Giuseppe Zangara

I've seen them live three times; Johnny's been acting/dressing more flamboyantly gay over the years. And that's a good thing.

Matt Young once created an "Incandenza's Stool Sample, Nigga" account, though it was never approved. I have no clue what he would've done with it.

He's actually better now than he used to be, yet he's still pretty bad. How did "Under the Bridge" ever become a hit with him bleating all over it?

Still? Way back in the early 90s, I remember hearing about this. Patton, circa '89, did bear a resemblance to Kiedes, what with the hair, clothing and onstage antics, but that's where the comparisons ended, generally. Once the Patton-era, starting with The Real Thing, rolled in, Faith No More never sounded much like Red Hot Chili Peppers—something you couldn't say about its predecessor, Introduce Yourself—aside from maybe Patton's "rap" vocals sounding somewhat like Kiedes's. (Though, and this is very important, Mike Patton, unlike Anthony Kiedes, was never tone deaf. He could actually sing, as opposed to the latter's marble-mouthed warbling.) Guys, I was a pretty big FNM fan back in the day. Sometimes I still put on Angel Dust for some dewy-eyed nostalgia.

Television were good, but Marquee Moon, after the title track, is a chore to slog through. I probably said that elsewhere in this thread. I also probably said that while though Adventure lacks the highs of its predecessor, it's a lot more consistent and easier to get through.

vivalaultra makes too many broad generalizations and hyperbolic statements. What makes it really bad is when anyone (deservedly) gives him guff re those broad and/or hyperbolic statements, he either expresses an almost Downhome-like shock at the very possiblity! of someone thinking differently or he simply launches into a self-defensive petulance—that, yes, is not unlike a teenage girl—accusing those he perceives as attacking him as being snobs or some other form of elite.

Oh and now I have "Rocky Raccoon" stuck in my head. THANKS, THREAD.

An odd thing: a few months back, I was at my favorite watering hole, wherein a local singer/songwriter was playing to a largely disinterested crowd (myself included). Though the bulk of his set—a mix of originals and covers—was met with apathy, which changed when he started in on "Rocky Raccoon." After about a minute, the formerly bored crowd started singing along. Joyously, even. The damndest thing, it was. Anyway, Love. The one upside to this is that it might get the right people off their asses to go and given the Beatles back catalogue a proper remaster.

Abita?

They won't let you look at user pics without registering. Looks like I know how I'm spending the next hour!

I was watching some videos of him performing live in the 70s (thanks, youtube!). I wasn't very impressed.

I've missed three opportunities to see him live in the past three years (Well really, two and a half since one of the shows was The New Cars). The first show was on Cinco De Mayo in 2004 but I couldn't go because I was rehearsing for a play. Then, I spent April vacation in Baltimore in 2005 and he was playing a club there the night that we went home. Then, I actually bought tickets to see The New Cars last Sunday but then they cancelled the show due to low ticket sales. Yeah, but who cares about current Todd Rundgren.

Yet that's where he did his best work.

Just got Orphans; I'm listening to the Bastards disc first. It would've been nice if the liner notes listed where these songs originally appeared. A few of them I know, but most of them I don't.

Ranking the Todd Rundgren I've heard: 1. Something/Anything? 2. Runt: The Ballad of Todd Rundgren 3. Runt 4. A Wizard, a True Star 5. Todd 6. The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect 7. A Cappella 8. Initiation 9. Liars

What? It got worse as it went on. That last season was really, really spotty. I disagree. The first season had some clunkers, but the second and third season were perfect I don't get that line of thinking at all. Overall, I like season two more now than when I first watched it, but season three still falls flat, mostly. The Rita story arc spent five episodes—and exhausted itself in two—to build to a joke over what "MR F" stood for. Groan. Plus, "Making a Stand" was easily the worst episode in the show's entire run.

What? It got worse as it went on. That last season was really, really spotty.

The Letterman apology was cringe-inducing. I appreciate that he was apologizing from the heart and not reeling off some Mel Gibson Prepared Statement, but that didn't make it any less painful to watch. He seems genuinely upset by this. Ignorance isn't necessarily hateful. I'm still very much convinced that Michael Richards isn't racist, not anymore than anyone who associates mostly with white people and is unaware of the power a word like "nigger" can hold. Of course, Richards knew it was a bad thing, but I doubt he saw it as anything worse than a way to get at the guy who was getting at him. Even though I thought some of the tirade was funny, most of it wasn't and the hecklers did not deserve that kind of response. Those of you in this thread who thought they did are either showing your own prejudices or are just as ignorant as Richards. And Mel Gibson? It's all about context. He seemed (seems?) to really hate Jews.

I don't get it. Were you coming on to her, or is an inability to detect odors another of your myriad biological deficiencies?

Pynchon pulled rank.

Hotbutter had his moments, though I shed nary a tear over his banishment.

I watched this once. Terrible. Never seen either version of The Office. I've been told I'd enjoy them both, so maybe one day.

Sixty pages into Thomas Pynchon's Against the Day. I'm liking it so far, but there's still another 1,000 pages to go.

Would that satisfy you, RepoMan?