Random pick..
Just read "Up in Honey's Room" (2007) after picking up the hardcover for $1.00. Various reviewers and nay-sayers will squawk the usual squawks about how Leonard's not at the top of his game anymore but if this late-career effort is an example of a sub-standard work, I'm a monkey's uncle.

Nice to see Comics back…
…but "Art Comics"? Ugh. Please, no.

If you watch "Birdemic" you'll realize that it's not intentionally bad. It's bad because it's incompetent in a way that makes "The Room" look like "Citizen Kane." Seeing someone produce something as complicated as a feature length film without having the foggiest notion of how to make it watchable is a case study in…

Worst TV awards show ever!
I'm OK with the raspy, crazed Dylan 2.0 and I enjoyed that little set piece with the Mumfords and Avetts, but it had to be one of the most ineptly staged things I have ever seen on big-budget tv. There were roadies scurrying about trying to set up mic stands and no one seemed to know where…

Thompson, Bukowski, et al.
Something irks me when the only books/writers people cite as faves are Thompson, "Clockwork Orange", the "Fight Club" guy and maybe Bukowski. My first thought is "you probably didn't read their books" and then I realize that even though there is some great writing amongst these folks, the…

Oh *SNAP!*

Agreed. He's a lame hack, but the interview was quite readable.

Award show fail!
In all my many years of sitting through these wretched award shows, Ricky Gervais and David Letterman were the only ones that ever made me laugh.

I like Kiss. I'm not afraid to say it. But after listening to a marathon session of the first four albums I sometimes feel a shame akin to the kind of feelings you get after an all day tentacle-porn, masturbation binge.

Erratum etc.
Ace's home studio was sold off years before his most recent solo album. And other than having no idea what "cocaine inhabited more shoeboxes than sneakers" means, I enjoyed this recap of "Kiss and Sell." It's really a great read if you're interested in the behind-the-scenes machinations of a wildly…

Ouch…
Posing the question of whether Ms. Portman can act seems rather mean-spirited and unnecessary. Did I believe her as a weirdo ballerina in the "Black Swan?" Yep. That's good enough for me. I think acting in film is more than just plopping someone with the right look in front of the camera. Stage acting might be…

No more montages?
Get rid of the only thing that makes the Oscars watchable? Sounds like a good plan.

Original songs?
Much as I'm sure they'll have access to some upper tier pop songwriting talent, the foreshadowing about original songs is a bit of a bummer. Sounds more like a cash grab than anything. We shall see.

Skrewdriver? Really?
I'm sorry, but giving Skrewdriver any leeway is just plain wrong. G.G. and the Mentors (Anal Cunt belongs in that rarefied group too) are basically absurd jokesters. They might be pretty awful human beings but what they're doing is sleazy shtick. What Skrewdriver is doing — with the money you…

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The recursive nature of my nostalgia for "Legends of the Superheroes" makes me feel old. I had forgotten about the original until years later when I got a copy of the bootleg from a zine editor with a penchant for this sorta thing. Now that I can actually see a pristine copy, I'm waxing my nostalgic carrot for my…

Thanks. And just to keep this on topic, apparently their is a metal band with the name Mormon Nailer.

If you watch the video closely…
…I think there's an actual woman in the front.

Webb?
The director's name is Marc Webb? Marc Webb? Isn't that funny?

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