Shallow Idiot
While there is no shame in saying I prefer the early Alanis Morrisette song to her grating later career (I would have avoided "Too Hot" on the radio but still watched the video enough to let it worm into my brain), the more credible RZA and Tori Amos have also never held any interest for me, but I really…

I used to love Husik. I also thought it was crazy that no one ever knew about DQE's But Me I Fell Down, some kind of crazy classic.

I found out when the final episode was being shown on some cable channel that was re-running the series, badgered a friend into Tivo-ing it, brought my VCR over to her house and taped it, and then fed that back into my computer via a crappy device I had bought just for this express purpose, so that it could join the…

Nilsson fans…
it is worth googling down yourself a copy of the Popeye Demos. Recorded, if memory serves, in one drunken night at the studio, it feature low-key versions of all the songs with him singing at the piano, with a little bit of accompaniment. Not a place to start, obv, but a nice little collection for the…

Live Action Anderson
Journey to the Far Side of the Sun is pretty fun
http://www.youtube.com/watc…

Now that it's a big success
maybe Spiderman's understudy will come back out of hiding:
http://tinyurl.com/5d5yn6

Just in time…
Because his understudy had actually just run away:
http://tinyurl.com/5d5yn6

Eight to Ten Feet?
It's more like 30+, judging from the video.

Why on Earth
did you people see Precious? Can you not smell shit from around the corner?

Au contraire—is that what he said? He's crazy!

I am bummed it's not going to be available separately (no, the Rhino doesn't count, although of course I have that).

I gotta say
the only person who really pulls it off—makes the line still zip amidst all the repetition—is James Spader. Partial points to the Repo Man guy, though.

I did a piece for an alt weekly where I watched all that year's Oscar nominated films in a week, my tastes not normally running that "mainstream." Watching Master and Commander, I thought—damn, I can't believe I never would have seen this otherwise, just because it sounded so dull and Hollywood-who-cares. I was…

You forgot the pizza—
there's your gateway, and it never gets old (so what if it's not actually him):
http://www.youtube.com/watc…

Didn't know about the book—is it good? Those things are such a crapshoot.

This is what I mean…to me it's a flawless record, the clear standout among their otherwise releases. I guess I always like the records where other people feel the band is screwing around and halfassing it—to me those are the ones that really cohere, although with other records I can usually see why people feel the way…

wow, really? i think 100 miles is their best, far and away. but i would rather listen to the recoys or early jonathon fireater than most walkmen records so maybe i'm the wrong the dude to weigh in. actually, i always seem to like the "wrong" record the most…wowee zowee, lou reed's the bells, and so on…anyone else…

YES! Thank you.
Also, did anyone find it odd the way Brenda introduced the word "duck" into a tense, friendship-ending conversation? Was "Spaghettios" taken?

Wait a minute—Tori Spelling looks *worse* after plastic surgery? Talk about unfair…that's like being homeless and getting a home, only to find out it's uh, it's uh…um…

Is she going to finish that thought?
It walks like a duck, it talks like a duck…and what? Is there a part two to this video? Does she explain after the commercial break? GodDAMN it I hate being strung along like this. Does anyone know the rest of what she was trying to say? This is going to ruin my day.