Since celebrity deaths are still on my brain, man, is Miyazaki gonna be a hard one. He's such an ideal of what an artist should be: there's nothing self-indulgent about anything he made, it was all for us, the dreams he shared with us as gifts. It's going to be a dark day when he leaves us.

I really wish that Ricky Gervais hadn't made the original Office, Extras, those old XFM shows which introduced the world to Karl Pilkington, or about half of his stand-up material. Because those are all fantastic, and if they didn't exist, I would be able to properly hate his stupid, smug little face instead this…

That was exactly what it reminded me of! Man that show was good. "And as for you, bird, I'll deal with you later." "Will you? Really?" "…no."

For the most part, yeah. But I'm actually a big fan of noir, and that dream sequence in the middle of "BMO Noir" is not like anything found in noir.

As a performer? Hell yeah. It's a testament to how perfectly those seventies albums nailed everything that rock n' roll is about that somehow, forty years later, he can still sing them with the same vigor and passion. Apparently, all it takes to never get sick of singing the same songs, no matter how many thousands of…

This is new? Have you forgotten his groundbreaking fusion of hardboiled detective fiction and European arthouse in "BMO Noir"?

I like Dylan's recent stuff myself, but I wouldn't argue that it's as vital as the 2010s output from the artists I mentioned. They've all put out stuff in the last five years which I would say is comparable with what they did in their primes; can we really say The Tempest might be as good as Blonde On Blonde?

For real. As a songwriter myself, I can only dream of being as relevant and talented as Bowie was at that age. The only others who leap to mind are Tom Waits, Scott Walker, and maybe Leonard Cohen.

That smash cut from "This prison's not going to hold me" "Oh yeah?" to the high-tech containment system was one of the best gags since "Dentist".

My #5 was nearly a tie between Young Americans, Sons Of The Silent Age, and Modern Love.

So, posthumous top-five in honor of the deceased, High Fidelity "Laura's dad" style.
1. Heroes
2. Teenage Wildlife
3. Ashes To Ashes
4. Rock n' Roll Suicide
5. Young Americans

Bowie left us with the perfect final statement. And I'm not talking about his last album—well, I am, but not directly. That album is full of songs about death, and all the critics and fans assumed that they were written "From the point of view" of someone dying. Just another character for Bowie to inhabit. But that's…

And a boombox. Don't forget the boombox.

Whoa, two episodes above B- in a row? What sorcery is this?

Somebody's parents let them watch "It" pretty early.

Today, I listened to Fakebook, Dear Catastrophe Waitress, I Love You Honeybear, Weathervanes, and Up The Brackets. They were all really good.

Note the use of past tense.

I listened to Weathervanes; I thought it was fantastic. I'll have to give it another listen to fully absorb the lyrical content, but the bits I got were beautiful, and I'm a sucker for their kind of sound. Much gratitude for the suggestion. Also, it makes think even more that you'd love Dust Lane; they're very similar…

I watched 12 Angry Men for the first time the other night. I don't really have anything to say about it that hasn't already been said, but it was fantastic. I've always been a sucker for movies set in one room, and holy hell, did this get a lot of tension and suspense out of that setup. Great movie, obviously worthy…

Oh, those little half-popped kernals are the best. They have a perfect amount of crunch. You find a nice handful of those and it's magical.