Maltin's guide was a pretty useful resource in the pre-internet era. I think you're being too hard on it, and him. He's a pretty charming guy in person, and a true film lover. And it's pretty damn hard to come up with a short paragraph that summarizes, reviews, and puts a film into context all at once. That said,…

He was never going to rape her. He acted in a foolish belief that she was actually waiting for him to assert himself with her. He never should have acted the way he did, but nothing we've been shown about his character before or after that scene suggests that he would have harmed her.

I'm gavin' a hard time with this.

"Late Bloomer" really is great. The title track, "The New You", and "Slippery Slopes" are other favorites. The whole thing is pretty damn seamless. My crush is rekindled.

I've had a week with this record at this point. I'd give it an A. It's a cut above Acid Tongue, and on par with Rabbit Fur Coat.

You're judging the song by its video?

Second prize is a set of steak knives.

To each their own, obviously, but I have a hard time understanding how a Neil Young fan could hate this. I can take or leave the recording gimmick, and I'd like to hear these songs without the hiss. But there's a simplicity and rawness to the performances that's really appealing, despite the hiss. Great song…

Lord of the Rings trilogy > Star Wars episodes IV-VI.

I was thinking of the time Mags went to work on her son's hand with a ballpeen hammer.

He went full schizo, man. Never go full schizo.

That was some Maggs Bennett shit right there.

That was Parliament. Agreed that it didn't look like the house they normally show on TV.

When I was 14, I stole a copy of Night Probe!, by Clive Cussler, from a B. Dalton bookstore. It featured my hero at the time, Dirk Pitt, and I've never once regretted it.

I don't see what's so bad about accepting an apology from a kid whose mom caught him stealing. Depending on the circumstances, I might have done what that mom did. Probably not when my kids were 2-3, but I've found that non-parents (which I assume you were at the time) are often spectacularly bad estimators of…

What's the scoop with her Altman story? She alludes to something juicy but doesn't elaborate. The Google tells me nothing.

I loved Slave Ambient and am digging my first listen of this. And hey! Who do I talk to about getting a review of the new Drive-By Truckers record up here? It's excellent.

The repetition was oddly soothing. I'm adopting "It's okay, you can admit it" as my new TM mantra.

Then whatever you do, do not read, or even look up, "Wifey," by Judy Blume.

He's one of the most fun guitarists I've ever seen live. I was just about to post a link to a different tune, "I'm On My Way Back to the Old Home." The 20 seconds starting at :58 are great: http://www.youtube.com/watc…. And again at 1:55.