"In the Mouth of Madness" was his last great movie, I think.  "Vampires" and "Ghosts of Mars" were both good.  The problem with Ghosts of Mars is that the "ghosts" weren't really all that threatening.  I never feared for the characters.  The cast was great, though.  The problem with "Vampires" is that I couldn't buy…

Yeah, you can get the whole story here: http://www.youtube.com/watc…

"O.M.A.C." is another great and insane distopian sci-fi series from Kirby that a lot of people miss. Even though Kirby resented its popularity (because DC forced him on it after Forth World was canceled), I also enjoy "The Demon" as far as late-Kirby work that needs a to get a little more credit and love.

I was inspired to read "Fourth World" after seeing an interview between Mark Evanier and Neil Gaiman.  They also mentioned Kirby's run on "The Losers" as a must read, though I'm not sure how well it translates to post-boomer generation (I couldn't really get my head into it, being a little too far removed from WWII).

I am amazed that he managed to get through the entire article without mentioning the cowbell.  The cowbell holds the magic in this song, you rock 'n' roll clowns (who do cocaine…seriously, a lot of cocaine).

"…But i'm still obliged to see it for some reason."

At the time, it never really felt like a movement that everyone was in to.  A lot of people showed up at lollapalooza, but a lot went "just to be there" rather than for the music.  I imagine the Grunge/Alt thing was a lot like the hippie thing.  It really was a small (and less vocal) percentage of the Gen X population…

That always bothered me about the "Alt Rock" label.  Once the people (as Jello Biafra refers to them) in the satin baseball jackets at the labels and radio stations had a name for an undefined genre, they could use it to push any band.  At first it made sense for grunge and other bands (Primus, Faith No More, NIN,…

Well since no one's mentioned it, I have to stick up for the first one that I saw. 
Nausicaä is still my favorite, along with Mononoke.  I like Laputa for how it influenced Bruce Timm/Paul Dini. I like Whisper of the Heart* and Porco Rosso for being exactly what they are.  Miyazaki will be sorely missed when he stops…

I've tried hard to like this band because one of my favorite guitarists joined them.  I just can't do it.  It's really not for me (and it's a damn shame that they took a talented guitarist away from her shredding math-rock past).

Dare I say the Nouvelle Vague version is what caused people to first notice that band. http://www.youtube.com/watc…

If you've never seen NIN, they're a band that everyone should experience live at least once.  I put them up there with Radiohead and TOOL, as far as being a band the can really put on a spectacle. 

Buffy herself should be on the list.  They wrote in killer her off almost every season, and actually did kill her one season, because they never knew if the show was going to be renewed.  That's why she dies at the end of Season 1, and many more times.

As Dave Grohl said, "When the fuck did Rush become 'cool'?"
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Mostly current/former trust fund hippies.

I realize I'm in the minority on VNV.  It's actually the vocals that I can't stand.  That generic goth overly dramatic "I should have a cape and swish it around" vocals that many of the 90s bands (on Metropolis and Cleopatra compilations) had.  It always sounded put-on to me.  [I have the same issue with pixie girls…

Some can argue that post-punk started before punk (Suicide, DEVO, Pere Ubu, Wire, The Fall, and so on, all pre-date 1977).

"… Fugazi sold shitloads of records, and made plenty of money touring—and it did so because people were happy to support what was, in essence, its un-brand…"

@avclub-51048bfa2332a3aba727434b85da1dd6:disqus , by "goth" music, we typically refer to the music listened to by people of that subculture rather than music made by goths.  It's a surprisingly diverse subculture.  Hell, most people don't identify as their classification anyway.  Motorhead and AC/DC say that they're…

…and, well, Metal Postcard has to fit on that list somewhere as well.