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Simple, but quite moving. A bit depressing too, but that's to be expected with a post-nuclear holocaust survival film.

The Millennium - Begin East River Pipe - What Are You On?

I have around 6 or 7 of their records on CD. Favorite is probably Mott, followed closely by All the Young Dudes.

Anthony Braxton - The Complete Arista Recordings of Anthony Braxton

My favorite lyrics are constantly shifting depending on what I've been listening to. Since it's been a lot of Warren Zevon lately: And if California slides into the ocean Like the mystics and statistics say it will I predict this motel will be standing until I pay my bill or, for a true one-liner: All my lies are always wishes

I'm not a big fan of the "changed my life" tag, but these are a few that were quite influential to me: Kiss - Alive II (One of the first records I ever owned. This record made me want to play guitar and be Ace Frehley. I started with a cardboard facsimile, then started playing my Dad's old El Degas acoustic with strings about a half inch from the neck.) The Replacements - Let It Be (like others here, this was the one that introduced me to my favorite band and songwriter.) Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home (Made me realize that lyrics could be something more than just words to sing ov

The artists you compared him to have piqued my interest. Listening to some tracks on his myspace page now. Good stuff. I really dig the Prince cover.

Great sounding cover. The segue into the Television song was seamless; very nice touch.

The dB's - Neverland

Yes, most likely that is it. These awards mean nothing until you win one yourself. The people not winning are probably thinking: "Yeah, big deal. 60 Hollywood foreign press people voted for you. Whoop-dee-doo!"

Yes, the Winslet speech in particular--especially the 2nd one--seemed way too overly emotive like she was acting out what she thought a two time winner should be like. One second she was all breathless bumbling, the very next focused. It just didn't feel 100% real to me. She's an actress, and a good one, so the lines between real and fake may get blurred at times.

Charlie Watts - drums (when I need straightforward rock 'n' roll) Keith Moon - drums (for the songs that need a little amped up mayhem) Harry Nilsson - vocals/arranging (one of my all-time fave singers. I wouldn't even dare sing on a track that had him on it) Sly Stone - Organ/vox Jerry Lee Lewis - Piano Ray Charles - Piano

Seeing Rourke win was the best moment of the show for me. His acceptance speech felt honest and humble; refreshing after the seemingly feigned humbleness of some of the others. Also love that Aronofsky's flipping the bird to Rourke made it on air. Live TV, you have to love it. I'm sure the producers and network heads weren't all that impressed though .

Pretty great footage, especially considering the age.

Great late period western. p.s. I agree with most of your points regarding The Wrestler Beltman. The stripper with a heart of gold was an irksome clich

Some obvious ones, but still need to be mentioned: Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze (and a bunch more) Derek and the Dominos - Layla (though I must admit I prefer Bell Bottom Blues on that record) The Kinks - You Really Got Me Little Richard - Tutti Frutti Marvin Gaye - What's Going On Prince - Let's Go Crazy Dream Syndicate - Tell Me When It's Over The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet The Cure - Just Like Heaven Mott the Hopple - All the Young Dudes

Probably the 2 best power pop songs ever!

I hate when they have those half-assed tabs: Here's the chords and a couple of licks, now go to it.

Rourke would be my pick for the best actor award this year. His performance was pitch-perfect.

Watched a few over the weekend.

I got it when it came out, and it's still one of my favorites of the year.

I'm the same way with "bad" films, but this film is an exception; It transcends the usual boundaries of bad films and enters rarefied air. It's a good bad, in a, you'll be involuntarily quoting the movie and imitating Wizeau's voice to family and friends kind of way. There's so many things that collide to make this film a mesmerizing train wreck: everything from overwrought to horribly wooden acting, scenes with laughable non-sequiturs, beyond cheesy bedroom scenes, characters and storylines coming and going without further explanation, bad green screen work, dialog so amateurish you swear the

A couple Christmas films, a sci-fi, and um, whatever it is The Room falls under--so bad, yet I couldn't turn away.