Saw him in Pittsburgh once, with a buddy who is a guitarist and guitar teacher. Thompson broke a string during a solo and didn't really miss a note or beat. I love music but know little of the technical stuff of guitar playing and to my friend, this was pretty remarkable. All I know is I love the guy's playing. 

"Now, come on, boys! Where's your spirit? I don't hear no singin'. When
you was slaves, you sang like birds. Go on, how 'bout a good ol' n_______  work song?"

And you won't be able to do that hum on the commercial because you'd get out of breath and couldn't hold it.

I don't think pretentious is always a bad thing. I think pretension is risky as hell though. You can create something incredible or something incredibly bad. I like a lot of Rush, but the worst stuff the Doors did is positively insufferable. Another item for discussion in a future column, Jason Heller…what about…

And they will all wear stovepipe hats down over their eyes just to REALLY stick it to Slash.

I saw a clip this morning where Miley Cyrus was announcing that he won one of those awards. Her "great, this dickhead again" delivery as she read it was rather outstanding, IMO.

GOOD GOOBLY GOO!

Or the giant hell-rabbit. Or not.

"you heard the usher, N-O-S-M-O-K-I-N-G..NOOOOO SMOKING!"
I really wished the thing on the airplane wing would have killed that kid.

NAUGHTY NAUGHTY NAUGHTY YOU FILTHY OLD SOOMKA!

I moved from Pittsburgh for a job to State College. So, now I live in a place that when someone mentions its name, the first thought that comes to most people's mind is "football coach assfucking boys". Although I do love my job and it's okay here other than that whole ass fucking boys thing and how some worship a…

There's more high-tech hipsters in Pittsburgh than one might think.

WE ROCK FOR JESUS AND CONTRACT KILLERS!!!!!!

I agree on all counts here, but I remember her getting a lot of unfair shit over both roles. She got a "Razzie" for The Shining, even.

Yeah, I should clarify how it wasn't fair to her. She was supposed to be mousy and annoying for The Shining, and I remember how Popeye was supposed to be this unbelievably huge blockbuster and some blamed her, for whatever reason. I think she's a fine actress. 

Yeah, had a friend mention the same thing. She had like a costume for every song.

What hurt Shelley Duvall's career more? The Shining or Popeye? 1980 wasn't a good year for her.

Okay, Star Trek III idea…replace the entire main cast with A.A. Dowd, Josh Modell, Nathan Rabin, Tasha Robinson, Kyle Ryan….

Wonder if those monsters want to go toe-to-toe on bird law and see who comes out the victor? 

Yeah, good call - after he hit a joint, no less.