Out of all the groups of that time (and Underworld might be a close second), FSOL sounds the least dated, or perhaps most timeless? Remarkable also for the sheer amount of stuff they left in the vaults, or tucked onto EPs.

Mew the Jewels

I see the Bojeffries Saga has not yet been mentioned. Thankfully, that has now been remedied.

So many good bits, but the one that sticks with me is Wally Ballou's interview with the builder of the not-yet-completed Trans-Atlantic Bridge.

Poor Mr. Reachmore.

True, though I don't think it hits that height if it's not anchoring the 1979 disc—though that's probably dimly-rememered teen theorizing coming back to the surface there. I mean, obviously the Pastichio Medley is just chunks from the whole career, but then even that stuff had a habit of turning up in the middle of…

It's impressive to somehow pick out the three best songs of the whole mass and mark those as the inessential ones, but to each his taste I guess.

Every live song should slay its studio counterpart. Unless you're watching The Fall.

That Ghost of Christmas Past is truly one of the most horrifying things ever committed to film. Thing has genocide eyes.

Really, you had the chance to name an article "Baratheon and On and On" and bottled it? Pity.

Dammit world, suck less.

Out of print, yes, though there will be reprints and new collections (of previously published material, but still some of that stuff is really hard to find) appearing in the next year or two.

Worth noting that "Sunbird" is Gaiman's homage to one of his favorite authors, R.A. Lafferty. Anyone who likes Gaiman's take on the style should dig up one of Lafferty's short story anthologies; "Nine Hundred Grandmothers," "Strange Doings," and "Does Anyone Else Have Something Further to Add?" are all good starting…

Any Mogwai show, "My Father, My King"—but especially seeing I'd missed it the night before, and knowing it could be on the shelf for another year, and getting it the very next night.

Another great companion piece, a phenomenal performance that's all concert (with Adrian Belew to boot): http://www.youtube.com/watc….

Hmm. Lot 49 is definitely a lesson about how tempting it is to shove everything into one framework, and how it'll drive you mad if you keep trying; GR though is pretty much the same thing exploded across many more pages. Kind of an anti-epic novel.

His Snow White was neither pointless nor redundant, though it's an uphill battle convincing undergrads of that.