Here's what Burgess was getting at (which shows up in a ton of his books): somewhere in the book is a reference to scripture talking about man being oranges to quench God's thirst. When Alex gets "corrected" or whatever, he no longer has free will, and cannot decide to whether or not to make moral choices. Thus, he…

If the AVC wants someone to do a Gateway to Geekery: Anthony Burgess, I volunteer. I read almost all of his works, including his ponderous autobiographies during college.

I used to claim "The Wanting Seed" was my favorite book in college. A lot of his 60s satire is pretty good, but "Nothing Like the Sun" and the original Enderby are standouts of his work.

Only if it also includes Adam Baldwin, and the brothers act all creeped out.

Yeah, a compilation is probably the way to go.

IIRC, NCC refers to movies which probably would have been in Danny Peary's cult movies books, had he continued to write them. So, things from the mid-80s forwards. E.g., The Cook, etc. is from 1989.

Craig, how did you see it? It looks like my choices are buying the VHS or a Region 2 DVD, neither of which is going to happen.

One of my favorite Chilton tracks is "(Every Time I) Close My Eyes #1" where he asks the studio if anyone has aspirin before the (great) song starts.

RIP
Be it growling soul, rock, anti-rock, sloppy drunken covers, lo-fi singles, old school R&B, the man did it all and excelled.

"It gets so hard in times like now, to hold on."

Let's find stupid quotes!
I've chosen this one in honor of SXSW:

Yeah, where's the irony?

Who wants to recreate that photo cartoon with John Cleese and the dolls?

I don't know about those, but I'm going to rent the hell out of Scarecrow and Mrs. King.

He wasn't bad in Kings.

Draughtsman's Contract is probably the place to start, based on the Greenaway films I've seen. Don't try Prospero's Books - it's too over the top.

This list could be re-done and expanded
Diagnosis: Murder
Tabitha

Larry Sanders
That's been in purgatory for years. Maybe now I'll actually get to watch the show - it's good, right?

Bob Vila does stand-up?
Times are tough, I guess.

Movies with real-life authors solving fictional crimes
Hammett
Time After Time