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Horse_ebooks is funny, true, but the twitter account to follow is @HENDERZONES — a hilarious & philosophical deconstruction of fan fiction written by a notorious ex-AVC commenter.

Not just movie critics were influenced by Ebert. I started watching Sneak Previews when it first went nationwide, and watched every subsequent version of it until he stopped.

Read all about it on Page 2 of The Sun!

Yeah, surrrrrrrrrre.

Second album I ever bought, purchased as a music-crazy kid from the Tower Records in Fresno. Pretty sure it was my very first purchase from that store, but not my last: I would go on to buy 1000s of albums, tapes and CDs from that store over the next 20 years.

I seem to remember that when syndicated versions of that episode — with host Harry Dean Stanton (who was a — were shown, they had one of the 'mats songs ("Waitress in the Sky" I think) but not the other ("Bastards of Young".) 
But I could be dead wrong about that.

I seem to remember that when syndicated versions of that episode — with host Harry Dean Stanton (who was a — were shown, they had one of the 'mats songs ("Waitress in the Sky" I think) but not the other ("Bastards of Young".) 
But I could be dead wrong about that.

Wondering which girl Tommy Stinson stole from you. Get over it man, that was 25 years ago!!!

Wondering which girl Tommy Stinson stole from you. Get over it man, that was 25 years ago!!!

All I know is that it was one of the highlights of my life to be in this film.

All I know is that it was one of the highlights of my life to be in this film.

It should be noted that All Over The Place is one of the best guitar-pop albums of the  1980s, and while their subsequent success was fine, it served to undercut just how awesome that record was (and is).

It should be noted that All Over The Place is one of the best guitar-pop albums of the  1980s, and while their subsequent success was fine, it served to undercut just how awesome that record was (and is).

Herb Caen reference FTW!

Herb Caen reference FTW!

I still prefer Monty Python's version of The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

I still prefer Monty Python's version of The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

It seems so silly now, of course, but in 1981 — with Fridays (and Tom Snyder) booking the edgy music and SCTV bringing the actual sketch comedy laughs — Saturday Night Live really and truly felt like it had run its course in the early 80s.

It seems so silly now, of course, but in 1981 — with Fridays (and Tom Snyder) booking the edgy music and SCTV bringing the actual sketch comedy laughs — Saturday Night Live really and truly felt like it had run its course in the early 80s.

MIDDLEMAN!!