I haven't exactly been a regular commenter around these parts, but it's always been a pleasure. In honor (?) of the upcoming Kinjapocalypse, here's one last shuffle thread…
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OF COCK!!!!!
(I always wanted to do that. Hope to see some of y'all over at the Avocado.)

The scene your username comes from is one of my absolute favorites.
"Society made me what I am!"
"Bullsh*t, you're just a white suburban punk like me."
"I know, but it…still…hurts!"

I feel like it sort of depends on who I'm talking to— I don't think I could begin to explain Twin Peaks to my grandma, for instance, but my mom's the one who got me into David Lynch in the first place.
That being said, I think I'd nominate Peter Weir's first two movies— Picnic at Hanging Rock and The Last Wave. Both…

I was idly thinking about this recently; my picks were Tom Hiddleston for Aziraphale and Dominic Cooper for Crowley. But this is entirely acceptable— I love both of these actors and wish they were in more things. In terms of actually adapting the text, I have no idea how one would even approach it, but best of luck to…

Ranting about 'Winter's Tale' is one of my favorite things to do (I'm only sort of kidding), so I'm going to do that really quickly here.
The book, by former Bob Dole speechwriter Mark Helprin, is a quasi-Randian fable about men fulfilling their 'true purpose'. Peter Lake is only part of the equation. There's a giant…

Two years ago, my family took a trip to Tanzania, to celebrate my grandpa's 80th birthday (because why not). For the last few days, we stayed at a 'campsite' about 10 miles from the Kenyan border, to see the wildebeest migration across the Mara River. The camp was supervised by a posh British couple straight out of…

Friday: Saw my friends' band cover Neil Young's Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere in its entirety. Everyone in that group is a fantastic player, and they did a great job of respecting the material without trying to imitate it note-for-note. Most of the audience was either people I'm friends with or at least know by…

Had one of the best shuffles in a while this morning:
Hamilton+Rostam- When the Truth Is…
Jesus and Mary Chain- Just Like Honey
David Bowie- The Man Who Sold the World
The Beatles- Love You To
The Black Keys- Never Gonna Give You Up (no, not that one)
Kurt Vile- Baby's Arms
Ezra Furman- Haunted Head
Jefferson Airplane- The…

Neil Finn is the lead singer of Crowded House— "Don't Dream It's Over" and "Something So Strong" were probably their biggest hits here in the States. He is also adorably eccentric on Twitter. His 'Hobbit' song was far from his best work, though it's pleasant enough.

Casablanca
Last of the Mohicans (the Mann version)
Ehle/Firth Pride and Prejudice
Wings of Desire
And, though I only saw it a week ago, Moonlight. The entire restaurant scene, through to the end, had me in tears.

At first I thought this said Bryan Fuller, and I got really excited. I'm still… cautiously intrigued? (Though appearance-wise, I do think Cohen would be a better fit.) Malek is great, and I'm glad to see him getting into more high-profile stuff.

Have you listened to Ezra Furman at all? He's got a similar sound, though his lyrics tend to be more raw and confessional (and often political)— I'd say he's coming from more of a punk background. Regardless, it's been a strangely fruitful time for this sort of sound, and I'm enjoying it.

Wow, it's been a while since I've done one of these. But I have something good for you all. In this week's Village Voice, there was an interview with a musician named Kyle Craft— a rocker originally from Louisiana. In it, he said his two favorite albums were Blonde on Blonde and Ziggy Stardust. I immediately thought,…

Well, Friday was my birthday, but that was only tangentially related to the event I went to. I have a number of friends involved with an independent record label here in Brooklyn, and that night, there was a showcase at their studio. I think there were five or six bands that played, varying from some weird drone-y…

A friend gave this album to me for my 16th birthday. That was a messy time for me— our house was being remodeled, the family dog passed away, and I was suffering through a particularly painful unrequited crush— but I must have played this a hundred times that summer. It's so warm in that offbeat, shaggy kind of way.…

I finally realized why I recognized the actress who plays Joy (Stephanie Hsu)— she was in a musical called Be More Chill (based on the Ned Vizzini book, with songs by the amazing Joe Iconis), that I saw last summer.
Now, to make a somewhat more relevant contribution (heh): I love that this show was filmed in late…

I saw it this past weekend; I would not call it "lousy". It's not A Great Movie by any stretch, and it's frustrating, because there are a few scenes that hint at the movie it could have been, but I mostly enjoyed it. The cinematography is really beautiful (Dante Spinotti, who did Last of the Mohicans and several other…

Heck, some of us even live there…

On the one hand, we already have Let's Get Lost, which is one of the most beautiful and perfect music documentaries ever made. On the other hand, this sounds intriguing. Baker was definitely an enigma.

Fleet Foxes- Bedouin Dress
Kurt Vile- Girl Called Alex
Sam Amidon- Weeping Mary
Bob Dylan- Shelter From the Storm
Robbie Fulks- The Many Disguises of God
The Band- Whispering Pines
The War on Drugs- Lost in the Dream