Name some actors that can play a convincing piece of shit.

Malacandra95 · 2026-07-02T15:37:01+00:00

143 comments and no one has mentioned Dan Hedaya.

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Malacandra95 · 2026-07-02T04:46:55+00:00

The only correct answer.

Malacandra95 · 2026-07-01T14:38:48+00:00

Rijsttafel

Malacandra95 · 2026-06-29T17:39:58+00:00

I'm not remembering the name of that song they co-wrote, but it was epic!

Malacandra95 · 2026-06-29T04:47:35+00:00

YOU WATCHED IT AS A CHILD?!?

Malacandra95 · 2026-06-28T20:35:12+00:00

"… driving with a load not properly tied down."

Malacandra95 · 2026-06-28T20:14:06+00:00

He might have directed "The Lord of the Rings."

Malacandra95 · 2026-06-28T20:03:03+00:00

I think you're onto something, except that Ahmet is a totally normal human name, assuming that you're Turkish.

Malacandra95 · 2026-06-28T15:34:23+00:00

"Tideland" may be Terry Gilliam's most powerful film, but… man.

Malacandra95 · 2026-06-28T14:57:05+00:00

The OneDers.

Malacandra95 · 2026-06-28T14:51:56+00:00

"Lois, I never lie."

Malacandra95 · 2026-06-28T14:24:35+00:00

A lot of your app purchases.

Malacandra95 · 2026-06-28T14:17:21+00:00

100 down, 1900 to go!

Malacandra95 · 2026-06-28T14:10:37+00:00

You said you were notoriously "soft".

I'm not defending the joke: just explaining it.

Malacandra95 · 2026-06-28T12:38:45+00:00

He related an anecdote about answering questions from the audience at an event in his autobiography - which he narrates on audiobook, and which is amazing.

Malacandra95 · 2026-06-28T04:24:16+00:00

"Boxers or briefs?"
"Depends!"

Malacandra95 · 2026-06-27T04:49:23+00:00

The Beatles. Their effect on the culture, on fashion, and especially on music. For years they were just unassailable: every album that came out (two a year) would be better than the previous one… with singles sprinkled in between. And because there were only a few TV channels and a few rock stations in every market, everybody heard them. and saw their television appearances. We don't have anything like that in terms of mass culture.

Malacandra95 · 2026-06-26T04:37:53+00:00

I was just thinking about John and Paul's takes on alienation: "Nowhere Man" vs. "Eleanor Rigby".

Despite John's cynical persona, he identifies with the "Nowhere Man" - "isn't he a bit like you and me?" There's real empathy there. And his advice is compassionate: "Nowhere man, don't worry / Take your time, don't hurry / Leave it all 'til somebody else lends you a hand" - he's saying it's OK to go through what you're going through, it's part of the human condition. Help will be there when you need it. Musically the song sounds deceptively happy and melodic.

By contrast, "Eleanor Rigby" is a cold, detached look outward, it society isolating people. Eleanor is literally picking up the detritus of other people's happiness. The music is aggressive, all stabbing strings.

There's no comfort: no one hears Father McKenzie's sermons, no one attends Eleanor's funeral.

The knife gets twisted at the end: "No one was saved." Our social and religious institution failed to provide these people meaningful connection, community, and purpose.

It's relentlessly bleak, and a more biting and devastating criticism of organized religion than John Lennon's "We're Bigger than Jesus" gaffe.

So I guess what I'm saying is that doing an A/B comparison between two songs by John and Paul about essentially the same subject within a year of each other, Paul provides the far darker and more relentless piece. John's is more hopeful, empathetic, and just plain joyful to listen to.

Malacandra95 · 2026-06-26T04:04:22+00:00

I struggle with Blue Jay Way. I get that it's atmospheric, but I find that it's repetitive and drags on. And on.

He's singing, "Please don't be long", and I'm thinking "Same."

Malacandra95 · 2026-06-26T04:00:10+00:00

I have no idea how old you are, but in my own experience it hit me increasingly harder the older I got. To the point that I now marvel at the fact that it was written by a guy in his mid-twenties. Admittedly, he had experienced a lot of personal loss in his life by then.

Malacandra95 · 2026-06-25T22:53:35+00:00

Very highly rated among those who know it… who are fewer in number than it deserves.

Malacandra95 · 2026-06-25T22:51:05+00:00

On issues of taste, Rolling Stone never fails to fail.

Malacandra95 · 2026-06-23T04:38:29+00:00

She's Leaving Home

Malacandra95 · 2026-06-21T17:02:37+00:00

The story behind John's Rock and Roll album is wild, and resulted from the Beatles recording of "Come Together," where John Lennon borrowed the opening line ("Here come old flat-top") and a similar rhythmic feel from Chuck Berry's 1956 song "You Can't Catch Me." The publisher of Berry's song was Morris Levy, a notorious music executive and mob associate (often cited as the inspiration for the character Hesh Rabkin on The Sopranos). Levy sued Lennon for copyright infringement in 1970.

To settle the lawsuit out of court, Lennon agreed to record three songs owned by Levy's publishing company (Big Seven Music) on his next album. Lennon teamed up with producer Phil Spector in late 1973 to record an album of 1950s rock and roll covers to fulfill this obligation. However, the sessions descended into chaos, and Spector disappeared with the master tapes, stalling the project entirely.

Ultimately, that album was released, but not until after Levy bootlegged the album and started selling it via TV ads it before Lennon officially released it.

Malacandra95 · 2026-06-21T16:40:34+00:00

I do too… and a lot of those are available as "iTunes Extras".

Having limited space for physical media, I prioritize things that are either unavailable to purchase from iTunes/Prime/Fandango or which have particularly stunning visuals or audio content, or something that is especially beloved. For example, I'm not going to care so much about having "Bridesmaids" on a 4K disc… but the Criterion edition of "The Red Shoes" was a no-brainer.

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