Saw Father John Misty in concert this week, and left seriously enamored with the guy. Even with all the little winks and asides to the audience, Tillman threw himself into his performance, and was hugely enjoyable to watch as a result. I picked up a copy of Fear Fun on the way out, and that's largely what I've been…

Thanks for the recommendations; I might have to skip White Light From the Mouth of Infinity, looking at some of the prices it's going for, but I'll definitely try to check out the other stuff.

I've been re-listening to some of Swans' more recent stuff; The Seer is still my favorite of their post-reformation albums, but I'm warming up to a lot of the noisier moments on To Be Kind as well. As someone who generally prefers the more atmospheric/majestic moments on the above albums, where would you guys…

It really is an amazing film; the cinematography is so ahead of its time, it looks avant-garde even today. The scene where she's threatened with torture, in particular, just floors me every time.

Mine was probably Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)." From the moment that her vocals first came in, I had to stop what I was doing and give it my full attention. And it just kept getting better and better, until by the end I was kind of dumbstruck. As I recall, I listened to the track three more…

Jesus Christ, that line about Coldplay may be the worst pop-culture quote I've heard this year.

I'd be surprised if this hasn't already been mentioned, but "Hair Pie: Bake 1" and "Hair Pie: Bake 2" by Captain Beefheart, off of Trout Mask Replica, would certainly qualify.

I like Avalon all right; I miss the craziness of their earlier stuff, but it certainly does the more refined elements of Roxy Music well. As for Eno, I first got acquainted with him through his later work and as a producer, so it was kind of a shock to see him all glammed up back in the '70s. I'll definitely have to…

Not a whole lot going on for me this week, pop-culture wise. Mainly, I've been listening to a lot of Roxy Music. I can see why some people might prefer Stranded for its tighter song structures, but For Your Pleasure is still my favorite of the group's releases, and this week just solidified that impression. I can't…

That movie is fantastic. My favorite part is the "Cheese and Onions" parody of "A Day in The Life" that builds to the great orchestral swell and then just ends on an off-key, plunked chord.

I re-watched Young Frankenstein this week, and found it just as hilarious as ever. Blazing Saddles remains my favorite Mel Brooks movie in terms of individual gags, but I think Young Frankenstein holds together better as a film, not to mention how gorgeous the whole thing looks.

Young business guy who shows up after Benjamin Horne snaps out of his Civil War fantasy. Very environmentally-minded; Audrey almost immediately falls in love with him, and they have sex on his plane before he leaves, never to be appear on the show again.

Maybe I should have just referred to Wheeler as Billy Zane; I'll be honest, I had to look him up to remember what his character was called.

I finished watching Twin Peaks just today, and I have to say: holy shit. The finale certainly doesn't make me forgive the Season 2 slump, but I have left this show with a vastly better impression than I would have just an episode or two ago.

People like Songs in the Key of Life that much? I mean, it's a great album, but I'd always thought Innervisions beat it out in terms of critical acclaim.

Tom Waits - In the Colosseum
The B-52's - Planet Claire
Miles Davis - Feio
The Magnetic Fields - My Sentimental Melody
The Who - Getting In Tune
Flying Lotus - Nose Art
Tricky - You Don't
Wire - Surgeon's Girl
The Magnetic Fields - Infinitely Late At Night
Wilco - My Darling
Radiohead - High And Dry
Slowdive -40 Days
LCD…

I agree that Let It Bleed and Sticky Fingers are on a different level than the other two, but I still prefer Let It Bleed. It just seems so much more colorful to me, and I love every song on it (something I can't say for Sticky Fingers).

I'll definitely have to check out Grand Guignol. Most of the physical copies of it seem pretty exorbitantly priced, so I guess I'll just settle for YouTube for now.

Looks like it. It's the 1990 self-titled album with the corpse on the cover.

Still working on Twin Peaks, and am currently well into the late-Season 2 wasteland. It genuinely boggles my mind how the show that brought us one of the most disturbing murder scenes in television history could be reduced to this. There are still some good points (Kyle McLachlan and Sherilyn Fenn are great as ever,…