Friends via roomates is pretty standard (especially as not everyone is actually temperamentally suited to having a big social circle, even if it looks attractive or desirable at a distance), and from there it can expand out to friends of their friends, who may turn out to be in your classes etc… If you're getting on…

Nomeansno are very good, although I guess as Canadian weirdoes they might fall out of any particular scene focus. 

If it really bothers you that not enough people listen to U2, then the problem isn't with other people.

Probably bound to happen with how quickly they became enshrined in rock radio playlists and Rolling Stone lists. I remember being of the late '90's generation to pick up on them after the initial wave or two, and everyone knew the albums and songs well enough that was what people learned to play instruments to, but as…

Om

Also, PEGBOY

HELL YEAH

I just read that piece, and it doesn't speak that well of anyone who'd get that upset, as if anything, it was probably more dithering, middle of the road "you sure stop caring about stuff when you get old" than any kind of insult, but I guess these are the same dweebs who think the rock n roll hall of fame is relevant…

In current bands, True Widow are also pretty sweet.

They did in the punk article, so it all works out. 

Sleater-Kinney get the ol' Great Unwashed pass, and really, that's the only pass that matters.

17k does sound like a lot of money when you're still getting an allowance. 

Hey man, this Discharge patch isn't going to sew itself onto my leather jacket.

GOT NO SPINE
GOT NO GUTS
YOU'LL AGREE WITH ME IF YOU SAY I'M NUTS

ALL WORK IS HONOURABLE
YET ART IS JUST A JOB
LET ME SPEND MY PAYCHECK ON A  BEER

Yep

YOU'RE NOT PUNK AND I'M TELLING EVERYONE

Ugh, what a crybaby.

Ligue 1 is a step-down, but they've got the Champions League spots, which go nicely with petro-dollars, especially as there's less competition to get those top few places in the league and CL entry than if you bought a team in Spain or England.

Cleaning the pieces of shit out of a mangina may not be polite dinner party conversation, but it is a serious issue many people deal with every day.