My brother said that he was dead
I saw his face and shook my head
Can you see where we can’t be
We’re losing our blood in the sea

Rock the shack, rock the shack, rock the shack, rock the shack
Rock the shack, rock the shack, rock the shack, rock the shack
Yeah, that’s the way it is

Hey now, who’s that with you?
What’s that…

Bat For Lashes is a tricky one then.

That is quite the ratio. Oof.

There are 20+ songs I could mention here, but I’ll limit it to 5.

That header image had me thinking/hoping this game was headed in a completely different direction.

But 1989 was also a peak year for what would soon be widely known as “alternative”: New wave icons like The Cure, R.E.M., Love And Rockets, The Jesus And Mary Chain, and The B-52s all enjoyed massive commercial peaks that year...

Well...The Post did that exact thing by playing in only 9 theaters the last two weeks of 2017. Which was, I think, a mistake. If it had opened everywhere on Christmas Day, it would have done gangbusters—and I wouldn’t have had to sit through The Greatest Showman before Christmas dinner.

And it should have been nominated for more. Like Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actor for Jason Mitchell’s performance.

Obligatory shout out to the AV Club forums for The Americans:

Thank you for pointing out Jason Mitchell’s overlooked performance. He is incredible in Mudbound. That film should also have been a contender for Best Picture and Director.

Well, there has been an uptick in car break-ins in New Jersey.

I think I prefer the chart news where ABBA’s Gold is on its 826th week in the Top 100, Queen’s Greatest Hits and Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours are on their 814th and 726th weeks, respectively, and where David Bowie is still somewhere in the charts.

First LP: Carpenters - The Singles: 1969-1973

1978-1980 would have worked better. Acceptance of gays and lesbians was growing before it got set back decades by the AIDS epidemic.

You’re welcome! I am so enthusiastic about the things I love that I want everyone to see/hear them. When something like God’s Own Country isn’t given coverage at all from my favorite media outlets, it’s disappointing.

Streaming would be great if the same selection was always there forever, but rights issues and “Here’s what’s arriving and leaving Netflix this month” articles remind me that what is there now isn’t guaranteed to be there later.

Or we could just go to single-payer healthcare (aka Medicare For All) like every other industrialized nation in the world and not have for-profit corporations involved in healthcare at all.

There’s always 1987's Maurice.

Well, River East being removed sucks, but it isn’t surprising. They charge the most for tickets in Chicago. The only time I’ve been there was for the Chicago International Film Festival to see BPM and God’s Own Country.

E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial