I just gave Laughing Stock the 'front to back' listen this past week.

Been doing some freelance and helping a friend with a sci-fi web series. Got a chance to write a death scene for a character I was particularly close to. Creative-wise, there's nothing to jump-start your creative streak like writing a death scene (on the other hand, I'm sort of a 'partly cloudy' guy) - if only for the…

Yes, fuck that shit indeed. So sorry for your loss.

Sound of Silver would be the first place

He is, but I think the biggest thing missing on that album is an undeniable, catchy, earworm-worthy hook.

Just finished reading Ernie Pyle's World War II reporting. Now, on to the graphic novel The Umbrella Academy.

Yeah, I haven't relistened to Whiteout Conditions since I gave it a full go. Something I never thought would happen to a NP album.

One reason I could just not fully get into Badmotorfinger was because I discovered Soundgarden with Louder Than Live - which was a game-changing album for me.

The "Listen to an album that you acquired at least twice" initiative - albums that I tried to cross off that list this week:
Ozzy Osbourne/Randy Rhodes Tribute
The Essential Sly & The Family Stone
Drive-By Truckers English Oceans

I got past the preliminary job interview via the phone, so now, the company is flying me out to San Francisco for a all-day interview with the team. So…hooray?

Happy Birthday!

Started watching Rick and Morty to see what all these kids are talking about.

Should Bray Wyatt ditch the preacher thing, since he's taken it about as far as he can?

Manic Street Preachers is sadly becoming very relevant again.

Certainly hope not this is the last shuffle thread

Did the super-fast "twice cooked pork tenderloin" recipe from the NY Times - high heat skillet - 2 tbsp of butter or olive oil, cook the entire pork loin for about 6 minutes - remove it from the heat - let it cool for a bit, cut into 1-inch slices, then recook, then with the bits left in the skillet, add 1/2 cup…

Keeping with the black-and-white photo thread lead, I see.

I'll put Love and Theft up there on the classic scale. I certainly listened to that album more than Time Out of Mind when it first came out, but overall, Time Out of Mind has aged better.

No, in fact, I think it leads credence to the theory that (at least up until 2007) - any year ending in '7' was an absolutely awesome year for music. '67 and '77 need no introduction. There was a ton of great stuff that came out in '87 (Sign O' The Times, Joshua Tree, Tunnel of Love, Appetite, and even Hysteria). And…

Yeah, I loved how this was the creators way of expertly laying out to the Fox executives who came up with that directive that in no way will that new "shake things up with a new character" thing will work - in tight, expertly constructed 17 minutes.