So you're mad that you didn't hear Sonic Youth on the radio? Or Dinosaur Jr. Where did they play these bands on commercial-ish radio?

I would have been a sophomore than. That was right after he got big locally. Still a fun concert to see at that point, just more crowded. I don't really associate my pleasant memories of this band with this album (which came out the following year) and listening to it now, I agree that it 100% does not hold up or…

Even in the fall of '94 it was sort of meathead central at the Flood Zone. Probably not as bad it would get but the word sort of got out by the summer of '93 and his concerts were always packed and had a large frat guy contingency.

I meant the time in life where people really liked terrible jam bands like Widespread Panic and Big Head Todd. The bad rock sax will continue on forever, which is unfortunate.

Actually, I went to college in Richmond and saw him a number of times (Wed night at the Flood Zone) for 5 bucks (6 if you weren't 21 or didn't have a fake id). This was 1992-1993. Sometimes there were literally 10 or 15 people, some playing pool, at these concerts. As much as a cheeseball as he turned into, he and…

I saw Bryan Adams in 1983 opening for Journey. I was 9. Compared to Journey, he was pretty good. But my favorite story about him is his first single. Apparently it sucked but some other producer decided it could be a disco hit if it were only a little more peppy. So he just turned up the speed on the tape and…

Um, has anyone seen this? I'd say they've already hung dong.

Which one? The Conformist? I can finally retire my laserdisc player.

Because its a sitcom.

I'll get over it.

Oh yeah, Antonioni is pretty terrible in everyway. This was probably his best for me but I find him way too pretentious and not all that deep in any way. Zabriskie's Point was one of the most embarrassing films ever. It came off like a bad afterschool special.

The conformist is worth seeking out, although I think its much easier to find now than it used to be with this new fangled internety thing. I had to see it in a theater in Italian the first time. I don't speak italian.

I'm quickly becoming one. I remember when I was studying this in college (early to mid 90s - yup I'm old) the only person anyone from my parents generation ever knew about was Harold Bloom, mostly from his the West is the Best nonsense. I was never engaged in discussions about say, the russian formalist theorists. …

I feel the same way about the Major League sequels.

Are there really a lot of people who taught themselves literary criticism by reading a Harold Bloom book? I seem to recall most of the people who referenced him hadn't actually read anything but just read articles about him. In the 80s and 90s. I once lent a roommate a Terry Eagleton book warning that this isn't…

Oh my god first

In this case, as much as I'd prefer they don't, they do. Also, Anita Hill didn't accuse Clarence Thomas of rape.

There's a difference between someone being guilty in court and guilty in your opinion. "Innocent until proven" guilty is great for court, and is a good guiding principle for forming your own opinion. But after 15 people have all come forward with nearly identical stories, my opinion is leaning towards the fact that…

How about "Accused Rapist?" It just so happens that he has been accused by 15 different women.

The article about this that got linked from Drudge has over 4K comments, most of them horrible.