Darth Drabek

(w00t) Beeee-autiful. The video kind of reminds me of The Graduate, minus the middle-aged seductress. Tom Waits - Small Change (Got Rained On With His Own .38) If the film-noir genre had a soundtrack, you better believe this would be on there.

You, sir, have been foiled. :D Morrissey - First of the Gang to Die

Every link on this page is good. I'll try to keep it going. R.E.M. - Find the River That John Cale version of "Hallelujah" is pretty good, man.

you walked in, just like smoke with a little come on, come on, come on in your walk On a semi-related note: I'm listening to the Backbeat Band - Please Mr. Postman

Yeah, Satriani is the man. Somewhere I have Crystal Planet on CD...I have fond memories of listening to that album as I played F-Zero X for Nintendo 64. That album (especially the title track) was a perfect fit for that game. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Little Empty Boat

Twilight Singers w/Lanegan - Live With Me/Where Did You Sleep Last Night Yep, still awesome. Just checking. And now.... the most awkward, fascinating and altogether awesome interview I've seen for a long, long time. The performance is okay, too, although I like several other versions better.

Great live vid of a classic! I like how they rock it out live! BTW the Kinks bass player looks like he's about 5 foot even. Bob Dylan - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

I just bought BG1 on Amazon for about eight bucks. The shipping cost almost as much as the game! It came to $14 and change, all told. I figure I should probably play the original, as I've enjoyed the sequel so much. I hear there's not as much NPC interaction in BG as in BG2. But, I believe one of the IE modders groups created a mod that added a good amount of banters with your fellow adventurers. I might have to install that along with Tutu when the game arrives on my doorstep. I'm looking forward to beginning the adventure that I've completed ... I figure I'll use the NPCs I know from BG2 unless there's some exciting characters who jump out at me.

In the spirit of community-building, I offer my most sincere wishes for a happy birthday to you, good sir. Your not-so-subtle hint in my own thread did not go unnoticed! And to the birthday thread-haters, I implore you to take a step back and realize that such a personal touch is lacking from many other larger forum communities (I'm looking at you, Bioware!). If my subtraction is correct, he is 18 years of age on this fine Monday - a landmark year in a man's life. Depending where he lives, he could either partake of a nice cold beer - or legally purchase pornography! Cheers!

Nick Cave with Shane MacGowan - Rainy Night in Soho All three of the songs with MacGowan are fantastic.

I didn't see the steroids one, but the LOTR episode was fannnn-tastic. Maybe my favorite part was when the crew, decked out in Tolkienesque dress, travels by some kids playing Harry Potter. Then Cartman essentially calls the kettle black, heh heh.

I thought the training montage was pretty funny. Reminded me of some of their other work... Always fade out in a monnn-tage. If you fade out it looks like more time is passsss-innnng

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Jack the Ripper (acoustic) Nobody does menacing like Mr. Cave. Edit: Now it's some serious funk as provided by Mr. Mus? Stevie Wonder - Superstition

My very own birthday thread! It's been a great birthday weekend so far, and the pics/posts here just added to it. I'll go through the YouTube links in order, although that means prying my brand-spankin-new Nick Cave three-disc set out of my player. Thanks to all for taking the time to drop a note. You collectively (and individually) rock. :D

I'm seeing Roger Waters on Thursday. I'll let you mates know how it goes down. Speaking of which, I'm also seeing the Who in two days. Chili Peppers- Dani California <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Sounds like a classic rock overdose to me. My buddy saw Waters & co. a week or two ago. He said they were very, very good. Let me know if they play "Eminence Front." Ryan Adams - If I Am a Stranger

^ duly noted. Or should I say "Dulli," hahaha. Oh boy that was not funny. Anyway, Greg Dulli - Cigarettes the cigarettes are gonna kill me, i know

But the greater evil here is being able to read the Potter books, without the frame of reference of Tolkien... Which may not be as great an evil as the thread derailing we are contributing to EVEN NOW!

I think the two names in the middle threw me off. Ah well, I'll not fall for that one again! Poor K-dawg. At least he can read Harry Potter! Those have all been written in the last decade. Edit: because I am using WAY too many emoticons today for some reason... but I've got to keep the wizard. It's post-relevant!

If you're Lowtax or any of the other critics, you have to think "where's the upside for Boll in this?" If he wins, critics will pan his movies. If he loses, critics will pan his movies and crow that they beat him up. If the they looked at it that way, instead of as a cheap plug for their web site or blog, the light bulb might have popped on. It may not have been the nicest thing to do, but his upside is the chance to hit some of his critics really hard. Another thing...the event had been set up for months. If you're a movie critic and you accept Uwe Boll's invitation to fight him (which is still a manufactured PR "event," just not the kind they wanted), you need to take it upon yourself to make sure you don't get beat to a pulp. You're stepping into the ring with a semi-experienced boxer. Get some exercise or take a training course on your own, don't rely on the guy's word that he's going to provide training. Chances are that guy puking and needing oxygen after the fight was a fat movie blogger. If you're out of shape, you're going to be puking after a few rounds in the ring, because it's very intense exercise. I've seen people in great shape huffing and puffing after three one-minute rounds in an amateur boxing tournament. Look, I read Dr. David Thorpe and I enjoy the occasional Photoshop Phriday as much as the next guy. But Lowtax made a very bad decision here. If he knew he wouldn't be able to cut it in a fair fight, he should have stayed on the Internet and out of the ring. Edit: annoying typo in the first sentence

Gaaah, I can't believe I missed that. Slick one, meta.

God, I love those Springsteen epics. That "Jungleland" vid is great. I didn't see him live until the E Street band tour promoting the Rising. Fantastic show, best I've ever seen, but to see him in a small venue like that when the band still was still young and taking risks would have been one hell of an experience. Speaking of small clubs, The Lemonheads are coming to a small venue in Cleveland in December AND it's on a weekend! Mark Lanegan - Wedding Dress Edit: wow, nice tip o' the hat to Cash with the "Jackson" lyrical tease...

I think some people use that Shadowkeeper utility to do that, but I don't have first-hand experience. Some others might here, though. I've always wanted to learn it because it seemed like it had cool possibilities, but never took the time to pick it up.

Bruce Springsteen - , Hammersmith Odeon, 1975 Absolutely incendiary performance of my all-time favorite Springsteen song. An example of some of the best story-song writing in American music, well, ever.

Steve Earle - Christmastime in Washington

Diana Ross and the Supremes - Band of Gold