God, Teardrop is such a great song. Good call. Have you ever heard the version of it by The Section Quartet? Check it out if not…

Yeah, for me that's one of those songs that still retains is power for me despite the thousands of times I've heard it. Those strings, Lennon's voice and the ragged edges put on it in the production, the totally creepy background "oohs"… There's truly nothing like it. Some times I think it sounds like a great…

I totally agree and I've never been entirely sure quite why it affects me so much.

I am absolutely baffled to learn that Yiddish Policeman's Union is not universally recognized as a masterpiece and/or sometimes written off as a trifling genre exercise. It's one of the best books I've ever read, and deserves to be discussed alongside the best "serious fiction" of the last 30 years. People are the…

Dear god, yes. This drives me fucking crazy. As you said, the show has given us absolutely no realistic reason why Felix would allow this to happen and not just call the toll-free company hotline or whatever to anonymously report this.

I may not totally agree with what you're saying, but I respect your right to say it and that you have the cajones to say it here. There is a serious and rational discourse that needs to be had around this election between people with fundamentally different viewpoints, and comments like this are a good step toward…

Man I would love to see that version. The few clips I've seen of the practical effects on line look pretty amazing.

The sound of those legs poking out of the head alone is enough to give me nightmares. Great sound editing in this absolute masterpiece of a film.

Sufjan Stevens continually addresses his Christian faith in the most interesting way.

Honestly, it has been at least four or five years since I read TC&TC, so I'm having trouble remembering the exact specifics of why I didn't like it. From what I can remember, though: [SPOILERS, POSSIBLY?] I never felt like I really understood the rules/mechanics for how these universes coincided, how travel between…

I definitely will do that, thanks Scrawler!

I completely agree with mratfink on Drood. It really falls apart at the back end.

Just finished Zone One, by Colson Whitehead, which I picked up on someone's recommendation from this very website. I really enjoyed it, and particularly Whitehead's great ear for dialogue and characterization. I'm truly past the fatigue point with zombie stories, as are most people by this point I'm sure - the…

I consider myself a fan of Dan Simmons and I've read most of his work, but that is only because of The Terror, which was the first of his novels that I read and totally blew me away. I absolutely love it and it's proven to be one of my favorite books of the last ten to fifteen years, but for me anyway, nothing else…

That line and the way Jude Law delivers it is truly chilling. I absolutely love this movie, even if I can't watch it much because I find it so emotionally overwhelming.

Yes. The chugging momentum that song builds to is just incredible. That's really a New Pornos specialty, come to think of it…

My three year old daughter is obsessed with Defying Gravity and wants to hear it all the time, especially when her and I drive anywhere just the two of us. Listening to it with her screaming along is honestly one of my favorite things in life. When we get to: "LOOK TO THE WESTERN SKY!" I always have full body chills…

That song profoundly effected my 8 year old self the first time I heard it, and goddamn if it hasn't completely wrecked me every time since.

Ahh, forgot about Zeppelin when I waking my list. So many possibilities. I'm more of a "Your Time is Gonna Come" guy, but yours is a solid choice.

Yes! That version of Hex is just incredible.