I saw Kid Koala opening for Arcade Fire a few years ago, not knowing anything about who he was or why I should care about him. It was really weird coming across Deltron 3030 later and realizing that goofy guy in the koala suit was a major player on one of the greatest albums of the decade.

Checked out the new Ghostbusters, and found myself liking it a lot more than I expected to. Granted, a lot of the plot kind of alternated between messy and formulaic, but I thought the actual jokes landed on a pretty consistent basis, and the chemistry between the leads came across as very enjoyable to watch. It was…

You know, the Thin White Duke (the character Bowie was playing for "Station to Station") was a literal fascist.

Yeah, that's basically my experience; at this point, I'm just accumulating and evolving Pokémon without any particular endgame in mind.

Yeah, I first arrived at Hot Buttered Soul from the "Hyperbolicsyllabecsesquedalymystic" sample on "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos"; I think the tracing-the-sample route in general is a pretty good way to instantly make Hayes' material seem innovative and ahead of its time (which it absolutely was).

After grooving to "Pursuit of the Pimpmobile" ever since seeing the movie, I finally gave in and bought the full Isaac Hayes Truck Turner soundtrack. I think it honestly might be my new favorite album of his—a few tracks verge dangerously close on muzak, but the funky stuff is better-executed than ever, and even on…

'90s underground hip-hop, mainly. I picked up Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star, as well as Black on Both Sides (right now, I'm favoring the latter for its fuller, more colorful beats, but that could change), which in turn encouraged me to revisit some of the other underground stuff I've had for a while now.…

I actually just watched "The Harder They Come" yesterday. Is the extra material on the expanded soundtrack worth it?

So it works well as an actual movie, then? Because my reaction to most rock opera films (including Tommy) is just wonder why I'm not listening to the album. But if Quadrophenia actually fleshes out the plot enough to sustain a real drama, that could be interesting.

Sincere question: as someone who loves Quadrophenia (the album) musically, but has never really cared that much about the story, should I bother seeking out the original film?

I have literally never heard a defense of that section, and was mildly curious as to whether or not one existed.

I'm already familiar with their debut, but the others certainly seem like good suggestions for where to go from there. Actually, maybe you could answer this for me: what, exactly, is the purpose of the last ten or so minutes of "Moonchild"? It falls in this weird gap for me where it's not quite a jam, ambient, or musiq…

Finished Virginia Woolf's To The Lighthouse; good stuff (the "Time Passes" section in particular is a masterstroke) though I do find some of its stream-of-consciousness material a little stilted in comparison with something like Ulysses.

Holy crap. I'd just been getting back into Surfer Blood's stuff after seeing the band live (without Fekete, obviously) so there's probably no time at which this news would have hit me harder than right now. Though the thought of him finding Bowie and jamming is an absolutely glorious image.

The route to greatness was a little more circuitous for me, but basically, Smash's awfulness led to my seeking out another, better performing arts-based TV show, and eventually resulted in my introduction to Bunheads, and Gilmore Girls from there.

Huh. I must've listened to that song dozens of times, and I never noticed the "holy shit" before now. The crowd when I saw them live neglected to do that, though I do remember lots of silent mouthing-along going on.

A double feature of Black Belt Jones and Truck Turner for me. I feel that my life has been spiritually enriched already.

I'm honestly really enjoying "Hip Hop Police" (I'm kind of a sucker for those sorts of back-and-forth verses, even if it's just the same rapper playing two people), so I have Todd to thank for introducing me to that, if nothing else.

My ongoing introduction to Brian Eno's solo work continues, this time with "Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)". I'll admit, before listening to it I was somewhat expecting a weaker follow-up to "Warm Jets" (especially since this seems to be the popular consensus) but this might well be my favorite of his albums I've…

Yeah, I generally try to avoid purchasing large swaths of an artist's discography at once (so all their albums don't end up blurring together), but I might have to make an exception for Eno.