Visited family all day, came home, and read a little bit of Storm of Swords.  Glad to see there are now mammoth-riding yeti.  I also caught the end of Return of The King.  Man, orcs just fall to pieces when confronted by cavalry.  Earlier in the week  I watched The Three Burials of Melquides Estrada, which is now my…

Visited family all day, came home, and read a little bit of Storm of Swords.  Glad to see there are now mammoth-riding yeti.  I also caught the end of Return of The King.  Man, orcs just fall to pieces when confronted by cavalry.  Earlier in the week  I watched The Three Burials of Melquides Estrada, which is now my…

I've mostly been avoiding Facebook lately, but I logged in long enough to see that Newton Trutherism has begun (something about confused media reports. And the UN). It was fantastically asinine.

I've mostly been avoiding Facebook lately, but I logged in long enough to see that Newton Trutherism has begun (something about confused media reports. And the UN). It was fantastically asinine.

@avclub-98e4a83a5fd6ae9af9b82b3cc0bac2f0:disqus I'll have to use that at work sometime.

@avclub-98e4a83a5fd6ae9af9b82b3cc0bac2f0:disqus I'll have to use that at work sometime.

It's Blitz! is good, but I was hoping that they would dial back the slick disco stuff a bit.  James Murphy's involvement  suggests that's not likely though.  Song for song the Is Is EP is their best release in my opinion.

It's Blitz! is good, but I was hoping that they would dial back the slick disco stuff a bit.  James Murphy's involvement  suggests that's not likely though.  Song for song the Is Is EP is their best release in my opinion.

@avclub-e57f718840a576abbb40a7d046c4e3b0:disqus Southerner here, and yeah, if you repeatedly talk over me in a conversation I'll go home seething and resent you the rest of my life.  Didn't know that that was a regional thing.

@avclub-e57f718840a576abbb40a7d046c4e3b0:disqus Southerner here, and yeah, if you repeatedly talk over me in a conversation I'll go home seething and resent you the rest of my life.  Didn't know that that was a regional thing.

Not much this week.
TV/Movies:  Fringe, The Other Guys, A Christmas Story.
Spotify homework:  Pentagram, Diamond Head.
Books:  Started A Storm of Swords  and The Descent of Man.

Not much this week.
TV/Movies:  Fringe, The Other Guys, A Christmas Story.
Spotify homework:  Pentagram, Diamond Head.
Books:  Started A Storm of Swords  and The Descent of Man.

"Sitting on the park bench / Eyeing little girls with ill intent…"

"Sitting on the park bench / Eyeing little girls with ill intent…"

I was a little thrown off by the dig at "tepid garage rock."  Is there really a world of difference between The Men and Ty Segall?

I was a little thrown off by the dig at "tepid garage rock."  Is there really a world of difference between The Men and Ty Segall?

I will defend Saint Vitus because "Born Too Late" is the only song I can almost play on bass.

I will defend Saint Vitus because "Born Too Late" is the only song I can almost play on bass.

Just wanted to say thanks to the writers and commentors on this column for tuning me into some good music this year.  I've lost touch with most of the friends I used to talk metal with, so I've been relying on internet reviews to find new bands.  Some of my favorites have been bands that have been around forever that…

Just wanted to say thanks to the writers and commentors on this column for tuning me into some good music this year.  I've lost touch with most of the friends I used to talk metal with, so I've been relying on internet reviews to find new bands.  Some of my favorites have been bands that have been around forever that…