Dear Mike, don't Sail on, Sailor without Brian and the other original members.

Dear Mike, don't Sail on, Sailor without Brian and the other original members.

Random thoughts:

Random thoughts:

Did anyone else think of Billy Walsh editing "Medillin" in a Los Angeles warehouse with a Colombian crew after reading  "a photo of 65mm negative being spliced the old-fashioned way—with a pair of scissors, by a French girl"?  

"The bastard son of Sparks and Styx." I'm a fan of both bands (more of the former, obviously), but that combination sounds like something you could use to torture captured terrorists with.

I enjoyed the documentary, but when I heard Lipps croak out the lyrics to "Metal on Metal" at the Independent Spirit Awards, it made me rethink whether they really deserved all the artistic acclaim (similar to when I saw the actual David Helfgott play at the Academy Awards).

Pretty big Monkees fan, and even with Davy Jones' passing, I have no regrets missing their final reunion tour last year. I was glad to hear that they were performing the deep cuts and "Head" soundtrack, but at the end of the day, I'd rather watch their 1967-Rainbow-Room-and-tablecloth-wearing-antics on DVD or YouTube.…

The Plastic Beach tour was one of the best arena shows I saw in the last 5 years. It helped that they had all the featured guest artists on tour instead of sound-alike performers (and that the entire band performed in front of the video screen). Come to think of it, I was going to list De La Soul as a band I would…

Reason #756 to not renew my "Rolling Stone" subscription: Dave Marsh's review in the above article.

Back in 1996, I convinced my then-girlfriend to see "The Rock", thinking that it was Nicolas Cage's return to form after winning the Oscar for "Leaving Las Vegas". This is probably one of many reasons why we've avoided Facebooking each other twelve years later, despite having multiple mutual friends.

If you search for archived issues of "Rolling Stone" and "Spin" from late 1991, you'll see negative reviews of "BSSM". Also, the album was descending the charts by early 1992 until "Under the Bridge" was chosen as the second single. Keep in mind that the Chilis had just signed a then-impressive $8 million dollar…

The fall of 1984, when I purchased a cassette of "Waking Up With the House on Fire" by Culture Club. Talk about phoning it in (and Boy George's clown-red curly-haired 'do didn't work for me - yeah, I know…)

From the IMDb Trivia page for "S&N":

You sure you aren't thinking of Live's "Mental Jewelry" disc? It hit big in early '92, and definitely had an early REM feel to it.

Thirded. That's why they didn't participate in "24 Hour Party People".

The remake of "3:10 to Yuma" (haven't seen the original). I wish it hadn't ended that way, but would a happy/morally ambiguous resolution (Bale and Crowe become partners) be any better?

Jackyl, anyone? I guess even during the peak of the Alternative Nation '90s, people were longing for the days of Ted Nugent.

@Bill_M - I remember the "AP"/MTV special. It was an homage to "Playboy After Dark" and those "cocktail party" sketches from "Laugh-In". Hilarious.

Stu Beggs
I started watching "Californication" again because of Mr. Tobolowsky, and he definitely adds depth, sympathy, and character to what could have been a pretty broad role. Also, when I get rich, I want a "Being There" pool.