The one that does it for me is Jonathan Richman's "Hospital"; the vocal goes beyond melodrama and into something that feels really damaged.

Peter Gabriel's live recording of "I Go Swimming," Pulp Fiction, and The Thin Red Line all go to the same place for me (and art rarely, genuinely goes here): the sheer fucking joy and beauty of being alive in this world. All 3 of these are pretty much holy works in my canon.

Apparently, he's got an inheritance too. Because that's what Mommy and Daddy were working for, ya know.

Hey! Don’t insult strippers like that.

These are some of the most snarkproof films ever. Looking very forward to this.

It's the Up series of romantic dramedy. (Not that one, you sick fuck.)

How Did This Get Made?'s podcast on this one was pretty darn good (Damon Lindelof guests). Check it out.

I will see this if anyone says the line "HIT ANY BUTTON! THEY ALL RETALIATE!" and if Johnson triple-slaps people.

Olympus Has Fallen and Knocked the White House Down, summer 2015.

I hear ya. He still had enough discipline then to strip out any kind of partisan politics from the script and focus entirely on the action. (There is a fantastic line about a press release that is probably exactly true, though. )

I used the same product and endorse it wholly. TJ's cioppino is also darned good and makes a quick, cheap meal.

Hey, Chicago also has a mayor's office! We could do a show about that…call it, hmmm, Employer…no, wait, I got it, Supervisor. No. Darn. How about The Guy Who Is in Charge of Things…

Mamet's Spartan, a great little thriller. The first 40 minutes or so are about as perfect as a first act can be. Also Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.

Apocalypse Now. But get them both on DVD.

Judge: Speak your testimony now.

Thanks! As I remember, Ryan felt that the original ending (going out on the extreme close-up) was too dark and too unambiguous, and he wanted something a little more open and suggestive. It worked, too; Jay Karnes says that everyone he talks to has a different reading of where Vic is going, and everyone is sure that…

Well, there's the next Robert Rodriguez/Sofia Vergara movie.

This looks more like "if Michael Bay films are too much for your attention span."

Made a simple pasta last night…I had some fresh basil left over, so I just sauteed some mushrooms and frozen seafood and tossed the pasta with them, the basil, a little thyme, tomatoes, and parm. Classic for a reason.

I don’t want to tell you what the guys thought that meant.