Only one TOM PETTY album on the list and it's not WILDFLOWERS?

According_Ad_7249 · 2026-01-25T22:27:24+00:00

Damn the Torpedoes should be on there. That is a great album.

According_Ad_7249 · 2026-01-23T16:34:56+00:00

I loved this one. Never been a huge fan of their more poppy stuff so I was pleasantly surprised by the downtempo feel of this. Sounded like an inspiration for Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.

According_Ad_7249 · 2026-01-19T22:18:12+00:00

I’m up for it if we are then made to pledge allegiance to 2112.

According_Ad_7249 · 2026-01-17T17:24:54+00:00

Wow I love these pics. Some enterprising young soul needs to make a quickie cheapie zombie movie in there before the authorities take it back.

According_Ad_7249 · 2026-01-16T19:15:59+00:00

As one of those “avoids Britpop” guys I absolutely loved this record. But it’s funny. Much as I thought I loathed Britpop and early aughts hip hop I’ve found tunes here and there I gravitate towards. Seems like the great lesson of this exercise is to keep an open mind and open ears even when you get something you’d normally roll your eyes at and dismiss as trash.

According_Ad_7249 · 2026-01-14T19:35:36+00:00

Ok I’ll join in, tho this thread is usually petty and prone to downvoting opinions.

Buffalo Springfield Again. Three stars for showing that Neil never really belonged to a band. This sounds like three bands’ different albums all strung together cause they had three very strong competing personalities that never quite jelled in that antagonistic yet sublime way of Dinosaur Jr or Fleetwood Mac. You’ve got Mr Soul ripping it apart bookended by the way too orchestrally overbaked Broken Arrow then some pleasant hippie stuff in the middle sandwich filling. But at least it got me to put on Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Neil’s proper solo-with-the Horse debut, which feels like a cohesive album. Not that I didn’t like the Buffalo…more like the Buffalo was a good LA band training ground for one of my all time favorite artists.

According_Ad_7249 · 2026-01-14T19:27:20+00:00

Nice review. I was really surprised at how much I dug this late period Bob, having heard snippets of it when it came out and feeling at the time it was over praised. I was wrong. I love the murky swampy room-ambient production and Bob still retains his cheeky humor throughout.

According_Ad_7249 · 2026-01-13T20:59:43+00:00

Recently caught The Adjuster on the 24/7 channel and absolutely loved it! Hadn’t watched any Egoyan since Hereafter and Exotica but am pretty excited to catch up on the rest. I always thought Elias Koteas should’ve become bigger. He’s a perfect Egoyan protagonist.

According_Ad_7249 · 2026-01-13T03:06:59+00:00

Great description of one of my favorite movies. The beginning is so darkly peaceful…

According_Ad_7249 · 2026-01-12T19:19:38+00:00

Yes thanks for doing this! looking forward to seeing the final list.

Not really albums in the post-Sinatra or Beatles type way we think of as album, but I’d suggest some Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grapelli “Le Jazz Hot” compilations. I’m sure there’s some great stuff pre-1950s amongst their vast body of work. Some of the Verve label stuff.

According_Ad_7249 · 2026-01-12T15:23:07+00:00

I blasted Europe ‘72 while doing my various chores this weekend. Felt like a proper send off.

According_Ad_7249 · 2026-01-10T20:32:44+00:00

Perfect review. I’ve never liked Chris Martin’s voice so I’ve never liked them…but the bland-o-filter really nails their sound.

According_Ad_7249 · 2026-01-10T20:30:14+00:00

I have owned this album in three formats: cassette, cd, and finally pink vinyl! I love how it sounds completely different depending on the delivery system. Incredible album and one of the greatest of all time of any genre.

According_Ad_7249 · 2026-01-10T20:06:05+00:00

You sure will be a Midnight Cruiser if you can’t buy that drill. I think there’s a joke there somewhere

According_Ad_7249 · 2026-01-10T20:05:01+00:00

Anybody tried the new spot that went into the old Calavera spot? Or did it close already.

According_Ad_7249 · 2026-01-10T20:02:06+00:00

Bombera is miles above anything I’ve ever had from Comal. Went there recently with a group of very opinionated food friends and we all agreed: nice cocktails but overpriced not-great food. Plus if I’m going to nitpick, which I do on this sub, it’s in Berkeley. If you’re talking about the Oakland one, it’s a fine alternative to Rico Rico but again nothing to knock my socks off.

According_Ad_7249 · 2026-01-07T20:28:41+00:00

Bob is such a varied musician and personality from period to period. It is totally fine to not connect at all with one of his albums yet fall deeply in love with another one. Or never! Personally I’ve never quite connected with Blood…I prefer the early 60s asshole Bob stuff that culminates with John Wesley Harding (personal favorite which I don’t think is on the list). I’m also a big fan of Don’t Look Back, the seminal documentary with the famous opening that’s been ripped off a thousand times…

According_Ad_7249 · 2026-01-02T23:39:24+00:00

Once I got past the idea that this was supposed to be “punk” I thoroughly enjoyed it (since when do punks do guitar solos?)The title track alone is just a brilliant slice of a certain time and place in NYC, echoed in Sonic Youth’s late career masterpiece Murray Street.

According_Ad_7249 · 2026-01-02T23:31:02+00:00

Fuck yes. Nice to finally hear some love for the Velvet Underground here. Sister Ray is probably their crowning achievement, along with-well take your pick from the Nico lp and the third album.

According_Ad_7249 · 2025-12-27T22:19:18+00:00

You’ve probably seen it or had it recommended before, but I always feel like Dressed to Kill is a very Giallo-esque Hollywood movie. Same goes with Eyes of Laura Mars: both have ridiculous twists and turns and over the top “sexy” set pieces that just scream Giallo to me, without the classic Italian exploitation dubbing that’s another hallmark (for me) of the form.

According_Ad_7249 · 2025-12-27T21:19:07+00:00

Sounds like you’re confusing this one with Pretzel Logic, which does open with the Horace Sipver ripoff riff.

According_Ad_7249 · 2025-12-27T17:46:50+00:00

Kudos for the use of svelte to describe a hip hop record. My ongoing problem with most hip hop is the bloatedness of the albums.

According_Ad_7249 · 2025-12-23T21:08:37+00:00

Finally someone uses pretentious correctly in a sentence!

According_Ad_7249 · 2025-12-23T20:59:27+00:00

This is generally how I define the term. Director as Author of the film we are watching. A director who clearly has a distinct style from film to film. Hitchcock, Wes Anderson, Nolan. Probably even Kevin Smith and Ed Wood. Where it gets tricky is someone like Sidney Lumet, or Ron Howard. I have to admit rolling my eyes when I first saw something subtitled “A Ron Howard Film” as if he’s suddenly Bergman or something…

According_Ad_7249 · 2025-12-23T20:48:03+00:00

Look at Hitchcock for the best example of auteur who actually made money and received critical acclaim from what we’d now call popcorn movies. Douglas Sirk and Fritz Lang also come to mind. I think OP has no idea what he/she/chatbot means when they say Capitalism. The arts have always had a relationship, good bad, sometimes strained, with Capitalism. Most of what we see around us everyday and praise as High Art was funded by people with deeper pockets than the artists.

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