I saw Fleetwood Mac when they came through DC a month ago. (It was a gift for my girlfriend, who's a big fan). Not a bad show. They played a set of songs from Tusk, including, quite surprisingly, "It's Not That Funny." (No "The Ledge," unfortunately.) Christine McVie wasn't there, so it focused pretty heavily on the…

It's oddly phrased, but I think Ignatiy is just saying that this is one of Scorsese's greatest works, even though it hasn't been regarded as such. In contrast, something like Who's That Knocking at My Door? may be underrated and underseen, but it's also not necessarily in the top tier of Scorsese's output.

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It’s packed with flowers, table settings, calling cards, and other
assorted 19th-century bric-a-brac. Paintings and folding screens create
frames within the frame.

I actually just watched Popeye for the first time a few weeks ago, and considering who was involved, it really should have been much, much better. Robert Altman, Robert Evans, Jules Feiffer, Harry Nilsson, and perfect casting with Robin Williams as Popeye, Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl, and Paul Dooley as Wimpy.

Speaking of Burdon, he doesn't really get enough credit for having such an amazingly diverse career. Goes from founding one of the first rock n roll bands to founding one of the first funk bands (which was also one of the first popular multi-racial bands) to founding a hard rock band to years later recording that…

That one is at least fairly representative of the Byrds' early folk rock period, which I can't stand. But there's certainly plenty of stuff from the psychedelic period and, especially, the all too brief Gram Parsons era that redeems the Byrds.

Adding to @sharculese:disqus 's list, I'd throw in Jeremy Scahill, Conor Friedersdorf and Daniel Larison, all of whom represent fairly divergent political views (Scahill's a liberal; Friedersdorf's a libertarian; and Larison is a paleoconservative), but they all generally come together on civil liberties and national…

Maybe Buffalo Springfield, because the only song classic rock radio ever plays is "For What It's Worth," which at this point is basically the official song of Boomer nostalgia. You never hear any of the Neil Young songs or even any of the better Stills tracks.

"Whiter Shade of Pale" was recently used pretty lamely in Oblivion.

"House of the Rising Sun" is one of the first songs I learned on guitar. It's a pretty good song for beginners because it's got a bunch of the basic chords, and you play them arpeggiated, so it kind of forces you to make sure your fingers are all in the right spot. Plus you can slow it down a lot and it still sounds…

@avclub-e3f5ab7f02122f95b801e13e2c586d6a:disqus I'd say President Obama has been more conservative in terms of foreign policy than Candidate Obama was in 2008. Drones, foreign intervention, the continuation of Top Secret America-type programs. He's also been much more zealous in deporting undocumented immigrants and…

it certainly tracks with how the office of the president tends to moderate the man who occupies it.

I was really disappointed with the first part of the Darrell's House sketch because I couldn't believe they had gone through all that and then not shown us the commercial. But, like you say, it was twice as funny when it showed up unexpectedly later in the episode. One of the rare instances of SNL setting something up…

Are New Balance shoes still made in the U.S.? They used to prominently display that fact on the tongue of the shoe, and my grandpa wore New Balance exclusively for that reason. I thought they'd moved production overseas for some reason.

Isn't the Earth 2 version of any band just a low drone that lasts 30 minutes?

Seder also does some nice voice work on Bob's Burgers.

In fairness, I'm certain James Franco couldn't deliver a stamps.com pitch with conviction.

I can understand the thinking here. The titles in the Warner Archive only appeal to a niche audience. I don't think Netflix sees a lot of value in acquiring the rights to these titles because they're old, and most users have never heard of them. More and more Netflix has been trying to emphasize new and big titles.…

As a big fan of the avant pornsploitation masterpiece that is Final Flesh, I am very excited to pick up Mindsploitation.