Soooo…"upper-lower-working-middle-class"? I used to be "middle-middle-working-class", but then I got out of management and am now simply "lower-class". My chef could probably be considered "upper-middle-quasi-working-class", since he tends to delegate a lot, deals with paperwork, but still has to put in time on the…

I've been watching every film Juliette Binoche has been in since Cyrano de Begerac. She's in the same league as Michelle Pfeiffer and Julie Delpy: no matter how bad the movie is, I fall in love with them instantly.

But what about Voltron? We all know the lions ruled and the car version was crap.

More like Roquefort Bleu, right?

My freshman English Comp class was interesting, but I decided James Joyce was my new favorite. My prof (who was still working on his Ph.D) actively discouraged me from attempting "Finnigans Wake" on the sole reason that the only way he would ever get through it was because of study groups, where they went around and…

that's actually really cool of you to do that. little things go a long way.

I've lived in five different cities the last 16 years, and cannot tell you how much this is true. New city, New life. Stop being yourself, reinvent. Change your habits. hell, change your food. Every single time I had no links to that new place, just going in with work, settling down, and turning myself around. …

you're a ginger?!?

So did MTV, but you coulda fooled me

The final three tracks, Omegaman, Secret Journey, and Darkness, are beyond being favorites. "happiest music with the saddest lyrics" sums up a lot of Synchonicity.

"Clapton…IS dead?"

I would have a hard time saying that either are "dad-rock". Should I ever sire a son or daughter, I would like to think that if they find me slumbering through "100%" or some random track off or In Utero when I'm 70 they'll just be like, "Huh, I haven't listened to this one in a while myself."

I grew up in the '80s and 90's, and dad rock was essentially part of my learning how to appreciate modern and alt-rock. I listened to classical almost exclusively until around 1983/4, when I discovered Top 40 thanks to my older brother. I find it funny, thinking about it now, that I have no idea what music my dad…

Thanks for reminding me that this song ever existed. May they burn with eternal fire in hell. (not the same situation, but damn if I didn't have to deal with insufferable fools around my age at the time this came out and -this- is the song they latched onto because of a bad break up).

The comments on songs in the "Message in a Box" collection are a great insight into how far things had gone with The Police. I think both Andy and Stewart comment on the recording sessions for the remake of "Don't Stand So Close" and mention how Sting was done with it all when he showed up with roses in one hand and…

I'm surprised I don't remember this, and hope that you're not making it up. Also means I'm do to binge watch 30 Rock soon.

I agree with most of this, but especially when it comes to bands being able to craft great music but their lyrics are utter garbage. Oasis? Dear Lord. I have never been the biggest fan of theirs but they wrote one song that gets stuck in my head, "Aquiesce", and the lyrics? fuck. "We're sleeping in our souls." …

Eh, Mercury Falling was the last new Sting album I bought. Not that there aren't a few good tracks on it (Valpariso comes to mind), but that's the one where my 21 year old self realized I was too young to be listening to a new Sting album while still anticipating the next Pearl Jam album. I was knee-deep in latent…

Clapton isn't dead. Ya know, "God isn't dead", Clapton is God…have i overexplained a poor joke?

VH1 still plays music?