Indeed, that band. Phil (singer/bass player) runs their facebook page and seems like a really cool guy. He makes very positive and uplifting posts and is amazed that a few of us remember them after all this time.

"just not "thrashy" enough for some folks, I guess."

I love this piece:
"I find The Next Generation aesthetically ugly and sterile, the absolute definition of nerdiness. It's characters annoy me (yes, even Picard), and my visits to its world (probably about a season's worth of random episodes and three of its four feature films) make me feel like someone tricked me into…

It was always my problem with the show. It seemed like TNG, with "the best and the brightest"…well, they eventually came across as apple polishers who would raise their hand to remind the teacher that they forgot to assign homework after the bell had rung (I describe Canadians the same way). I veered towards B5 and…

I want to loath Penn, but unfortunately he is rather charming. His nerdist interviews (where he doesn't talk politics, and instead talks about inventing a hot tub jet to give women orgasms) are quite nice. But, yeah, a pox on his politics. My favorite hypocrisy is when he criticized the "fat*" (*pot? kettle?)…

I just think that with a written medium, a person has time to mull over and digest a story more. I think Moore's take on "who would really be the type of person to become a masked vigilante?" comes across more apparent to a new reader of the book than it would to a first time viewer of Snyder's movie. (I have no…

"The million-dollar question, to which there may not be a satisfactory answer, is whether the movie is accidentally fascist or just widely misunderstood. Is Bickle’s nihilism so persuasively conveyed that it ends up sounding like a kind of gospel, not the ravings of a lunatic?"

The panel at the San Diego Comic Con for season 1 with George Lowe (Space Ghost), Clay Croker (Zorak, Moltar), and Andy Merrill (Brak) is still one of the funniest things that I have ever seen. George's voice basically is Space Ghost, and he would tell random stories out of nowhere like, "Well, we came up with that…

"Who's the young guy, though?" That's Coady from Big Business, the band that merged with the Melvins a few years ago.

I am ruined by growing up on the Rankin/Bass cartoon where the characters pronounce "Smaug" with the vowel like "ou" in "ouch".

It may be nostalgia, but I have unadulterated love for "Legend", and I'm talking about the Tangerine Dream scored version. It's a film of my youth that a buddy and I quoted endlessly to each other. Also, the dark version of Mia Sara is probably responsible for myself (and many of my generation) becoming obsessed…

I'm not surprised for the usual AVClub lack of love for SmodCo (esp. Fatman on Batman) and Rogan/Deathsquad, but I'm surprised only one person voted for the consistently different-from-other-podcasts and interesting Proops' Smartest Man in the World. Also, a good mention for Kevin Pollak Chat Show is overdue.

Lucas disappointment was because of the prequels. Lucas hate is for making the "Special Editions" the definitive versions of the original films and his attempt to eliminate from existence the original versions (and cover up all the hard work of model makers with crap and noisy CG).

It's amazing how many industrial* crossovers and supergroups and one-off that there were. Tear Garden, Download, Cyberaktid, Pigface (of course), and so many more.
[*I can't stand people who get pedantic about the definition of "industrial". Accorded to most of them it seems like the only band that qualifies is…

I think they both have approachable moments. "Grave Wisdom" is downright catchy. Even though the sound was more minimal (or maybe because of it) I always thought Rabies/Bites to be the most approachable. Then again, my intro to the band was the Ministry cover of "Smothered Hope" with Ogre singing. Damn I love this…

"Men at Work" quote sub-thread:

This ins't what I was looking for: http://www.youtube.com/watc…

I got into a really long discussion with a DJ in San Diego who was convinced that "Albini ruined Nirvana".  I don't agree with that sentiment, but I have a really hard time listening to In Utero because I really hate the production (no, you don't need to be the 1000th person to tell me that it was "the sound that the…

"whatever the hell made people think overly synthesized rock songs were cool"

It's a good film.  As mentioned in a thread above, I have trouble buying into James Woods as a badass action star.  He's just to tiny.
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