Alkaline Trio are pretty great at making about the first 3-5 songs and then the last song on each album amazing. Think about it. You know I'm right. The lone exception is the self-titled compilation, which is fantastic the entire way through.

The next season of Dexter opens with Dexter pulling into his old marina. He explains he just got a new boat, because the life of Rory B. Bellows was insured for a surprising amount of money.

Sure songs are a product; they just aren't a very valuable one. That's what happens when the marginal cost of producing additional copies approaches zero. That's why they can be cheaply used to lure people in to listen to those ads on the radio that as you pointed out no one would listen to otherwise.

That's how I see it. In what other industry do companies pay you to advertise your product for you? If Cracker was a play instead of a band, they would have to build their own hype, rent billboards, and pay to advertise on the radio. My understanding is that most artists make almost all their money from touring and…

The correct answer is "Blame it on the Tetons".

This song is going to get them tons of pussy.

Now this is the kind of genius wordplay that the reviewer wished was present.

Gotta love Merle tearing up the prison looking for those melty chocolate-covered pretzels.

Truly nothing like this beginning. I love when two songs are completely different but sound so perfect together.

Agreed on Microcastle. Sets the tone for entire record. There isn't quite anything out there like that double album.

That's good, but Modest Mouse's best start is "Teeth Like God's Shoeshine" into "Heart Cooks Brain" on the Lonesome Crowded West. Nothing like a complete statement of purpose and a crescendo of dissonance fading into the most perfectly sublime song ever.

Oh for fuck's sake, no King Shit and the Golden Boys mentions? It starts off a little weak, but definitely ends up quite great. It also encompasses a lot of what made lo-fi GBV so charming.

No clue how, but I think Oliveri just ate a possession charge and got three years probation. Pretty amazing considering the circumstances of his arrest.

No clue how, but I think Oliveri just ate a possession charge and got three years probation. Pretty amazing considering the circumstances of his arrest.

Mark Lanegan is always up for a new project, so they just need to grab him and Nick Oliveri to make the best QOTSA album in a decade. Trick is to keep Oliveri sober (or methed out, whichever works) and not beating his girlfriend during recording and its a done deal.

Mark Lanegan is always up for a new project, so they just need to grab him and Nick Oliveri to make the best QOTSA album in a decade. Trick is to keep Oliveri sober (or methed out, whichever works) and not beating his girlfriend during recording and its a done deal.

Its alright, the singer is in rehab now and getting the help he needs to deal with being a middle aged hardcore punk rocker that looks like my aunt.

Its alright, the singer is in rehab now and getting the help he needs to deal with being a middle aged hardcore punk rocker that looks like my aunt.

Incidentally, the only two good-to-great albums that he's been involved in.

Incidentally, the only two good-to-great albums that he's been involved in.