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Did it actually say that Luke made the map (or any of the other parts of that story)? Because I certainly missed that, if that's the case.

Who made a map to Skywalker? And why did R2 sleep on 90% until after the climax? I realize that they might explain it in two lines in the next ep., but the whole plot of the film hinged on it.

C3PO's intro was the highlight of the film.

Tenryu has fatty tumours and a perm. Izu I buy, though.

I've always wondered who he's kicking in that picture. A non-lumpy Tenryu? A skinny Arashi?

Intriguing! So admittedly, the main thinking behind the choice of Sonic's Rendezvous Band was the hope that you, like me, would be like "wait wait wait guys from MC5 and the Stooges formed a band and I didn't know about it"? And they're really good. They definitely tend towards a kind of sleazy "rawk" music that can't be made with a straight face today, but it seems very of its time and place. And I love "Clock with no Hands" because of the intro, and the drum fills. I'm a sucker for drum fills.

Weiland used to show up as a top pick in yearly celebrity death pools (hosted by some mags and later websites). He always kept surprising people and trucking along. Eventually he fell of the lists, probably due to falling out of the mainstream, but I think to a certain extent that we all thought that if he made it into his 40s he'd maybe hold on forever. One of the last live shows I went to was STP, actually. Weiland was actually in pretty top form, and did a lot of zany ass-shaking. It was a helluva show, even if my tastes had changed significantly since my teenage fandom.

But that is a pretty sweet roster.

Swamped right now. The above is their one hit. Below is my favourite. Will actually comment soon (seriously).

OK, but what does everyone else on the card do while those dudes do dropkicks and get submitted to Boston crabs for three years?

Peter Capaldi is awesome. Don't think that this episode would have worked as well with anyone else. (Well, definitely not Matt Smith. And I like Matt Smith)

This is pretty good music to grade essays to.

The poster for All Japan's Nov-Dec tour features their updated, permanent roster.

"utopia" comes to mind: not a great episode, but the final act was great. "Utopia" seemed like it was going to set up something awesome, and it didn't, so hopefully the follow through is better this time.

Don't read German, but purolove has a longer piece on All Japan up right now. Upshot seems to be that AJ is only paying on a per-performance schedule, with no guaranteed monthly income, which a lot of wrestlers can't survive on. Shiozaki, Kenso, Akebono, and Suzuki have all left the company in recent months.

I love H. P. Lovecraft, but all the reasons I've read for him not being the face of the award are totally on-point. Joshi returned his fantasy awards because of the Lovecraft thing? That shit is hilarious.

Eh, I thought it was fine. Typical Mark Gatiss: fine but unremarkable. Good ending though.

I was asked by one of my colleagues to give a guest lecture in her very popular class. It's the first time I've been asked to give a guest lecture on a subject that I'm (supposedly) an expert on, so it'll be interesting.

Oh, I gotta couple of classic albums in mind. I'm in.

Capaldi was great. He can be the Doctor forever as far as I'm concerned. Should try to take in Tom Baker's run. Evil Clara was also refreshing. But Osgood is a terrible character. Her fans confuse me. This season is killing it. The best episodes aren't top shelf Who, but there's been no wasted space so far.

Ok episode. The "invasion" or whatever the hell that was gave the impression that something more was supposed to be going on but they didn't have the budget for it. Anyway, the character beats were nice--like Lady Me realizing that she actually does care for people after all, and the Doctor understanding, having been through the same headspace himself. Really seems like this season is meant as a minor reset after last season. More Capaldi is great. I'm hoping for five seasons.

I need a roofer to come around and look at my roof, since I've obviously got a slow leak. Except it's busy season for them, what with winter faster approaching, so even the companies that have been recommended to me by friends won't even return phone calls. There are dudes that I'm phoning/texting/emailing every couple of days who haven't said peep. Shit, I wish I could so cavalierly shrug off work.

I have bronchitis. That is all.

The Red Surge was mighty and indiscriminate. Some excellent, veteran NDP MPs got swept out of office, only to be replaced by empty suits. Oh well, at least Harper's gone.

Joey Shithead of D.O.A. gets my vote. For fictional punk names, HARD CORE LOGO offers us Joe Dick, Billy Tallent, and Bucky Haight--all A+ punk names.