V and U were the same letter in Latin. The French call it double-V.

V and U were the same letter in Latin. The French call it double-V.

Better song that kind of sounds like "Heart of Glass":  "Heartbeats" or "Sprawl II"?

Better song that kind of sounds like "Heart of Glass":  "Heartbeats" or "Sprawl II"?

I posted my album list before I saw the dedicated thread, so I'll rank concerts here:

I posted my album list before I saw the dedicated thread, so I'll rank concerts here:

Yeah, Oceana.  It's easy to overlook that late-period Pumpkins have been pretty damn good.

Yeah, Oceana.  It's easy to overlook that late-period Pumpkins have been pretty damn good.

Castle Talk.

Castle Talk.

Grimes doesn't do much for me, but I liked the U.S. Girls's record that kind of operates in the same niche.

Grimes doesn't do much for me, but I liked the U.S. Girls's record that kind of operates in the same niche.

Pretty good list, although Screaming Females' Ugly was the Albini-produced record that deserved all the attention Cloud Nothings received.  My list is more top-heavy with metal than in previous years, but that's where my interest has been lately.  I'll check out the Van Etten album soon.  I didn't catch as many…

Pretty good list, although Screaming Females' Ugly was the Albini-produced record that deserved all the attention Cloud Nothings received.  My list is more top-heavy with metal than in previous years, but that's where my interest has been lately.  I'll check out the Van Etten album soon.  I didn't catch as many…

@avclub-776e9111d31a090979dd9fc5f382651c:disqus   In my experience, they consider themselves Southerners, but people in The South don't really count them.  Not sure about Kentucky, but I usually define the region by the geographic range of kudzu.

@avclub-776e9111d31a090979dd9fc5f382651c:disqus   In my experience, they consider themselves Southerners, but people in The South don't really count them.  Not sure about Kentucky, but I usually define the region by the geographic range of kudzu.

Can this be much worse than the half-dozen documentaries on Netflix about Jescoe White and his family?

Can this be much worse than the half-dozen documentaries on Netflix about Jescoe White and his family?

Good episode, but I didn't buy Dennis's "Live in reality" act after he spent all of the last episode "getting off" on invented identities.  Of course he came around by the end.

Good episode, but I didn't buy Dennis's "Live in reality" act after he spent all of the last episode "getting off" on invented identities.  Of course he came around by the end.