His characterization of Nico alone…

She don't fuck much with the past.

Van Morrison's "Coney Island" is among my favorite Van Morrison songs.

That was Sammy Petrillo's time to shine.

I like novelty music. I like weird vanity projects. I love Lou Reed above most things. I hate hate hate this more than I can adequately express with words.

As a non-famous writer who has in the past been paid to write things to which I didn't want my real name attached, I used to use "Jonathan Wercer," based on "that Johnny Wercer kid, kid delivers papers in the neighborhood" from The Dead Milkmen's "Stuart." Then I found out the Milkmen were actually shouting out Jon…

We'd probably need to move out of Minnesota, though. Or at least into Michele Bachmann's current district.

While we were leaving pre-school yesterday my 4-year-old proposed a state with no president, king or rules where the people can do whatever they want. He also lamented how unfair it is that regular drivers have to pull over for emergency vehicles.

Literally, in that episode where the men got pregnant.

I gotta admit, it would be kind of fascinating to see him perform live right now. Obviously I wouldn't pay for a ticket, but it would be hard to turn down a free one, if only for the sake of historical significance.

Even as a '90s punk kid I was leery of a lot of '90s pop punk, but The Mr. T Experience was a notable exception. Their whole first album holds up great and cranking "Danny Partridge" in my car today is just as much fun as it was in my '86 Chevy Caprice back in the day.

Zigaboo Modeliste.

I just bought that Schoolly D record this weekend. Hot damn, was Schoolly hardcore.

And leave us not forget Jimmy Hicks' answer track, "I'm Mr. Big Stuff": https://www.youtube.com/wat…

I mean, all three of those folks are still alive and working, so can we really rule this out?

That sounds not unlike Matt Gourley's take on HR Giger.

I believe Joni's chief objection was the museum's planned "All the Trees" wing.

I saw Phil Phillips (the '50s R&B singer, not the TV singing show guy) do a three-song set at the Ponderosa Stomp 12 years ago or so. All three songs were "Sea of Love" and no one had any complaints.

Maybe the first installment. I think I mostly watched the show in syndication so my timeline is sort of screwy. But I know they brought the Miniature Killer back for several more episodes later in the run. That was what lost me.

Yeah, I think that was the final straw for me, when they started that moronic "Miniature Killer" storyline. Enjoying the show at its best required no small suspension of disbelief, but that business was beyond the threshold.