After I wrote this I watched the "behind the scenes" episode that aired last week, and the answer to your question is that if the contestants push the "panic button" there are rescue squads in the general vicinity. And there is a satellite-linked device they use to check in on a regular basis (as well as a medical…

At the time, nothing was really said about how he died. It was while researching this piece that I too saw that reported for the first time. I had to double-check with multiple articles to make sure it wasn't a presumption.

I was looking forward to seeing more of Hartman's design work (which is something I've often read about), but then I saw that the author of the Fast Code piece thinks Hartman designed the AJA cover, which would be news to Geoff Westen. Also i'm fuming a little over this line: "The covers for Poco's Legend and Steely…

I was at their wedding! I can vouch that she's a lovely gal.

I also miss CTOTD.

Note-taking glitch, my apologies. Will fix.

Not asking for clips, just some acknowledgment, at some point, that they made a movie about this story. Even one minute would do, rather than zero.

FWIW, it's airing on Showtime in two weeks.

Those two are the best ones, for sure, I would make an effort to see the others when you can, but I don't know that I'd say it's worth buying the entire set just for them.

Possibly so. I'm just always amused how many "I Know You Rider"s I stumble across by 1960s bands.

Considering it, actually… but only for songs that have a lot of covers *and* that have been sampled/etc.

I found the pilot episode of the upcoming MR ROBOT interesting, FWIW. No idea how it can be a series, but I'll keep watching it for a bit.

(Though to be fair, "Gouge Away" was in the Season 4 finale. Similar scene. http://lostpedia.wikia.com/… ).

[ahem] … http://lostpedia.wikia.com/…

As soon as I get the approval from above, I'm going to drop the "recast" line from this piece. It's not something I feel that strongly about, and while I do think that the Iris material is this show's weakest, the problem lies mainly in the writing and conception. Since this article is meant to be a celebration of the…

The article says that it was recorded in 1982. And I've never seen The Punch Line referred to as an EP before. The band has called it their first album, and What Makes A Man their second. But it's possible that they called it an EP in some article that I missed.

What's fascinating too is that each are frozen in their own time, including artists that seemed to matter at that particular point in history, which means that some really good acts get missed by every version of the Guide (because the time they had their moment and then faded away all happened between editions) while…

On my list of articles I'd love to write for somebody, an analysis/comparison of the four RS record guides is at the top. I've never been able to sell that pitch anywhere.

Or, um… at some point. The piece is banked, should run soon.

If you tune in tomorrow, you just might get some kind of intro to BTS piece, written by yours truly.