It's a record we've been listening to and enjoying, Barry.

Kit · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:47 pm **Posts:** 3052

Well, that's unfortunate, because it SUCKS ASS!!!

The Dreaded Marco · **Posted:** Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:28 am

Sad, bastard music?

tehobner · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 8:48 pm **Posts:** 4479

Kit · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:47 pm **Posts:** 3052

Rob: Why'd you have to tell her about the store?
Barry: Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know it was classified information. I mean, I know we don't have any customers, but I thought that was a bad thing, not like, a business strategy.

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:17 am

love that flick!

DumpJack · **Posted:** Tue Mar 21, 2006 11:49 am

The Dreaded Marco Wrote:

Sad, bastard music?

The very definition of it.

Seymour stein- I’ve been lonely
I caught a glimpse of someones face
It was mine and I’d been crying

gauchebag · **Posted:** Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:02 pm

Rob: Liking both Marvin Gaye and Art Garfunkel is like supporting both the Israelis and the Palestinians.
Laura: No, it's really not, Rob. You know why? Because Marvin Gaye and Art Garfunkel make pop records.
Rob: Made. Made. Marvin Gaye is dead. His father shot him.

gauchebag · **Posted:** Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:06 pm

[Rob has just placed "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on a top five list]
Barry: Oh, that's not obvious enough Rob. How about the Beatles? Or fucking... fucking Beethoven? Side one, Track one of the Fifth Symphony... How can someone with no interest in music own a record store?

perhaps my favorite line of the film

Sex, Drugs, and Dave · **Posted:** Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:32 pm

Rob, I'm telling you this for your own good, that's the worst fuckin' sweater I've ever seen, that's a Cosby sweater. A COSSSBY SWEATER!

Rob, top five musical crimes perpetuated by Stevie Wonder in the '80s and '90s. Go. Sub-question: is it in fact unfair to criticize a formerly great artist for his latter day sins, is it better to burn out or fade away?

Barry is genius...anyone love the book too?

Stone red's dark sunshine · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:17 pm **Posts:** 1096

Death To Shoegaze666 Wrote:

Barry is genius...anyone love the book too?

Definitely. I think the book is better than the movie, and I liked the movie a lot. Just Sunday I recommended the book to my wife, but I'm not sure if she'll read it or not.

alongwaltz. · **Posted:** Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:48 pm

Barry: How about the Jesus And Mary Chain?
Customer: They always seemed...
Barry: They always seemed what? They always seemed really great is what they always seemed. They picked up where your precious Echo left off, and you're sitting around complaining about no more Echo albums.

Thee Incident · **Posted:** Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:53 pm

Read this book in early '99 unaware who Hornby was or that a movie of it was being made.
Thought several times while reading, "You know, Cusak would be really good if they made a movie out of this."
Odd.

Great book. Great movie.

katie, a princess · **Posted:** Tue Mar 21, 2006 5:34 pm

swiateck Wrote:

Read this book in early '99 unaware who Hornby was or that a movie of it was being made.
Thought several times while reading, "You know, Cusak would be really good if they made a movie out of this."

this reads like its out of the scientology affirmation thread.

gauchebag · **Posted:** Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:34 pm

katie, a princess Wrote:

swiateck Wrote:

Read this book in early '99 unaware who Hornby was or that a movie of it was being made.
Thought several times while reading, "You know, Cusak would be really good if they made a movie out of this."

this reads like its out of the scientology affirmation thread.

was definitely thinking the same thing.

dig on the book also. some of the book scenes are so good but didn't translate well. but i mean that's why they left out the bit where he goes to pick up the records from the bitter girlfriend.

Z · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:38 pm **Posts:** 7979

i saw the movie first, read the book shortly after, and prefer the book. that might be the only time that's ever happened with me.

south pacific · **Posted:** Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:38 pm

I need to go watch this again. Or better yet, re-read the book.

Boy, it's fun to remember a time when Jack Black was actually funny. It seems like such a long time ago.

Ex Lion Tamer · **Posted:** Tue Mar 21, 2006 10:29 pm

Stone Wrote:

Death To Shoegaze666 Wrote:

Barry is genius...anyone love the book too?

Definitely. I think the book is better than the movie, and I liked the movie a lot. Just Sunday I recommended the book to my wife, but I'm not sure if she'll read it or not.

Loved the movie, but never read the book. Is it still worth reading eventhough I've seen the movie?

bluejayway · **Posted:** Tue Mar 21, 2006 11:36 pm

I read this book at least once a year.

And I've had some of those relationship conversations alarmingly close to verbatim.

I'm a dork.

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

yeah, but you're in a thread full of guys quoting High Fidelity. We're all dorks.

but yeah, I think this eerily mimics many lives that I know, mine own included.

James, is this really the only book you've like more than the movie? That's terrible.

wenchlette · **Posted:** Wed Mar 22, 2006 9:20 pm

Not too long ago I went through a... two or three week (maybe?) period where I watched this movie nearly every night before I went to bed.

I've been meaning to read the book again.

Z · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:38 pm **Posts:** 7979

the redworm Wrote:

James, is this really the only book you've like more than the movie? That's terrible.

no, it's the only time that i've seen the movie first, yet preferred the book. i should've clarified that. i usually get around to the books way before the movie comes around, so that scenario doesn't happen very often.

fuse · **Posted:** Wed Mar 22, 2006 11:25 pm

Saw a movie this afternoon and they were playing the Jack Black version of "Let's Get It On" over the pre-show commercials and it made me want to fucking punch the guy in front of me.

Good movie, good book, but that part was a huge, huge error. See, in the book, the character sings the Beatles to redeem his flaws at the conclusion. Totally different from this dude taking on Marvin.

Yeah, the song has been overplayed, but that doesn't give Jack Black the right to minstrel-show it. I love Marvin Gaye.

Postmersh · **Posted:** Wed Mar 22, 2006 11:32 pm

south pacific Wrote:

Boy, it's fun to remember a time when Jack Black was actually funny. It seems like such a long time ago.

Well, he's got both the Tenacious D Movie and Nacho Libre coming out this year...

and, he's still hysterical - just hasn't had a "comedy" out in 2 years or so...

It's a record we've been listening to and enjoying, Barry.

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