Kumail is funny, but this bit is lazy. Listen to this more than once and it's clearly life affirming. Modern day gospel classic:

He uses the same themes no more or less than any other auteur. Woody Allen, PT Anderson, Quentin Tarantino. Any director who writes all of his films is going to revisit themes, style, etc.

The description of this makes me think of the novel CITIZEN VINCE:

The description of this makes me think of the novel CITIZEN VINCE:

Yes, it is funny, strange, packed with pleasing details. The mix of deadpan humor and old timey adventure reminded me of Buster Keaton more than anything else.

Yes, it is funny, strange, packed with pleasing details. The mix of deadpan humor and old timey adventure reminded me of Buster Keaton more than anything else.

That's the version from a club date in 2001. Seattle, I think.

Reveal is never the first disc I reach for, but when I step back . . . The Lifting, All The Way To Reno, I've Been High, Imitation of Life are all very good songs.

Electrolite sounds like a classic Wilco song that came out before Wilco was really Wilco, you know?

I love Low Desert and Undertow - two of my faves. Low Desert sounds like something that might literally be on Exile on Mainstreet. And, I think Bittersweet Me is the song that sounds like REM by numbers. Kind of like Hollow Man from Accelerate - pleasant, generic REM.