Oh you’re right, I totally misunderstood you then. Yeah, that makes sense - rice with nothing else is boring, and the Japanese wouldn’t eat it either unless they were poor as hell, I’m sure.
Similar kind of meals to what you’re describing are common in Japan, but they’re almost exclusively cheap (and usually good too).

You forgot "Heroes".

You've got it backwards. Plain white rice is the standard accompaniment at any high-class Japanese restaurant I've ever been to (which is a fair number), and you would definitely be looked at negatively if you put anything at all on it. The meat/veg/sauce/whatever is always separate, unless you're eating curry, as…

I don't know a lot about Prince, but what I do know suggests that convincing him to do anything was something like herding cats. Painkiller addicted cats who are also somehow on speed.

Oh, sure, I have no idea, I've never seen it and don't care enough to find out, but if I was to watch a talk show, it would probably be that one because of the Roots, is all I meant. (And I'm substantially less likely to do that now, given y'all hating on it so much, but I was never very likely to begin with.)

Agreed, pretty much.

Was she the sole person responsible? Clearly not? Is there a fuck of a lot of blood on her hands? Come on, are you seriously suggesting she was not intimately involved in laying the groundwork for the current clusterfucks in Libya and Syria? Not to mention, e.g., rolling over for the Honduran coup.
I mean, I’d still…

The drone strikes aren't really disprovable. She does start a lot of wars, that kill a lot of people, and create a lot of the largest refugee crises in history.

Eh, it’s a good paying gig that lets them do what they want and gives them a ton of exposure? Can’t really front on that.

But he does have the Roots as a backing band, which is all I know about his show as I don't watch talk shows, but instantly elevates it above pretty much any other show that exists.

Technically, it's a lot less than a lot more than that.

I'm sure he didn't let you sleep!

See my lists in response to Yoga Fire on this week and many of the previous weeks, if you really want! Generally speaking, a lot of rap, old soul/funk/r&b, folk, country, jazz, and rock but pretty much exclusively fairly “rootsy” rock (Springsteen, Zep, Stones, etc). And a bunch of other stuff too I guess. I don’t…

Yeah, actually now that I think about it that’s probably the worst part of the album. But it’s only about 15 seconds or whatever, and damn, whenever he says “And that’s why I’m so glad to introduce to you tonight…” the hairs on my arms just stand up. Electrifying.

I've talked about this on these columns before, but it astounds me how easily it is possible for music lovers to be so completely in different worlds. I think anyone would classify me as a bit of a music nut, I have (checks) 106.8 continuous days' worth of music on iTunes, and a fair chunk that I haven't bothered to…

I didn't go to his Toronto show, and really regret it. Never seen him live, but apparently it is an experience.

You're pretty awful yourself.

If you have any desire to try and be won over to the real arena-filling goodness, try listening to Live In New York City from 2001, which was my gateway to rock star Springsteen (as opposed to quiet miserable bastard Springsteen, which like you was what I started liking). I find that a lot of those songs work way…

ABBA
Abiodun Oyewole
Aceyalone
Aesop Rock (but - confession - I don't like him all that much
Afrika Bambaataa
Afro Cuban All Stars
Akinyele
Al Green
Alan Bennett
Alan Moore & Gary Lloyd
Alan Watts
Albert Hoffman (this, and the previous 3, are entirely spoken word - something about the A's)
Alexei Sayle (this, surprisingly, is not…

I just post my iTunes list. I also don't have hard copies. Fuck physical media.