He hit a peak around this time last year: the weird interview antics, the rapport with Geoff, Secretariat doing cocaine… but since February this year he's started cleaning-up, getting rid of the most eccentric bits and apparently getting ready to transition from a free-form lateshow deconstruction to a lateshow…

I hope this is an inside joke, taking the cue from the criticism that "Lynyrd Skynyrd" list got. Otherwise, it's yet another lame inventory.

Perhaps with the exception of Neko Case, those two albums are indeed C-grade material.

It's kinda funny, but I don't think it's funny on purpose.

Oh yes, that guy IS a piece of work..

Wow, that The Guardian piece had some major, O'Neal-like level of snark.

…until it's run through your bowels.

Jimi Hendrix picked Noel Redding as his bass player because he had Bob Dylan's haircut -the guy actually was a guitar player/singer. I guess Janelle might be trying to keep the Electric Lady link active even in the interviews.

I can see how Wayne-Coyne-antic-heavy version of the band (from 2000 on) can make you hate them in retrospect, but this is a cool song.

I see more of a balding George Henry Thomas there, man.

I'm almost sure the single failed to find an audience at all. The NME is usually more into trendier stuff and Melody Maker was probably too busy raving about post-punk's first wave, to care about it. I may be mistaken, but that's how I see it.

The Escape

As it's often the case, Eno's right: "The electrician" still is one of pop's most deranged forays. I think Bowie's lackluster cover can easily atest to that.

Yup, "The Plan" is probably my favorite opening song of all time. It always gets me shaking when it kicks in. Damn, the album's first three songs are absolute perfection.

What a coincidence. I will see them play live tomorrow night, for the second time in five years. They're one of my favorite bands ever, I don't know how many times I listened to "There's nothing wrong with love" when I was in high school, but "Keep it like a secret" might be their definitive work.

Well, Bruce was a great songwriter from the get-go, though it took some time for him to find his sound, and arguably to overcome his writting influences and develop a voice of his own. Perhaps that explains covers from his earlier days sounding better than The Boss' originals. I haven't heard those you mention, though.

Absolutely, that's the film's redeeming moment. Though he breaks character there (both characters, in fact), very badly. It's a quite weird climatic moment for any movie. But as you say, it's Chaplin speaking his heart and mind with great passion, and that is very moving.

Oh, yes. Sorry. It's The Merchant of Venice.

I got your point, @avclub-4f8bc5ac1dc2b49434efe9e72f183de8:disqus

Oh my God, they've killed Kenny!