I tried an attenuator on an AC30. For the uninitiated, a Vox AC30 somehow bangs out frequencies that make it a bigger tinnitus factory than a Marshall half-stack, and I’ve used both.

Also I agree that a Fender Deluxe (or one of its clones) always wins. Took me ages to learn this.

Really good criteria for “best” and I’ll leave it there. Thank goodness music isn’t a competition...

I can’t imagine why it flopped. My daughter was exactly the right age for it, so I dutifully attended, expecting nothing. I can’t say that I remember it particularly well, but the animation was beautiful, and it was all in all charming.

I know, I feel sad for HOMO’s boyfriend. Dan nailed the response. I’d go a bit further and suggest to HOMO that he take a long look at himself, probably with the help of a therapist, and get a handle on the anger he has. Whether the boyfriend is right for him or not is less important now than whether HOMO can find a…

There may be something to all the above, but if people are gonna make him rich(er) and famous(er) to do whatever the hell he enjoys most... well, then he’s gonna enjoy himself and do it. I imagine the guy really likes his life, and likes a challenge.

He was very good when he guested on Never Mind the Buzzcocks. Of course that’s a comedic panel show gig, but he seemed to have good timing and deliver. I’d be interested to see him in more acting roles.

Comprehension reading fundamental is. I was so psyched by some of the other entries I somehow skipped right over!

Terrific list, but I might have added Jurassic Park... the impact of the first scene with dinosaurs was amazing, personally and culturally.

A friend works in production in Hollyweird and had worked with most of the big names on both sides of the camera. He said Cruise is unfailingly on time, hard-working, polite, and does all he can to bring a project to a successful completion. Now, I don’t know if that makes him a good person, but as another actor…

Tallahassee, of all places.

I have! Exhibit no. 122 for Mr. Denison.

I saw The Jesus Lizard on a double bill with The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion once and it was the only show I’ve seen that I felt truly nervous someone was gonna get really hurt. A Ramones show had people throwing furniture, but this one was crazier.

It’s absolutely fascinating to see how anyone who tries to live by the examples of Jesus (exhibiting humility, pacifism, kindness, generosity, and charity) scares the living shit out of what I call Fox Christians, who take pride in material possessions, are unwavering in their support of guns, capital punishment, and…

I wrestle with this and may be completely wrong, but I feel that the common ground between the (generally educated and well-off) pro-business camp and the (often not as well-educated or well-off) racism camp is one credo.

As if being stuck with a bunch of sweaty coders and barristas expressing themselves through the media of glitter, papier-mache and dance weren’t enough, having to avoid their sun-baked shit (literal and philosophical) makes it sound even worse. I’ll stick with Napping Man, thank you. The festival for the antisocial.

It can happen. I’d gone to one LMT for a couple years, and we knew each other well enough to hang out with mutual friends. Lovely, kind, slightly spacey hippie-ish woman, and after 40 or so massages we were not super-inhibited so she’d give a good glute massage, and working on my hips the sheet would be over my penis,…

Aye. Are you in Scotland, though? Maybe it’s not a company culture so much as a national culture, now that I think about it.

I’m with you. Well, my English is only deteriorating from age and creeping stupidity, but I wasn’t too active here for ages. Then I return, the switch to Disqus fresh in my mind, to find Cookie Monster, Idiotking, Waffles and the gang post infrequently if at all, and parent company The Onion has gone completely off…

It’s a brutal cluster of a problem. I’d love for a party that was more in line with my views if the risk of this vote (the worst of the two major parties will win) didn’t outweigh the benefits (demonstrating, through the small actions of myself and others, that other parties can in fact attract votes.)