Along with "Republic" by New Order, "Achtung! Baby" is the best example of that early, hard-edge, 90's rock-dance melding. It sounds great on paper but the EMF's and Jesus Jones's of the world never really got it together (the Stone Roses were an entirely different animal.) A!B still sounds great but by the time Pop…

Wow! According to Wikipedia, you're right. Though their heyday was before I was born and they appeared to be more Midwest-centric, I'm surprised I never heard of them? Maybe SC&P can land a White Castle / Church's Chicken before the series is over?

Two things: I just assumed BurgerChef was supposed to be Burger King but that BK wouldn't let them use their name (if that's something a company can do, I assume BK has enough $$$ / lawyers to make that happen?) I never thought it was supposed to be some no name joint that never made it. Huh?

I question your timeline slightly. if you ask me, new model, youth-crew style bands (Floorpunch, Ensign, Ten Yard Fight, In My Eyes,etc.) peaked around '96-'97. By '98, yes, everyone was jocking Neurosis (hi,Isis) or fooling around with math metal (did Grade's "Separate the Magnets" get a shout out in the last…

Yo, how malnourished and feeble was everyone involved in this argument if they're taking shit from Morrissey's tour manager? I feel like disagreeing in even a marginally stern tone of voice would have been enough to get his team to back down. SMH at PAWS

The original is the the movie where it was revealed the the killer's clever weapon of choice was…a gun, right?

I was just about to post a "come on, son!" but the thought of an episode where the nazis attempt to harness Jason as a weapon sounds really cool.

To be fair, in Woody Allen's New York of the mid to late 70's, you COULD afford a one bedroom apartment, car, racquet club membership, and rent a house on Long Island (not in the Hamptons, though) on a middle income salary. Those were the "Ford to city: Drop dead" days.

Another anthology series that never got enough love is Night Visions (hosted by Henry Rollins.) The effects were corny at times but they pulled in some big acting and directing talent. "A View Through the Window" puts a great twist on a neat premise.

All fair points, and I should have chosen my words better. I didn't really mean "accessible" , I meant representative. I've always found Converge to be outliers in the genre of hardcore (they actually have more in common with death metal, music wise), so using them to prove a point about hardcore is like using…

Converge are fine and all, but I find them a strange choice to keep bringing up when people argue for the continued relevance of hardcore considering their extreme style. The popular conception of hardcore nowadays seems to be either a band plays with the straight-ahead, finger pointing-ness of Uniform Choice or…

Heaven's Gate gonna be the new Illuminati. This guy will be seen as a trendsetter. Jay-Z instantly regretting his Five Percent Nation necklace.

Agreed. It wasn't bad but it wasn't good either. My review: "Friday the 13th Remake: a movie that certainly exists."

There's two Halloween 3's? By my count there's only two "Halloween's" and two "Halloween 2's." Let's not get crazy here.

Dude needs to embrace the bugout and stay off of Twitter. Some people can't handle their smoke.

It was the strangest thing to see when both Alkaline Trio and AFI came out at around the same time being like "we're vampires now. Deal." And their fanbases were all "Oh, we can wear eyeliner now and get multi-colored star tattoos? INTO IT!" No real pushback whatsoever.

What is WWE's involvement in this film exactly? Does Randy Orton RKO a ghost? Does HHH spit ghostly vapor at the main characters? Was the Ultimate Warrior's death viral marketing for this film?

Considering his popularity was built from nine years of playing a character, CBS had better take him off air pronto and run him around the country on some sort of "getting to know Stephen" tour or a lot of people are going to be mystified when he doesn't "nail" anyone on the first episode.

YES!! Alpha Papa was great and a good introduction to the character even if you haven't seen any other AP stuff (I don't even think he says "AH-HA! in the film?). But for reference for those US based indie film/music snobs: Coogan's portrayal of Tony Wilson in 24 Hour Party People is essentially his Alan Partridge…

I immediately guessed New York Dolls. Egg on my face.