Monsters? Getting together to celebrate? Think of how that sounds…it's ridiculous! I mean, if they get together it's going to be a terrifying battle!  They're not going to get along, much less have a bash of some kind…

Totally. They do a silent movie series in Seattle each summer of 4, 5 weeks showing films from a silent movie star (Keaton, Chaplin, Harold Lloyd) with a Wurlitzer organ as accompaniment.

As does Gremlins.

The Adventures of Tintin opened strong internationally, a full two months before it opens in the States.  I'll get to see it here in Saigon the week after next.

@avclub-e53fc2424af041d07a7eef5cd8773505:disqus , after reading your other posts on this article I'll agree with you on the eating disorder interpretation and that Shutter Island is good but I have to distance myself from your other opinions on Drag Me To Hell, George Romero and when it's best to use the Holocaust to…

@avclub-e53fc2424af041d07a7eef5cd8773505:disqus , I am all about DMTH being about Christine's eating disorder.

Anyone interested should watch the documentary Sonicsgate online.  It's played some festivals and some theaters in Seattle but I don't think that it can get a legit release without the approval of the NBA, which it won't get (spoiler: it criticizes David Stern) but it can play online for educational purposes.  You can…

Actually, I do quite like it.

I saw the "classic" lineup this summer at Sasquatch.  They were great.

Yea, this sounds Dawesome!

A good point made in the Gateway to Geekery; Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers, & Bastards makes for a good entry point to dive into Tom Waits.  It covers about all the styles that he will try on and bunches them up stylistically so it's easy to head towards your favorite or what you're in the mood for.

I'd say @avclub-6512bd43d9caa6e02c990b0a82652dca:disqus is about right about the bonus tracks although I dig all the Waits'y similes in 'After You Die'.

I think it's before the expiration date…oh wait, now I'm dead.

I only knew Waits by reputation and hearing bits off of Closing Time, but while I was in high school I went right out and got Mule Variations and Rain Dogs after I saw this on TV:

Urban legend holds that those are Elvira's tits on the cover of Small Change.

Jealousy achieved.  Happy Boognish Ween!

When You're Reminded of Great Songs in Surprising Places

I can dig it.

Ahh….well then, I agree with you!

That's not a bad point @avclub-8960b60364cfbb5ea071c2507704fb2a:disqus . Not to be an apologist, but I feel like a lot of the misogynistic bits are there on "purpose" - rampant misogyny is as much a part of blaxploitation movies as crazy big hats are.  I think that in Black Dynamite it's played for contrast that our…