…

There's only one that I can think of: Who was the vampire with a soul mentioned in the Shanshu Prophecy - Angel or Spike?

"I'm Angry" by Fred Rogers

Yeah, this one came to my mind as well. Joss Whedon was informed about the show's cancellation early enough that he was able to end the series however he liked, and he still chose the ambiguous "Who will live, who will die, and will they emerge victorious?" closer. For loyal fans, the resolution of the Shanshu…

Don't know if anyone mentioned the Brothers Quay inspired sequence in Tarsem Singh's "The Fall," but I just did.

Here's one by Sixties garage punk band Public Nuisance that has a pretty good snare drum intro courtesy of Ron McMaster. The song as a whole is dominated by David Houston's awesome guitarwork, but the simple 1-2-3-4 kickoff gets things off to a great start. McMaster put more work into the drum intro for "Now I Think,"…

Another thing about Lily that's hot: She really wants to get it on with Robin!

Ted Mosby was the character I expected to be mentioned before reading this, but I'm in total agreement about Dawson Leery being the most unlikeable and least interesting person on "Dawson's Creek." He always seemed smug as hell with no real angst, and the fact that he idolized Spielberg as he dreamed of becoming a…

There's a band in Sacramento called The Brodys that's like that for me. I'm not really into their music like I am for other local bands like Knock Knock and Baby Grand, but when it comes to the "Concerts in the Park" series that we have here every summer, they put on the absolute BEST show. They've been doing it…

What about "Before Sunrise" and "Before Sunset"? Granted, the second film resolved the two principal questions left hanging by the end of the first: Did Jesse and Celine have sex during their night together in Vienna, and did they meet back at the station six months later as they had promised to? But there was a…

So you guys missed Agent Ribbons, eh? Looks like you fucked up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz9…

What the hell?! I came back here to see if anyone had checked out those Agent Ribbons videos I posted and perhaps expressed an opinion about them only to discover that my posting was deleted! I don't get it . . . it was totally relevant to the discussion. I'm not a member of the band (obviously); I'm not their agent…

See, this is what's really cool about "Saturday Night Live." Every once in a while you'd have an amazing act like The Replacements perform on there even though they weren't household names. Just think of all the truly great bands and musicians that have appeared on the show over the years and you've got a pretty…

Oh, and what about Randy Newman's "Political Science"? (http://www.youtube.com/watc… I assume someone mentioned that one several years ago, but it seems like too obvious a choice to exclude.

Coming to this party really late, but here's a great example of this from my favorite current band, Agent Ribbons: http://www.youtube.com/watc…. "Obituary" features a gal who's looking for love from beyond the grave after an apparent collision with the sun has left most of the Earth's population dead.

I couldn't agree more! Here's a column I wrote for this month's issue of a local magazine: http://www.midtownmonthly.n…

There's actually PLENTY of great Christmas music! if you're willing to look for it.  Check out my recent column in Sacramento's Midtown Monthly:

I'm surprised that the disappearance of Richie's older brother Chuck from "Happy Days" didn't make the list or wasn't mentioned in the forum. Perhaps because it's too obvious an example?