Reveal is underrated, there are some great songs there. It's a shame there is no love for "I'll Take the Rain" from that record. It really is gorgeous.

Magic
For me, it was the Anthony Hopkins movie "Magic". The thought of a ventriloquist's doll coming to life gave me the creeps. I was eight and had a ventriloquist's doll. I had nightmares every night for about a week. Finally, in my dream, I ripped the head off of the doll. Never had another bad dream about it…

David Foster Wallace! I'm flattered, but then again, there ain't no fuckin' way.

Sure, I'll play.

Do we have a football stadium?

the best LT cartoon
is Duck Amuck. Six minutes of pure insanity.

Thirteen
Love some TF. "Thirteen" has six acoustic bonus tracks at the end of it that are fantastic.

Begetting a nation of scholars? Not hardly. I mean, come on. He endorses a book and suddenly he is making the world a more enlightened place? The fact is that Beck also preaches that home schooling is the answer to our education problems. And while a few home schooled children receive a quality education, many…