Raining frogs and marching bands

The other day on Shane White's blog, in the comments section my friend Troy made a comment calling Schroeder the PT Anderson of the Peanuts. This leads me to my theory that Lindsey Buckingham is rock and roll's PT Anderson. Both found themselves in situations where they could pretty much do whatever they want because of Rumours and Boogie Nights respectively. They both realized they could do anything they want and instead of taking one idea, they took every idea they ever had for a film/album and put it all into their next work. The work that directly followed; Magnolia and Tusk were both self-indulgent, misunderstood coke-fueled masterpieces. I also believe that they were both caught up in their own genius enough to believe that their grander (i.e.; longer)efforts were going to be that more successful. When i listen to The Ledge, I visualize a music video directed by Paul Thomas Anderson starring Thomas Jane and Melora Walters doing coke and running around frantically. I'm sure part of the reasons for this are 1) the two of them are in a Michael Penn video that PTA directed and 2) they both play cokeheads in Boogie Nights and Magnolia. I'm surprised how unscathed Buckingham came out of Tusk, especially considering he was becoming his idol, Brian Wilson.