Listen to the Lion from that album totally takes me away. Toss in Astral Weeks and You Don't Pull No Punches But You Don't Push the River and I'm as close as I can be to spiritual enlightenment.

Tuck - I've seen the Alloy Orchestra play live to Metropolis and The Wind here in Detroit. Someone's got to be doing something similar near you. Worth checking out.

Favorite Stones album other than Exile: December's Children
Least Favorite Stones album: Their next one
Favorite Live Stones album: Ya-Yas

Saw Sorcerer first (theatrical release) and saw Wages of Fear afterwards. I still like both of them, but WoF is unmatched. The scene where one truck is lost — suddenly, irretrievably — belongs in the Portable Existentialist collection next to Camus' The Plague.

My favorite Tarantino movie too, by a large margin. The scene where Max visits Jackie in the morning (and gets his gun back) is great too.

Some reason / Any reason?
And would you believe my old dog Chelsea's here, too
And would you believe nobody in this family
wanted to keep her
And now that dog's more of a part of this family
then I am, too
I don't come home much anymore…

Yankee's army ants story would not be out of place in a Malick film! A Malick death that really got me was Woody Harrelson's soldier dying from his grenade fuck up. "I shot my dick off…"

Sidney Carton was my first choice. I saw the movie as a child and couldn't wait to read the book to understand better what compelled him to such a sacrifice.

My Miles album is Tribute to Jack Johnson which always reminds me of the Ann Arbor Hash Bash from the mid 70s. Go figure…

Joe Williams! I love his version of I Was Telling Her About You, even though every time I sing it in the car it sort of morphs into On the Street Where You Live… Good call, Shore Patrol.

My first roommate had Ciccolini's (sp?) Piano Music of Erik Satie which we played all the time. My friend died way too soon, but Satie brings me right back to those good days in Hamtramck.

My dad chased away hangovers on weekend mornings with Coltrane Live at the Village Vanguard and Ahmad Jamal Live at the Pershing. My first 2 jazz comfort music pieces were Trane's Spiritual and Jamal's Poinciana. Still love ''em (and Mingus Dynasty too).

Bungopony: Agreed on St. Dominic's preview. Listen to the Lion and Almost Independence Day belong up there with Astral Weeks in my book.
Ralph Cahoot…: What's your first favorite album? I love Astral Weeks, and recommend Nico's "Afraid" off of Desertshore for producing that melancholic reassurance that I get from…

Back to Mungo Jerry for a minute. For the first 20 years of listening to In the Summertime, it never struck me as odd that "if her daddy's rich / take her out for a meal / if her daddy's poor / just do what you feel" ! Now it jumps out at me every time I hear it.

Yeah. I disagreed then too. She was the Lester Bangs of film criticism…

TRL put me off at first, yet I was intrigued enough to go back 2 days later. I own it now, and watch it more than any other war film (except Men in War). Shots like those described above, performances like Nolte's, that gnostic voiceover… I can see why some find it pretentious, but then I like Melville.

If I'm recalling correctly, Wade, Pauline Kael agreed with your view. She thought Sheen was too much the "tv actor" or such.

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Austin City Limits had a Roky show not long ago and Billy Gibbons was backing him with spirit and style. Never was a huge ZZ Topp fan, but he scored some big points with me (like it mattered to Billy).

I wanted to like Iggy's mix more than I actually did. I own both, but only play the original. I think I'll get this one, though, especially for the live gig. How does it match up to Metallic KO?