Heavier than Heaven by Charles Cross, I thought, was a great read. Supposedly had complete access but certainly an interesting take on Cobain's struggles and successes.

Perhaps many of us as the viewer, if not most, just have a sense for when filmmakers try too hard. Difficult to explain exactly what that includes, could be many tropes, cliches, cute moments, etc… but I feel it when I see it.

Just caught up with the Blu-Rays. I did not realize they were cannibals, not sure where that was given but seems like it could go that way. Also, my wife and I were like, "Yeah!" when Rick said, "They're FUCKING with the wrong people." I figured AMC broadcasted it that way, guess not. Lucky me.

Vago, man, that's the coolest way to get an autograph I've ever heard: not having to ask, especially from Reed.

I was thinking the same thing. I consider myself a major Pearl Jam fan and I've only seen them 11 times. If you're paying for at least half of those shows, you're a big fan. Embrace it.

I hear you but I have to believe the writer was pleased to have his script go into production and the director most likely enjoys making films. If casting these guys, shooting wherever for a tax deal, is the only way to get it made, I can't fault them for that. Therefore, it deserves to exist. On the other hand if…

Can we drop the tax-incentive mentions in reviews? Who gives a shit? If they made a film for a thousand dollars or one-hundred million, can't it be taken at face value and reviewed for what it is on the screen, not how it was made? This is like the old "so and so is clearly the only one having fun in the film…"…

I'm going with this one. I thought he'd never top Boogie Nights and I certainly would have never held it against him but There Will Be Blood is the best film of the 21st century… so far.

Giving into the album's plastic-pop aesthetic, if you can, reveals an enjoyable album. Las Palabras De Amor is an excellent song. Put Out the Fire and Cool Cat are good as well. I see the others as okay but I still see the album as a more cohesive work than some of their others.

1 A Night at the Opera
2 Jazz
3 Queen II
4 Queen
5 The Game
6 News of the World
(6.5 Mr. Bad Guy)
7 A Day at the Races
8 Shear Heart Attack
9 The Works
10 Hot Space
11 Innuendo
12 A Kind of Magic
13 The Miracle
14 Made In Heaven

I'm a Jazz guy too, if I had to choose. Probably because of the Don't Stop Me Now vid, just the perfect idea of a rock band and they all looked great, especially Mercury's leather style that came after the long hair with bangs (not the greatest look, 70's guys) but before the wife-beater, mustache ensemble.

Well, I don't mind that May and Taylor have carried on. It did seem to come about naturally with Rogers, it's not like they held auditions after Mercury died. And making a musical from their catalogue seemed like a no-brainer. I was more than glad to be able to see May and Taylor do what they do best in MI back in…

So loud, so very loud… but I had NEVER heard an album like that before. I was blown away. Since hearing Bowie's mix, much of the album sounds neutered by comparison. I'll take Pop's version for "Gimme Danger" alone though I shuffle through both all the time.

I think they feel a responsibility to say something worthwhile with this opportunity to speak to the masses. Tragedies (for lack of a better term) tend to make artists reflect on their own work and to put it into perspective and people like Rollins maybe often wonder if what they do with their life matters at all. I…

Same with Tracy on 30 Rock. I still laughed a lot with him in the later seasons but he really became an idiot… around the time he gained weight. I don't know, did they not envision his character as the cool, ridiculous movie star anymore, the way he started the show? Or was this a natural progression after his…

I still have the Viper electric racing track stored away in it's original box in my attic. I take it down every five years or so, works like a charm. I sometimes miss that burnt smell when a strand of hair gets caught in the little spinning motor…

"What do you want in life?"
"To be free."
"Simple."
"…No."

Whenever one of The Monkees would turn around and find another standing close behind him and they both jump. Sometimes all four would be in on the jump too. Never not funny to me.

I would much rather prefer this. I mean, O'Connell starts out by saying, "Besides the obvious…" which is so shitty, really. I think the writer should defend the hell out of the song chosen, really push the hater to say something unique and thought provoking. My feeling after each of these articles: "Yeah? And what…

Hell with that. They were fantastic live this century, both with Ron and with James. If anything it's best they ended with Ready to Die as opposed to The Weirdness.