steve

but I've always hated Casablanca. I actually had a romantic relationship back in college based almost entirely on a mutual disgust with that movie. Lasted about three months (the relationship).

My two favorite movies on your list are Metropolis and La Dolce Vita. Is there a new movie coming out about Fellini, or did I dream that?

Buster Keaton's The General might be my favorite movie of all time. Pretty damn close to perfect.

In high school, the lyrics to "Broken Hearts are For Assholes" was comforting for me. Still is, to a lesser extent. Yeah, real mature, I know, but a lot of his dumber, more disgusting songs still read like poetry to me. He always had a pleasing cadence with his little gross-out monologues.

He did a great Bob Dylan impression in "Flakes," too, maybe the only truly funny one in the entire sordid history of Bob Dylan impressions. And a lot of that "shut up and play yer guitar" stuff is pretty enjoyable, if I'm in the right frame of mind. Great music.

The only Zappa album I actually bought when it came out was "Jazz from Hell," the computer album, which I listened to A LOT. I should track that down.

Anyway, Frank did a lot of things really well. Even when he was irritating, he was still usually interesting.

How was the show, anyway?