Made sure to watch all of them in the original Japanese with English subtitles.

Pretty sure I've listened to it before, but maybe I'll give it another shot.

Pretty sure I've listened to it before, but maybe I'll give it another shot.

@avclub-985d212e6afdce1ea7dc206c8d1963a1:disqus Yeah, 2010's "My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky" is how I got into Swans.  Went backwards from there.  That may still be my favorite, but I also really like a number of the mid-to-late records like "White Light From the Mouth of Infinity", "Love of Life" and…

@avclub-985d212e6afdce1ea7dc206c8d1963a1:disqus Yeah, 2010's "My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky" is how I got into Swans.  Went backwards from there.  That may still be my favorite, but I also really like a number of the mid-to-late records like "White Light From the Mouth of Infinity", "Love of Life" and…

Obviously not.  :)

Obviously not.  :)

Finally watched Laputa: Castle in the Sky, which means I've now seen every movie Miyazaki has directed.  Really liked the story (and the whole WWI-ish era steam punk vibe it had going).  Not sure where I would rank it amongst the others though.

Finally watched Laputa: Castle in the Sky, which means I've now seen every movie Miyazaki has directed.  Really liked the story (and the whole WWI-ish era steam punk vibe it had going).  Not sure where I would rank it amongst the others though.

Merriweather was okay but over-hyped.  This sounds like garbage.

Merriweather was okay but over-hyped.  This sounds like garbage.

@avclub-6b4a9e228208a5008088d8ad6e1b3dd7:disqus That was very well said.  Kudos!

@avclub-6b4a9e228208a5008088d8ad6e1b3dd7:disqus That was very well said.  Kudos!

@avclub-b3d6e130a30b176f2ca5af7d1e73953f:disqus There are plenty of bands that do this now.  I can't vouch for how many did at the time that Metallica started, but it's not uncommon at all.

@avclub-b3d6e130a30b176f2ca5af7d1e73953f:disqus There are plenty of bands that do this now.  I can't vouch for how many did at the time that Metallica started, but it's not uncommon at all.

@avclub-734ffb84cfa214922893511fae356b45:disqus  Hey, I had to read "The Tyranny of Printers" in college too!  Except I didn't, so thanks for filling me in on what I missed.  Although, where were you 8 years ago when I really needed you?!

@avclub-734ffb84cfa214922893511fae356b45:disqus  Hey, I had to read "The Tyranny of Printers" in college too!  Except I didn't, so thanks for filling me in on what I missed.  Although, where were you 8 years ago when I really needed you?!

@avclub-f2b8727790a06625a327ab625d4ca211:disqus Yeah, that should have read "late eighteenth and early nineteenth".  My typo there.

@avclub-f2b8727790a06625a327ab625d4ca211:disqus Yeah, that should have read "late eighteenth and early nineteenth".  My typo there.

Like, you said, southeastern Ohio is basically west-West Virginia.  That's Appalachian, not Southern.