BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD:  The long list for Best Animated Feature at the Oscars is already out, with 27 films in competition, guaranteeing 5 nominees.  Seems like Finding Dory, Kubo and the Two Strings, and Moana are in, but who gets the other two slots?  (I don't think Sausage Party is likely, despite big box office, because the animation was mostly not particularly good/stylish.)

WHAT WOULD BRING ME BACK TO BLOGGING? A GODDAMN WONDERFUL RIDDLE WITH A CAPE COD LINK:  Here goes:

"Riddle of the day: Samuel was born first, but his twin brother Ronan is older. How is that possible?

I WANT CANDY:  Vox ranks 27 common Halloween candies, and I'm sure we will have ample disagreement about them.

SMALL TOWN PREDICTS MY FATE:  Go ahead and vote for your preferred 2017 Rock and Roll Non-Country Popular Music of the 1950s and Beyond Hall of Fame inductees.

IT'S KELTNER SEASON:Your nominees for this year's Rock Hall of Fame class:

• Pearl Jam
• Tupac Shakur
• Depeche Mode
• ELO
• Jane's Addiction
• Janet Jackson
• Journey 
• The Cars
• The Zombies
• Yes
• Bad Brains
• Chaka Khan
• Chic
• J. Geils Band
• Joan Baez
• Joe Tex 
• Kraftwerk
• MC5
• Steppenwolf

Pearl Jam and Tupac seem like cinches for first ballot induction, but the rest of that class seems pretty uninspiring to me.  Eligible this year for the first time, but not finalists?  Boyz II Men,  Alanis Morissette, PJ Harvey, and Tori Amos.  (Next year's eligibles include two seeming first ballot cinches--Radiohead and Beck.)

WE'RE ONLY ONE YEAR AWAY FROM MIAMI 2017:  We normally stay away from politics, but when two candidates (on Long Island, naturally) debate which one loves Billy Joel more, we're on it.

PRESUMABLY, THE NEW CAST ADDITIONS ARE YOUNG, SCRAPPY, AND HUNGRY: Lin-Manuel Miranda will host SNL on October 8.  Musical guest is Twentyone Pilots, and sadly, not someone involved with Hamilton.