Double um, like AS IF his name was Sega.

You beat me to that by 10 minutes.

At times when I think I've gotten too cynical, I have to remind myself that I haven't turned to exploiting people's fears and hatred under the guise of religion as a way to make a living and I feel a little better. Just a little.

Surely there's never a bad week to stop listening to hardcore punk tribute albums.

My knee jerk reaction is because the bar for mainstream hip-hop is so low these days. (This would be the point where someone swoops in an gives me examples of how wrong I am.) I am glad Drake exists soely for his back-to-back wins of Ghostface's Sofest Rapper in the Game award.

I need to watch it again, honestly. I remember thinking it wasn't going to do well because it was that Walk The Line/Ray era and this was not those movies. I liked what was happening, just wish he'd gone full Spacey in it.

Assuming the Davis family signed off on this, and they tend to be all up in anything relating to Miles, I'm kind of surprised this is what it is. They seem to be a rather humorless bunch who aren't quite to say Gail Zappa levels of controlling the legacy but aren't too far either. I figured it would be yet another…

I think that was what disappointed me about Beyond the Sea. It was kind of loopy, but didn't quite go far enough.

Agreed, assuming we're talking a stereotypical band type situation. The problem becomes when you have guys like James Brown, who, like many other leaders, hired these guys for their specific talents and then didn't always give them the financial credit they deserve. For the drummers, it's really hard to dispute that…

One thing about sampling that's always bummed me out is the fact that while the record label is most likely getting paid and maybe the writer or artist on the label gets a cut, too often the actual drummer, who quite possibly may have come up with the sampled break, gets nothing. It's a weird quirk of the system that…

I was waiting for it.

And, ironically, this shoot was where Harrison became interested in Indian culture, according to legend.

IIRC, you're thinking of George in the curling scene. Once you know to look for it, it's pretty obvious. (Check her displeased reaction.)

There was always some homophobic, sexist and even racist towards other minorities elements there, unfortunately. Griff was a scapegoat but yeah, it wasn't just him. Sadly, as much as I love PE (absolutely formative group for me), Chuck D is sliding into "crazy uncle spouting all manner of weird conspiracys" mode these…

I remember how excited I was to find this CD back when. My companion who was along for the ride, not so much when I insisted in playing it on the way home. See also the time I gave a car full of friends their first taste of Sun Ra, which just happened to be when Atlantis got a CD release. Probably shouldn't have…

If you want a fun experiment, play Pink Floyd's Echoes on the TouchTunes in a bar where it's too busy for the staff to hit skip and sit back and watch the room.

Funny you should mention it as I just rewatched the Black Hole two days ago. Visually, it's stunning in places. The score is awesome (I promptly ordered it off Amazon), the concept has potential and Maximillian is a pretty great evil robot. (Anthony Perkin's death at Maximillion's, err, blades is genuinely disturbing,…

She's the boss, so draw your own conclusions.

I was thinking that too, because he is all "spiritual and shit."

Oooh, those crafty Juggalos always playing 12-dimensional chess.