I started reading Todd Snider's I Never Met a Story I Didn't Like: Mostly True Tall Tales. It's great fun so far. It's basically reads like he sat down at a bar to tell you stories, and just transcribed it to paper. If you're a fan of his music, I highly recommend.

That should work. By blue stuff, you mean Smurfs, right? They're quite the delicacy in France. They eat them whole including the bones…no wait. That's a bird. Never mind.

John Parish and Polly Jean Harvey – Civil War Correspondent
Amy Winehouse – Me & Mr. Jones
Comets on Fire – Lucifer’s Memory
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult – Sex On Wheelz
Neko Case – Alone and Forsaken
Tricky – Tricky Kid
Beatles – I Want to Tell You
Juliette Commagere – Foreigner
Ronny – If You Want Me To Stay
Beatles –…

I just finished The Leaving of Things by Jay Antani for my book club. It was a really interesting story set in the mid-80s regarding an Indian boy just out of high school in Wisconsin and who had spent much of his life in the US having to move back to India when his father gets a new job there. Interesting…

I actually heard that song on the radio the other day, and was shocked that it was still in rotation. I did not, however, change the channel.

Ben Folds – Late (iTunes Originals version)
The Cure – Lullaby
A Sunny Day in Glasgow – Never Nothing (It’s Alright [It’s Okay])
Neko Case – Whip the Blankets
Neneh Cherry – Manchild
Bows – Britannica
Kinky – Tonos Rosas
The Cure – 10:15 Saturday Night
Throwing Muses – Blurry 2
The Dandy Warhols – Horse Pills

Too Much Joy! And Crowded House! And Cult of Personality! And, and, and. So much good here.

Cate Le Bon – Sad Sad Feet
Ben Folds – Zak and Sara (live)
Silversun Pickups – Substitution
Animal Collective – My Girls
Of Montreal – Labyrinthian Pomp
Rosemary Clooney – I Get Along Without You Very Well
Múm – Dancing Behind My Eyelids
The Moldy Peaches – Downloading Porn With Davo
Queens of the Stone Age – Lightning Song
The…

Julie Andrews et al – Do-Re-Mi (Reprise) [Sound of Music movie soundtrack]
SPC ECO – Like It Is
Manu Chao – Trapped By Love
Joseph Arthur – A Smile That Explodes
Of Montreal – A Collection of Poems About Water
Low – Lazy
Soulsavers featuring Mark Lanegan and Red Ghost – You Will Miss Me When I Burn
Roy Orbison – You May Feel…

You and me both.

I have so many good memories listening to Head Over Heels. Such a fun song.

Drive is my favorite R.E.M. song.

Au Pairs – You
Throwing Muses – Sleepwalking 3 [Instrumental version]
Medicine – It’s Not Enough
Smoke Fairies – Somebody Speaks
Gerome Ragni/Company – Donna [Hair Original Broadway Cast Recording 1968]
John Murphy – ‘I promised them women’ [28 Days Later score]
Suzanne Vega – Gypsy [live]
Fiona Apple – Valentine
Isobel…

I think I may be the anti-Will Hughes, as I am - at best - ambivalent to Wes Anderson, and really disliked Moonrise Kingdom, but I loved, loved, loved Grand Budapest Hotel. It was neck in neck with Whiplash for my Oscar best picture choice.

Love that LCD Soundsystem song, particularly the BBC Sessions version.

Upvoted for No Aloha.

Madvillain featuring Viktor Vaughn – Fancy Clown
Siouxsie & The Banshees – Shooting Sun
Cabaret Voltaire – Do Right
Stereolab – Miss Modular
Ride – Polar Bear
Nouvelle Vague – Bela Lugosi’s Dead
Le Tigre – What’s Yr Take on Cassavettes
Low – Monkey (Fog remix)
Bikini Kill – Rah! Rah! Replica
Thea Gilmore – Rags and Bones (live)

I was wondering that myself. Despite my interest in the subject matter, I found Room 237 nigh unwatchable.

You know what, Stuart? I like you. You're not like the other people. Here in the trailer park.

I'll bring the chips.