John did good on his own as well. (Although I think McCartney's solo albums have aged better, particularly in their production and sound.) The John half of Double Fantasy is solid, and Imagine is a great album, whatever you think of the title track.

Yeah. Again, I think that's because writers love a good story. Dylan, who for a while seemed as if he might be completely burned out, gave them a perfect come-back story. Paul has just chugged along, regularly turning out albums with catchy hooks, a few great songs, and a few annoying songs.

Yeah, I've only spent the morning with it, but based on my first impression, this album sounds like it has more strong songs than any of his albums have in years.

I was talking about Dylan's last decade or so of albums. I think he reinvented himself around Love and Theft as a dark, funny, wizened old weirdo. The best songs on Tempest are full of great lines, they sound dark and violent and funny, and his delivery is great. There are some songs on Tempest that never really take…

He also hasn't adopted an elder statesman role like Johnny Cash, or an eccentric genius role like Bob Dylan. He still wants to write catchy pop songs and play loud.

Pretty sure it's Brabra.

It's true. I like to give Dan the benefit of the doubt, because he can clearly put together an interesting, complete missive when he works at it, but off the cuff he is hard to understand.

Pronunciation is one of the way we present ourselves to other people. Code-switching is important and necessary for people who move between cultural groups in their day-to-day lives. You need to know when it will help you to talk like an anchorman and when it will hurt you.

I agree. That's a perfect capper to a nearly perfect show. I'm sad that we didn't get more, but they never could have kept it so nice and tight if they had more seasons.

That housecat does not play by the rules!

Like they said on a podcast that I can't remember, he's a huge dick, and he's from Canada! Imagine how much worse he would be if he was from Long Island.

Yeah - especially because he had a few years head start on the people we all think of as his New York peers. Any time you hear an interview with Dylan or Phil Ochs or any of those 60s New York guys, they always talk about Van Ronk like he was their boss.

I'm hoping that it sparks more interest in loud, gravelly, intense folk music - especially because Dave Van Ronk, the apparent inspiration for the movie, is the loudest, gravelliest, most intense of 60s folk revival crew.

And was once a member of the Holy Modal Rounders!

Looking forward to the avclub's next regular feature, "Movies We Saw Half of on TV a Few Years Ago."

Hello, new ringtone.

Yeah, if you're ever an audience member who gets called on at a show, your job is to be the straight man or woman.

@avclub-e14267dedd4e1d0cc0093bc13643fd59:disqus For me, it's the "oh JESUS CHRRRRRRIST" with a rolling "r" from The Wicker Man.

@avclub-989ca0fe3ec0682c7349593ff5feb4a4:disqus Exactly. King's stories may or may not come together, but his characters are always rock-solid. They're interesting, and you always understand them even if you don't agree with them.

That would be great.