Giuseppe Zangara

In or out, either way he's a Mulatto Martyr. Let's not give him an opportunity to come back here and add one more thing to yell about in his litany of inane, grating, and crushingly stupid posts.

Oh, he made it more unreadable. A kinder soul might say EHME was performing a mercy killing, but that would be giving him too much credit.

I say "out," because what's the point of overturning a banning? Let the little prick post somewhere else. That said, outside of the garbage he posted in the Chocolate Socket, did he ever make any good posts? Contribute worthwhile discussion? Just because the guy doesn't act like a pathetic fuckup in the Draft folder doesn't mean he gets a pass.

Not available here, but I'd like to try it.

allmovie is worse. No critical pretense; mostly plot summaries. But about allmusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine could occasionally benefit from a more judicious editor. Was 1400 words on Kevin Federline's Playing with Fire really necessary? Most of it isn't even about the album! Even though his criticism of K-Fed is on the money, should that much space have been devoted to an also-ran?

Blue Moon's available just about everywhere, I think. I don't like it. Can't get Fat Tire, but I've heard of it.

Action & Adventure: Sweet Movie Comedy: Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom Crime & Gangster: Anatomy of Hell Drama: Pink Flamingos Epics & Historical: The Opening of Misty Beethoven Horror: The Brown Bunny Sci-Fi: Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS War & Westerns: I Spit on Your Grave

Rihanna gave him the herp, obv.

Sweetwater's pretty good, man. Terrapin's Wake 'n' Bake Coffee Oatmeal Stout is one of the best stouts I've ever had. Also, since that post, Terrapin arrived in Florida, which is far more exciting than getting Sweetwater. EDIT: A List Top Five Beers Available in Jacksonville, Florida, Right Now: 1. Ruination IPA (Stone) 2. Wake 'n' Bake Coffee Oatmeal Stout (Terrapin) 3. Arrogant Bastard (Stone) 4. Two-Hearted Ale (Bell's) 5. Hopslam (Bell's)

I can't board with a worm-eater.

Get rid of him. It's not like there isn't precedent for banning people who are just plain awful. As for bob barron and anyone like him, they'll whine for a couple of days and then let it go. Who cares.

Oh man, Some Girls is one of their best. Top five, definitely.

That's retarded. Not gonna bother looking for them, but there's some swell live footage on YouTube of the Stones playing in a small club circa Sticky Fingers.

What do you guys think of Tattoo You? Album on the whole is blah, but I love "Waiting on a Friend" and like "Hang Fire." And, yes, even "Start Me Up."

I saw Shine a Light (with my mom!) when it played at imax last year. They may be really old and charge an assload for tickets, but the movie presented a pretty entertaining show. Aftermath is OK but it has "Goin' Home" which is so brutally boring. Between the Buttons is the first good Stones album from start to finish. And the recent board trend of incorporating "thread" in some punny fashion in thread titles irritates me.

In related news, my custom member title of the last several months is an Updike reference. Real talk.

C'MON MAN

John Updike could be a very, very funny writer, a side of him that tends to be overlooked whenever people consider his (massive) body of work. As great as the Rabbit novels are, a good, non-Rabbit place to start is The Complete Henry Bech, or, if you can't find that collection, then Bech: a Book, which was the first book in the series. Of the Farm is also worth reading, a concise little novella that serves as one of his finest moments. That one was also one of David Foster Wallace's favorite Updike books, if that means anything to you. Of course, the Rabbit novels are wonderful, too. My favorite is Rabbit Is Rich, but you should just start with Rabbit, Run and read the rest in order.

You live out all the way out there, huh.

Is that Mandarin High?

Axe. Fucking. Body Spray.

I like both Young Americans and Station to Station. A couple of songs aside, I don't care much for Diamond Dogs, which, along with the other two albums, constitute what's sometimes considered his cocaine records. That one's not a Thin White Duke album, though.

You mean Different Class, right.

I rarely ever make lists, so, when I do, it is carefully considered. My favorite-album list only changes whenever it is warranted, which isn't very often.. EDIT: Removed "every few years" to "whenever it is warranted, which isn't very often," as the latter is more accurate.

It's been awhile, right? There have been changes since the last time I compiled my list. The top three remains the same. 01. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs (1985) 02. David Bowie - Hunky Dory (1971) 03. OutKast - Aquemini (1998) 04. Wire - Pink Flag (1977) 05. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life (1976) 06. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) 07. Roxy Music - Avalon (1982) 08. Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians - Fegmania! (1985) 09. The Wedding Present - Seamonsters (1991) 10. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers (1971) Too many albums worth mentioning to bother with an Honorable Mention list.