When scouting for locations in Baltimore, Director Barry Levinson evidently had the diner itself shipped from a âdiner graveyardâ in NJ to complete the scene he saw in his head.
The âfootball trivia testâ is a classic ensemble scene and for many it was their introduction to the careers of Kevin Bacon, Mickey Rourke, Steve Gutenberg and Tim Daly. Paul Reiser got a big early break here, too.
Have the French fries đ and gravy. âSay the words: I want the roast beef.â I don't know that the movie has aged all that well (not necessarily problematic, just "of its era") but I still love it and I especially love that the cast did Zoom calls during the pandemic.
Apr 12, 2024
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Kevin Corrigan is the lead and Michael Rapaport amongst others are a great supporting cast. Someone was kind enough to put the full film on YouTube. I love an aimless script just full of shenanigans and banter. Also I love that the poster on Letterboxd looks scuffed, was that the design or did someone scan a scuffed up poster for it?
Feb 27, 2024
the cinematic adaptation of cracking a few with The Fellas. Prophetic in its star power and the best ensemble since it's predecessor Dazed and Confused.
Have a beer, have a j, watch a good flick
Feb 27, 2025
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Hey tyler hopefully this doesnât violate some PI.FYI golden rule
But after nearly two years of writing, editing and arguing, my book about the EP is coming out in May and can be preordered here:
https://hozacrecords.com/product/aifl/
The book is about the origins, history and cultural impact of the EP since these little objects first started coming out in the 50s.
Over 50 of my music biz friends then helped me shape the list and review the top 200 ever released, according to us (ha).
For those of you who are into this kind of geekery/snobbery, I canât wait to hear what you think. A labor of love, as all books are! â€ïž
Mar 27, 2024
âSongs Of a Lost Worldâ coming to a goth listening station near you Nov 1 đ€
The fr FW Me Friday the 13th the world was looking for
Sep 14, 2024
I will fail to explain just how much this band meant to me in the 90s.
So I will borrow from AV Club who did a fine job of distilling it:
âUnwound is the best band of the â90s. Not just because of how prolific, consistent, and uncompromising it was, but because of how perfectly Unwound nested in a unique space between some of the most vital forms of music that decade: punk, post-rock, indie rock, post-hardcore, slow-core, and experimental noise. That jumble of subgenres doesnât say much; in fact, it falls far short of what Unwound truly synthesized and stood for. Unwound stood for Unwound. But in a decade where most bands were either stridently earnest or stridently ironic, Unwound wasnât stridently anything. It was only itself. In one sense Unwound was the quietest band of the â90s, skulking around like a nerdy terror cell. In another sense it was the loudest, sculpting raw noise into contorted visions of inner turmoil and frustration.â
R.I.P. Vern Rumsey.
This is their finest song, from their finest album.
I really canât say enough about the sheer bloody minded genius of this group. đ€
Mar 23, 2024