I am planning on getting the free trial as soon as the McElroy show drops. Maybe by then they'll have some more content!

Oh there's a surprise.
Unfortunately…. CAN SUCKS

I will report back as to what I think of each record! I am looking forward to Outside a lot. I've heard good things!

AHWT is an all-time classic for me. Tallahassee is a bit of a tough nut to crack if it's your first Mountain Goats experience. Partly because it's the finale to a whole mess of other songs, but also partly because the songs themselves (with some exceptions, like No Children), are more small parts of a larger character…

I started going in order from the albums I haven't heard. It turns out I don't know pretty much anything between Tonight and The Next Day, aside from one-time listens or snippets. So I started with Never Let Me Down, which was fine, but not a top-tier Bowie album in any way. Next up (after all the other stuff people…

This is excellent.

Alright, he's up after The Cardiacs, who are on after Madonna. I don't know much of his stuff.

I'd recommend going a earlier with The Mountain Goats if you want something a bit rawer. Their tape output has an urgency to it that their later stuff never really re-captured. OTOH, John's lyricism isn't as polished so he doesn't quite have the distinctive turn of phrase he gets later. In terms of sound their…

Which album?

I don't know as much Cardiacs as I should. They're up after Madonna.

This is a very good recommendation that will definitely save my afternoon from boredom!

Yeah, exactly. Having said all that, I'm really looking forward to Rian Johnson's Star Wars. He seems like the kind of guy who would handle it well, and also know when to step away from it.

It's hard to pick out my favorite, but they're definitely a big contributing factor to that Miyazaki magic. I watched Ponyo for the first time the other day, and just the first few notes of the Hisaishi score were enough to transport me.

Yeah this is true. I feel like it works better with already somewhat established people. Gunn had been around for a long time and worked in the studio system before as a writer, same with Shane Black, the Russo's were already very established in TV. I don't think Edgar Wright has been hurt much career-wise by his…

This is already permanently saved in pride of place at the top of my bookmarks bar. What an incredible performance.

But is that what happens? So often the studio system just breaks the indie guy and it ends up doing more harm to their future prospects than good. After the performance of Warcraft, is anyone going give Duncan Jones even the meager $30 million it took to make Source Code? Who is going to fund David Ayer's next movie…

I know most of these from YouTube, but am looking forward to listening to them in one condensed place. I have queued it up after Bowie's Never Let Me Down.

WAIT. Rachel Bloom has a non-CEG soundtrack album?! I must have it! Unfortunately I am writing at work today, which means I can't listen to the CEG soundtrack with commentary, because it's too distracting. Guess I'll have to just listen to the regular album!
(Also, Boy Band Made Up Of Four Joshes is the best song in…

NEVER!!!!

I HAVE been meaning to fill in some holes in my Bowie knowledge (pretty much the mid-90s to mid-2000s), so I will start with that!