I found it a bit sad because McCartney has always seemed ageless. I saw him in France a few years back and it was just tremendous. This was the first time I've heard his voice sound shot ….

I am also a scientist and I applaud them for the same reasons: they are a rare oasis of empirical thinking. They are skeptical of everything and careful about their assumptions. Yeah, they do occasionally do something silly because its visually appealing, but that's the nature of the medium, I guess.

There is some source to it. There is some stuff in the appendices. Gandalf leaves in the middle of the Hobbit for a bit without saying why (so the hobbits could be in trouble obviously). Then, when he wrote the trilogy he decided to explain it and they wrote that the White Council threw Sauron out of his tower in the…

I am working a lot right now and have watched very little TV, so, I didn't see any of the ads. From my point of view, I heard the title and thought it sounded stupid and didn't investigate any further. I saw TV club was doing it and thought, "Hmmm … maybe it's interesting," but the title just never made me interested…

Holy fuck …. I forgot how bad London Bridge was. jesus.

Fuck but I love you guys.

Alexander was famous for that behavior, but the Popes after him were not near as bad. And, it seems a lot of the speculation arose from political opponents and may or may not be true. The fact that the Borgias were Spanish led to a lot of rumor, as did the fact that Lucrezia was ferociously independent at a time when…

I don't know if I am proud or deeply ashamed that I understand everything in this thread.

As everyone has always noted, these things evolve and change. It makes sense to fight them while they are ongoing, but, at a certain point, the battle is lost. For instance, my pet peeve is "conversate" as in "let me conversate with you." Its creeping more and more into everyday usage and becoming more acceptable. Its…

I don't watch Idol, but I saw her sing blow Ann Wilson off the stage singing "Baracuda" and I saw her tear up "Gimme Shelter" with U2 and Jagger and the woman can flat-out sing.

I ate at a place in Beijing (famous and expensive actually) called "Da Dong."

Sean
"The Post Office." Well done, sir.

It's about branding and building a buzz. How many people know who Third Man is or what they do? Sure, we care but who knows over at ew.com (if that's their address)? Look, the entire business is broken and you have to do what you can to get by. I photograph musicians and out of the 200 or so I've shot, none huge but a…

Edgewise and Cheddar both hit it on the head. Jack - whom I quite like - is trying to have it both ways. They are limiting the release numbers to make it a collectors item and so fans can feel like they have something cool and rare, so they can possess "hip insideryness." The fact that MP3 are dead and lifeless has…

Jorge FTW

This whole thread is predicated on thinking you know something about Bristol from this show. These things are as scripted as any soap opera. They look for a plot in what happens, look for character traits they want to emphasize, and then suggest away to the performers and emphasize them in the editing. I tend to agree…

And, that is what I like about this show. I don't watch it a lot, but I enjoy watching someone like Emmit Smith learn to dance. It kinda feels like cheating when they have someone like Nicole Scherzinger or that guy from the Boy Band on. I mean, aren't they professional dancers? They sure as hell aren't singers. Yes,…

I imagine that this is in preparation for other things. I don't think it should be seen in isolation like "let's just put our movies on youtube." The physical distribution of movies will cease in a decade or so and this is all part of the dance to see who gets the biggest pieces of a huge pie. This will make sense…

Do not repeat that word ever. Nip that shit in the bud.

You didn't make a caveat or detraction, HDB. You called the Beatles "the most overrated band ever." A Caveat is, while the White Album is tremendously influential and chock full of great songs, Revolution Nine was just John with his head up his ass."