Rod was pretty great up until the mid/late 70s - The Faces were a fantastic band and his solo work was impressive in general, but then came the Do Ya Think I'm Sexy (which ripped off Brazilian genius Jorge Ben's far superior "Taj Mahal" for the main riff) neon spandex era which really was the start of the slide down…

This from a guy who considers Peter Cetera a musical treasure…

His stand up comedy is some of the best ever. Period. Some incredible albums. Talk to 20 stand ups (especially ones over 40), and probably 18 would say he was hugely influential to them.

Well, it can't be any worse than the book…

I grew up about 10 miles from Culpeper. Doesn't surprise me in the least…

Herman's Headey

At a yard sale one day last year I impulsively shelled out $1 for a "Mt St. Helens Board Game." Who the hell makes a board game about a deadly volcano?! What's next, Milton Bradley's "Tsunami!" where you get to relive the fun and excitement of the the Fukushima disaster - the person with the most radiation poisoning…

That's not what Edith said… Oooooh AAAAAArchie!

I've read a couple of fantastic biographies of Franklin in the last few years - Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson and Benjamin Franklin by Edmund Wilson. I highly recommend both.

"this is a reunion show, intended as a bit of fun rather than a response to or continuation of the series four finale, and in that capacity, it works well."
And for this it gets a C?

"The Ohio-founded chain spent years specializing in one thing, and one thing only: roast beef." I thought the only thing Arby's specialized in was inducing diarrhea.

No mention of Harry Nilsson's amazing soundtrack? Great songs and fantastic production that recalls Harry's late 60s Pandemonium Shadow Show/Aerial Ballet era. I also have a bootleg of the demos, which is pretty awesome as well.

The book is sooooooo much better. And I agree about the whack casting/structure issues.

Cloud Atlas is a pretty damn goofy, pretentious and overstuffed sic-fi epic, and more recent than Southland Tales (which I definitely like more than CA)…

I heard it as "Time is a flat Urkel." And he says "Did I do that?" again and again and again. It was like Camus deep, like super fuckin' existential, man. Now I don't know WHAT to think.

He should've made a movie of his own life - sure, he could be saved by 3 pre-pubescent ninjas at the end, but the story itself is amazing.

As much as I'm glad Hardwick's helped to expose it to a broader audience, he's hardly the reason for the existence of Thrilling Adventure Hour, even partly. That was around - both as a live show, and as a podcast (I remember seeing it at M Bar way back in the day) - well before it joined Nerdist.

He was a very different guy back then (raging alcoholic)

Ooooh sorry, the audience isn't buying it. No points.

Why does it seem that both Lennon and Perry should play Felix? Maybe THAT'S the twist!