Misty Knight/Steve Rogers = OTP

Misty Knight/Steve Rogers = OTP

That speech needs to be required viewing for all citizens of planet Earth.

Yes!!

Wynton, is that you?

Your first statement is false.  Your second statement is true.  It isn't all the Big Two, you know.

Do you prefer Civ IV or V?  I'm coming into some free time soon, and would love to dive back into some historical 4X (and also I feel the need to destroy my life).

@avclub-90a5da808b7409c044aac94d490e7f0d:disqus Wait, aren't you thinking of Mingus?

Oh, good - can you recommend a good recording of La Boheme?  I don't expect there to be a 'definitive' recording, just maybe a context for the cream of the crop.

I thought "Mind Grape" was exceedingly like a B&J flavor name.

People should also remember: we all have a great resource for starting anything - we're already here at this site.  This thread alone has given me tons of great suggestions and advice, and the "Pop Culture Weekend" playgrounds are tailor made spaces to pick the brains of the commentariat.

Same here.  I had an immediate reaction to Monk very early on in my education - his dissonant curlicues stood out like a beacon.  He's certainly not for everybody, and one might need some experience in listening to jazz piano to more fully appreciate him, but he's one of those guys whose playing you can recognize…

I've gotta pry some more: is your primary enjoyment of the Cowboy Bebop soundtrack that you are replaying the emotions of the characters and situations of the anime as you listen, or that you respond directly to the music itself?  
I can't help but think that you might like opera: sweeping, forceful emotion,…

A million times yes.  I was shepherded into jazz largely by Harrison Ridley Jr. a DJ on WRTI in Philly (back when it was an all-jazz station), and this was his era.  Pure love.

My formative experience was 'Sketches of Spain' - that was the first jazz LP I carefully selected and bought, and played endlessly, and every time I've heard it on CD or mp3 it just doesn't compare.

That's helpful advice.  Thank you.

^This needs to be appended to the original article.

…But the '90's were a great time for comics!  It's just that almost none of them were by Marvel or DC.

Personally, I'd work up to Vertigo, as it kind of represents a summation of a lot of the themes in Hitchcock's work.

Sandman is more complex, challenging, and sophisticated than his prose novels.  By far.