A slight change in timeline and Pablo Honey would have been mistaken for Shoegaze. Most of what is being called alt-rock up there is really just a 90s version of 70s rock.

I always loved 'Strange Attraction' and tend to joke about 'Mint Car' as the only song by The Cure the neither starts nor ends sad. Definitely one of the most underrated albums of the 90s.

I always figured REM dumped the majority of their fan base with Monster and people finally gave up when New Adventures in Hi-Fi wasn't a return to form.

I'm scratching my head trying to figure out if anyone credible would have been calling Cardigans and Luscious Jackson "Electronica" or if anyone over 12 that wasn't a snide rock snob couldn't figure out that "Electronica" was a blanket term for pop music with samples. Also, this site either has to stop rolling its…

I've been saying for awhile now that shows like Last Week Tonight and the Daily Show do not report the news that no one else will report, they actually rely heavily on the reporting of others. I think the only thing that will make local news work is if towns and cities get together and setup non-profits.

Well.. the Bernie or Bust legacy will be similar to the people in Britain who were shocked, I mean shocked, that the way they voted actually had consequences.

The trouble with relationship values is that the other person often does give a shit. Also, unlike differences in religion, it doesn't get seen as quirk you can work with. This becomes the thing that ends of the relationship with no meaningful attempt from the other side to understand your position. Just as you seem…

Not hated, simply uncool, and uncool enough that it's generally OK to openly mock them. This status is normally reserved for bands with a ubiquitous hit, and a glossy mall model appearance.

You can tell how tolerable a music fan is by whether or not they get this particular joke.

I remember my highschool guitar teacher signalling this track out as untalented guys just no knowing how to play the song, I'm glad I've excised that particular attitude. I'm not sure about "industrial" and disagree that this signals their approach to "Wild Mood Swings" at all. It feels more like a nod to 80s Adrian…

Critics claiming music is inauthentic because it's too out there is about as old as the hills.

From an adult standpoint. Aside from the lack of ghost catching, the first one had a particular edge to it that gets lost in the second.

So, he's not a deadbeat because he's not some sort of white trash stereotype? It's pretty obvious that she's talking about an absentee father which is about half the typical definition deadbeat. We just live in a society where a dad is expected to do more than pay the bills.

I didn't have to hear the song, I just had to hear the words "Fallout Boy" and came to the conclusion that I'd be really surprised if I liked it.

The impression I get that it's more than being busy, and much more about never really making time for his family. It's one thing to miss a few birthdays and Christmas's and something else to miss your child's life in general.

I suspect they're MRA types trying to defend a very old definition of good father.

I seem to remember a lot of ballads on "Ugly as they Want to Be" including "Busy Bee." They were entering an era where the typical rock ballad wasn't going to hack it anymore.

I've always found the end of the song perplexing because his song is clearly very different, and the only person he's too busy for is his father. What the old man doesn't understand is that his empty promises about getting together didn't mean jack shit, and his inability to prioritize his family is what remains. In…

The more I hear from Kurt the more I see him taking the kind of direction that Bob Bould, Frank Black, Richard Hell, Hugh Cornwell, and other early punkers who did more of a singer-songwriter thing.

Nirvana was always so ubiquitous, over-marketed, and over-hyped it was difficult to see anything genuine about them. I liked a lot of stuff in my teens that I never payed much attention to then, but absolutely love now.