Graham did endorse him, albeit indifferently, if I recall. There are only a few GOP members who didn't, most likely out of resentment or political expedience.

I know how you feel. I'm lucky in that I favor smaller bands of whatever sound fits my mood, and I've taken to using Bandcamp quite a bit to buy downloads (which I burn onto CDRs, because I'm old),which tends to be a bit cheaper and, I hope, the majority of the money goes to the band. This new 'model' involving the…

This is a reaction to people stealing music for years. I'm not a fan of it, but I'm not all that concerned about 'punished fans' after reading for years about people downloading leaks and zip files who felt that they were 'entitled' to free music. If people had just bought the music and paid the artists what was…

Think you're gonna be seeing this more and more with the bigger anticipated album releases. I agree it's shit, but it's where the last decade has been leading. People made this inevitable by stealing music for years and leaving the artists in the cold ('oh, he'll make it all back by touring and maybe selling…

Now this boy is crying

An Oscar?

I don't understand this question and I won't respond to it

Consider it done

Never give up hope

How about Violent J covers by Rob Schneider?

Mighty Mighty Bosstones, as I mentioned elsewhere.
People likely think I'm pulling their legs on this. I am not.

Agree with all of this

I think they probably do to some degree; whatever you see on display racks at Best Buy or Target is what sells, and little else.

I heard a leak of this the other night; I know a few people in 'the biz'.
Doing an album of Mighty Mighty Bosstones covers is kind of a unique thing to do in this age, but he almost pulls it off. Doing it in a high-pitched scream may be difficult commercially, but an artist must follow his heart.

Then almost nobody would've seen it

Yep, seen many excellent documentaries over the years, can't remember ever seeing a good music bio-pic. Plus, as you say, the actual performance by the artist, instead of a cheap facsimile.

Right, the expectations for Mad Max were probably almost none; a long dormant titular character with no real star. I'd guess whatever actual money they made was a surprise, let alone all those Oscar nods.

The entire business model is now based almost entirely on coming up with 'blockbusters'; I mean, it always was, in a way, but there was usually a couple of pictures that were hoped to be boffo, and then smaller ones to pick up loose change. Now, the entire business is based on 'tentpoles' and 'franchises', because…

Questions must be raised, yes.

That is the desired effect of laudanum, yes.