Yeah, that was an odd story. Glad you shared though.

Gotta get Daniel Lanois in there to add a bit of warmth.

I had a girlfriend that liked this album, but the album cover and the one line from the hit song put me off of James for a couple of years. Then another, later, girlfriend introduced me to Seven, and i loved it. But even after that it still took me a while to get into Laid. Now i just see the album cover as a…

Don't bother— with a mind as open as yours, i'm sure you'll hate it.

There's some truly great stuff on Wah Wah, some of my favorite music to listen to still to this day— Pressure's On, Burn the Cat, Rhythmic Dreams, Basic Brian.

And you can really hear Eno's voice in the chorus. I always look for that in any record he produces.

Agree with everything you said there.

Agreed with Laid and/or Seven as a good starting point.

I'm going to see him next month. If i get up the nerve, i'll ask him and get back to you (i probably won't).

The first one was pretty good, and mostly looked good effects-wise. But the second one lost me with all the b.s. they crammed in (insanely awful elf/dwarf romance, beyond stupid Smaug/dwarf chase in Erebor) at the expense of what Tolkien actually wrote (more Beorne, more Mirkwood). And the effects started to take…

That describes most of the Hobbit films.

I love both practical effects and cgi— whatever works for the scene and looks best. Been a fan of special effects since reading Starlog magazine in the early 80s. But when a movie like the last Hobbit piece of crap is just wall to wall bullshit looking cgi, yeah, i complain. As long as it doesn't take me out of the…

I won a $100 bet with a friend who thought that it was Christopher Reeve with Robin Williams in the Don't Worry, Be Happy video. Thanks Mr. Irwin!

believe strongly that artists should always be paid for their efforts, but this display was kinda gross, and since i don't use these kinds of music services anyway, i won't be using this particular one either, and i'll just continue buying my music the old fashioned way… from iTunes.

But *that* Island was quite diverse, actually.

But that doesn't mean that we should pay *less* attention to Scientology's crazy beliefs or illegal and immoral actions, we should pay *more* attention to Catholicism's or Islam's or Mormonism's. They're all just a bunch of bullshit, and they've all done countless terrible, evil things throughout their histories, the…

Cult. Definitely cult.

Jay Z sucks, and so does Beyons, but i'm 100% behind people actually paying for music. and the artists making money off of what they create.

Live versions of songs suck. They're only for the super-fans. And that Peter Frampton song is one of the worst things ever created.

I'm not sure if 'key change' is the appropriate term here (i know zero about music theory), but my three favorite songs where they *take it up a notch* are…