No accounting for taste, of course.  While I'm sympathetic to bands categorized alongside The Birthday Party, I almost never feel like actually listening to The Birthday Party.  Whereas I've spent quite a lot of time with his albums with The Bad Seeds.

The book, right?

And even Thompson and Wolfe weren't always that great at it.

You're missing a hell of a lot of great recorded output then.

Well, I did the same thing you're doing—made comments as I saw the episodes, to a page that mostly wasn't conversing about it anymore.

Shut the fuck up with that shit.

Stay up all night working on this?

Stay up all night working on this?

Also, he deserves the praise, so what's the problem?

Also, he deserves the praise, so what's the problem?

I'll check it out just for Grant Hart.

I'll check it out just for Grant Hart.

Fuck, I didn't know that.

Fuck, I didn't know that.

The Lips are one of the most important bands of their generation.  And Wayne Coyne is fucking WAYNE COYNE.  The Erykah Badu thing kind of seemed like diva bullshit from her end, too.  "Sure, I let them film me naked, but then they didn't edit it the way I wanted."  Well…  I didn't see enough there to burn Wayne's…

The Lips are one of the most important bands of their generation.  And Wayne Coyne is fucking WAYNE COYNE.  The Erykah Badu thing kind of seemed like diva bullshit from her end, too.  "Sure, I let them film me naked, but then they didn't edit it the way I wanted."  Well…  I didn't see enough there to burn Wayne's…

What agenda?  Anybody who's worked through even just one Christmas season in a store that won't stop playing the same Christmas music over and over has every right to hate those songs.

What agenda?  Anybody who's worked through even just one Christmas season in a store that won't stop playing the same Christmas music over and over has every right to hate those songs.

Terri Schiavo!  If it doesn't fit you must acquit!  Let's all beat off with a bunch of cultural references!

Terri Schiavo!  If it doesn't fit you must acquit!  Let's all beat off with a bunch of cultural references!