I work with a guy whose last name is Putz. It's even on his vanity license plate.

I know a guy in Tuscaloosa, Alabama who solemny swears that he met Bocephus in a parking lot, and then Bocephus tried to sell him AK-47s out of the back of his truck.

As a native Montgomerian, I've always been seriously creeped out by that car, and the fact that they keep it in the middle of his museum.

I'm offended by those fucking Slim Quick comercials, or whatever it is - the "weight loss for women" stuff. They're always cartoons of a skinny guy and his fat wife going "Oh my husband can lose weight but I'm such a fatass blah blah blah". Then she stuffs her face with food and gets crumbs all over herself.

I used to have this realllly creepy Lisa Frank folder with a cat as a bride and a dog as the groom. I guess they were about to get married. WTF, 7 year old me? Why did I make my parents buy that?

Yes! And then he was reincarnated as Turkatron! Actually I can't remember who came first.

Bucky's not going to "get back with us on the 'wimpiness' factor" because he doesn't want to admit that he doesn't know what he's talking about.

Robert Denby, to be fair, Lou Reed didn't need the procedure and I'm sure his feelings about having the procedure forced upon him for such a trivial reason ("homosexual feelings") probably didn't make him a nicer person in the long run. I'd be pretty fucking pissed off too, if I were him. Also, the procedure was a…

Fidel, I totally believe that Winnipeg is a miserable place to live, I just take issue with the whole "Americans complaining about the weather" comment. A lot of people have to deal with horrible climate situations based on where they live, and it's kind of silly to assume that Americans never have any problems with…

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I fucking dare you to watch Tyrone Prothro get his leg snapped in two and still consider American football to be wimpy. Be warned, the video is sickening.

"Their early stuff is untouchable"? I'm assuming you haven't heard Pablo Honey in its entirety. OK Computer doesn't quite qualify as their "early stuff" seeing as how it was their third full length album. Their realy "early stuff" is a little bland and poppy, and this is coming from a huge Radiohead fan.

While my fiance certainly wouldn't call it "a magic wand" to use Dick Cavett's words, it was a horrible horrible procedure for him but effective nonetheless. He regrets it in some ways because he lost so much of his memory and is still suffering aftereffects five years later, but it helped his severe OCD that had…

Robert Denby, are you saying the Lou Reed's personality is like that because he had electroconvulsive therapy? I sure hope you don't believe that, because that's pretty ignorant and offensive. My fiance had the exact same procedure, and it didn't turn him into a "deeply silly, infuriatingly self-important man with a…

Fidel Astro, ever spent the day delivering food when it was 100 degrees outside and maybe 120 inside your car, but the overbearing humidity and stagnant air made it feel even hotter than that, to the point where you started to lose your sanity/ feel like you were going to faint? Canadians (and people from the…

I love Rimsky-Korsakov beyond all descriptions of words.

How did you feel about starring in the most terrifying and traumatizing kids' movie of all time? Are you still scared of evil firefighter clowns?

Dr Strangelovecraft, I love Tom Waits but his earlier stuff still hasn't "clicked" for me. My favorites are Blood Money, Frank's Wild Years, and Bone Machine.

I like Funeral and Neon Bible for different reasons. I loved Funeral instantly, but Neon Bible took a little getting used to. I also think that sometimes the songwriting isn't as strong - it's like the songs are trying too hard to be "epic" without actually being good enough to be epic… does that make any sense? I…

I feel the same about the Pixies. Back in junior high I had a lot of friends who were into Surfer Rosa - not any other Pixies album, JUST Surfer Rosa. I could tolerate it, but never actually enjoyed it. Then my freshman year of high school I heard Doolittle, and it just clicked for me. I went out and bought all…

I guess I never had a "starting to love the Beatles" experience - I seem to have loved them since before my memory begins, and one of my earliest memories is sitting outside my teenaged brother's closed door and listening to "Rocky Raccoon". (I sort of pictured the protagonist in my head as looking like a cartoon…