Shout out to Grumproro, who caught this when I accidentally scheduled it for the wrong day on Saturday night. Please repost your discourse from then if you had something to say about my thoughts on The Final Cut. This is … Continue reading The Night Thread ranks the albums of Pink Floyd, #9
Yes, it’s meant to be that blurry. Following the relative success of More, Barbet Schroder and Pink Floyd decided to collaborate again on Schroeder’s next film, La Vallée, about the wife of a French diplomat to Australia who has a … Continue reading The Day Thread ranks the albums of Pink Floyd, #10
Hi everyone, welcome back to my series about Pink Floyd’s albums. A Momentary Lapse of Reason was the first of the three Floyd albums to be cut following Roger Waters’s acrimonious 1985 exit from the band and it’s by far … Continue reading The Day Thread Rates the Albums of Pink Floyd, #11
Finally we’re getting into the ones I mostly have positive stuff to say about. A lot of Floyd fans don’t really like Ummagumma. The band themself don’t really seem to like it much, no tracks from it appear on subsequent … Continue reading The Day Thread Ranks the Albums of Pink Floyd, #12
2014’s The Endless River takes its title from a line in the previous album’s “High Hopes” that effectively communicates that this one is by and large nothing more than an addendum to The Division Bell. It was assembled mostly from … Continue reading The Day Thread Ranks the Albums of Pink Floyd, #13
From the second-ever Floyd album to the second-to-last one, we now turn our attention to 1994’s The Division Bell. This album and the next were written and mostly recorded together, the first to include Richard Wright as an official member … Continue reading The Night Thread ranks the albums of Pink Floyd, #14
A Saucerful of Secrets was the second Pink Floyd album, recorded amidst the drug-fueled psychic breakdown that led to original bandleader Syd Barret being rather unceremoniously dumped from the lineup. Barrett himself only features on two tracks, and as you … Continue reading The Day Thread ranks the albums of Pink Floyd, #15
More is one of Pink Floyd’s two film soundtracks, and of the two probably the weaker. I would go so far as to say it’s broadly the only Floyd album I feel like I don’t get. I won’t go as … Continue reading The Day Thread ranks the albums of Pink Floyd, #16
Blenanas Storyboarded by: Sam Alden and Patrick McHale Original Airdate: March 18, 2018 Review by: CedricTheOwl What is a joke? Why do we laugh? Comedy seems so reflexive to the human condition, to the point that lacking a sense of … Continue reading Come Along With Me: “Blenanas” and “Jake the Starchild
The incomparable Margaret Kerry passed away earlier this month at the age of 97. Ms. Kerry was a dancer, model, voice actor, broadcaster, and filmmaker and there’s a chance you already know what she was most famous for. For those … Continue reading The 6/22 Night Thread Shakes Some Pixie Dust
Five Short Tables Air Date: May 26, 2016 | Written & Storyboarded by Aleks Sennwald and Kris Mukai | Story by Jack Pendarvism, Kent Osborne, Adam Muto, Ashly Burch | Directed by Elizabeth Ito | Reviewed by Malcolm Rambert For … Continue reading Come Along With Me: “Five Short Tables” and “The Music Hole”
For the lucky seventh year in a row, the Avocado is hosting a live online seder. Seder is the traditional service for the Jewish holiday of Passover But as always, everyone, Jewish or gentile, is invited! Passover is the eight-day-long … Continue reading Avocado Seder VII Remake Intergrade
Directed By: Andres SalaffSandra Lee Written by:Jesse MoynihanSam AldenReview by:JosephusBrown “A man needs a maid” This is a fun one. It’s another one by Moynihan and Alden, who we last saw work together for The Mountain. This one is more … Continue reading Come Along With Me: “Crossover” and “The Hall of Egress”
It’s Thanksgiving in the US, but unfortunately my planned guest is sick and can’t make it. So here I am, shitposting. Luckily I like being alone, and I especially like playing video games alone. So that’s our prompt: What Are Your Single-Player Preferences? Continue reading Emergency Thanksgiving Games Thread #2 is alone for the holidays
You! Hey you! Don’t you know that someday you’re gonna die? What are you doing here on the Avocado! Go live life to the fullest. Then come back and shitpost about it. Continue reading No Day Thread But Today Thread
Taos, New Mexico, one of the oldest continually-inhabited places in the United States, is also the birthplace of a sustainable architectural style made for the future. Meet the Earthship, invented in 1975 by Michael E. Reynolds, inspired by the rammed-earth … Continue reading The Night Thread Boards an Earthship!
Graybles 1000+Written by: Steve Wolfhard, from a story by Kent Osborne, Pendleton Ward, Jack Pendarvis, Steve Wolfhard, and Adam MutoDirected by: Andres SalaffReview by LibraryLass In the distant future– though not quite as far in the future as these framing … Continue reading Come Along With Me: “Graybles 1000+” and “Hoots”
Kevin Uuxbridge was a grouchy old guy with sibilance problems that appeared in Star Trek The Next Generation season 3 episode 3, “The Survivors.” Unbeknownst to anyone, however, he was more than just another old man yelling at clouds, but … Continue reading The night thread of Kevin Uxbridge
At this point in its run, Adventure Time is no stranger to questions of complicated morality. Situations where it’s hard to know the right thing to do, or where characters we root for do things we don’t. Hell, earlier this … Continue reading Come Along With Me: “Dark Purple” and “The Diary”
It’s that time of year again! Check the schedule out here, watch the live stream here, and donate to Doctors Without Borders here! And, of course, discuss the runs down below. Continue reading Summer Games Done Quick 2025 Live Thread
