Damn, I saw them Downstairs on this tour and the place was packed. I can't even imagine seeing them in the tiny room upstairs.

It's a totally outrageous paradigm.

You're thinking of Boston. Or is it Kansas? Chicago, maybe?

Definitely a Top 5 character for me too. It's always bummed me out that Dhavernas wasn't in more American stuff because she was just perfect in that role.

They're Scottish so the word would probably be haggis or plaid.

But we never found out if Koko B. Ware and his parrot really loved each other or if it was just for the cameras.

Thank you veddy much.

Is she funny or something?

In A Big Country would like a word.

This show's been on so long I remember when episode discussions were done in the comments of Constantine recaps.

Did DFW actually interview him? The famous essay from Supposedly Fun Thing takes pains to mention that Wallace didn't actually want to talk to him by preferred to simply observe the artist in his world. And also that Balthazar Getty is a dick.

"What's the name of that crazy dude with the gas tank?"
"Repuda!"

That, I did not know. Huh.

Every time I see Glynn Turman in something, I say "Hey, it's the guy from Cooley High!" where my wife says "Hey, it's the guy from A Different World!". How we make it work is beyond me.

Yeah, but the version I read had an item by item breakdown with a reader and that's where Bill really went off the rails for me.

Yeah, I met him after a Mekons show a couple years ago and he could not have been nicer.

I was hoping for a Jon Langford mention but, in my defense, I'm pretty much hoping for a Jon Langford mention in every article about any subject.

It's a pretty front-loaded album but damn that front end is full of great songs.

Bill lost me years ago when he did a top 100 moments in rock piece and it was one of the more irritatingly pretentious things I've ever read.

I was hoping for the Pulsars. Kinda surprised there wasn't a mention of Dave Trumfio anywhere in the piece. I seem to remember him being pretty ubiquitous back in the day.