I remember reading Grand Royal (for a brief run it was at least as legit as George and definitely more fun) where one of the guys writes an article about "when you activate a turn signal, you have exactly one block to make that turn or I reserve the right to shoot out your tail light" followed up with another separate…

Dammit Internet. I can't tell if there's any sarcasm in there. If there's none, then can't imagine Chumbawumba having a great back catalog.

Right, as if they cared anyway. I could see ABKCO congratulating themselves on "signing" a new act and collecting 100% of the take on the only single that act ever produced for them. Ingenious in legal and publishing circles I suppose, and "who fuckin' cares" to 99% of the music-listening populace.

Ah, makes sense. Primal Scream btw seemed to be losing followers by the time of XTRMNATR but I liked it the best. Not everyone can have the pure drive of Chem Bros or Daft Punk in their vision of what an album should sound like but I think Primal Scream finally found the formula to not sound like a stoned mess with…

Right, yeah, I consider it an original work and I think it's brilliant that rock'n'roll sampled a bit to create a new record. And it's just a catchy melancholy tune to boot and takes most people back to a place in time.

Love a double dose of long songs: Bittersweet Symphony and Lucky Man. Too bad their greatest hit ever is part and parcel a Rolling Stones song——they'll never see any money from it.

Did this lead you to back catalogs? 'Cause after I'd played Dig Your Own Hole, I *had* do go out and buy Exit Planet Dust, which along with Surrender represents their finest downbeat stuff IMO.

I knoes people gonna say "KID A!" and whatever but OK Computer is the all-singing, all-dancing living end of Radiohead brilliance.

Lolled at this one.
::Finds bike stolen, including lock::
"It's alright, bros, because he _gets it_."

Good Lord, what a great list you've compiled here and so much repeat listening: Supersuckers claim that Eddie Spaghetti's dad said "You guys peaked with this one; you should probably quit." The Verve, Ben Folds… I could do a 3-hour road trip with just those. Great year for alt/underground hip-hop…. Cold Cut, Kool…

KLF is definitely fun to re-listen: total experimental house beats and crazy guest vocals and whatever——to me it was the kind of 'SuperstarX featuring GuestY' to a fantastic beat that continues to be a UK thing and that only bands like these guys and Chemical Brothers have managed to bring to the US. White Room was…

I'd buy that for a dollar!

Oh my goodness indeed… the fact that it modeled the midwest, plains, mountain west, southwest, Mexico all within one huge game was amazeballs. Woud love if they'd married it to the GTA Online model w/ houses (rustic stuff or whatevs) and customization, sans grind.

Don't worry… it'll go console very soon and suck you in.

Explain that though… You're just on to the next match after someone shotguns you quickly? I've seen guys say 3-4 kills and you're doing great… it's enough to make it enjoyable. OK, but there's tons of games starting up at all times so you can join quickly elsewhere? The 5-10 minutes in some kind of last-man-standing…

Super fun, read Red October and ran through the Byron portraits.

Surely the most entertaining and hilarious stories in gaming are told when you have tons of crazy variables and an open world and plenty of interactive stuff.

Me too, always enjoyed some Ghost Recon back in the day either being the last man standing in the squad or rooting for the last man.

Oh absolutely, I'm with this crew. This game's got my interest but is looking for a vector whereby it can take my money.

One: Did that Robin Williams vehicle _Survivors_ really birth the requirement to tell "SERPENTINE, SERPENTINE!" when under fire?