Cris (without an H)

and vice versa

Yeah I'm pretty late to the table as well, so I'm glad people keep repeating it

Upload my soul to the Cloud in heaven, Lord

I was looking for something else I posted about Paul Williams and came across this excellent statement about what the audience brings to a performance.

That juxtaposition of his teeny tiny car next to the enormous heavy machinery was so prescient

"Save to the cloud" sounds like a euphemism for completely jettisoning something from your life

The absence of Lebowski in the replies so far tells me we Achievers have acquired a healthy sense of shame about our obsession

if I want pierogi who cares what you like

As someone who lived in--and *loved* living in--Washington, D.C., this makes me blindingly angry.

[Wendy Carlos score commences]

I had never heard the term "Pittsburg Left" before now, but I was the beneficiary of it several times this summer in the greater Boston area

People really hate when you push back against the friendly wave. How could you be against being considerate? I think bicyclists understand better than most the hazard of normalizing selective compliance

The pop-up component of my mom’s copy of this album didn’t work because we kids had opened and closed it too many times

Sickos-yes

the latest thing trump did seems troubling

The phrase “ parents have a legitimate concern about integration of races in schools and as a party, we haven’t done a very good job of listening to those concerns.” would shock and offend I would hope. A similar statement about trans kids should also shock and offend.

Bikepersons

Flipping through a Dan Brown novel to find the hidden passages people in DC can duck into

You know how you shouldn’t try to catch a dropped knife? Same goes for the clothes iron

Apparently Bringing Up Baby was a big disappointment at the box office. I’d never have guessed.

Great point – you can’t really set the story straight if you don’t know where it’s bent

This is a perfect counter case for the incorrect maxim “the internet is forever” or whatever

I always try to spread the gospel of Mark!

Hoo boy that Ken Russell adaptation

mf said incent

Something that is unironically normal to want!

Thanks for the reminder; I had completely forgotten about the whole Lifehouse origin story

Who’s Next is probably my favorite overall, but it’s definitely trying something much different than those concept albums.

Lessons learned from the mistakes of Tommy probably helped make Quadrophenia as good as it was

Listening once again, and I don’t know man – this will always be the album I loved when I was 20, but between its extremely problematic attitudes towards disability and its tortured metaphor for spiritual awakening, I’m kind of feeling like Tommy was a “good intentions, bad outcome” project