I, like you, thought of "college rock" as what they played on college radio, which included all of the bands you mentioned.  There is a Rhino box set, Left of the Dial, which covers pretty much all of the major bands.

Legacy is something no one can predict with accuracy.  In 1980, few people would have guessed that Black Sabbath would be one of the most influential bands of the next three decades (Ozzy solo was much much bigger), or that the Stooges (whose records never, ever got played on commercial radio) would be a big concert…

Legacy is something no one can predict with accuracy.  In 1980, few people would have guessed that Black Sabbath would be one of the most influential bands of the next three decades (Ozzy solo was much much bigger), or that the Stooges (whose records never, ever got played on commercial radio) would be a big concert…

82 to 89 (REM) is 7 years, but your point is taken.

82 to 89 (REM) is 7 years, but your point is taken.

I hate to introduce poorly remembered facts gleaned from the Guardian into the discussion, but I will do so because it also gives me some perverse pleasure.  Studies have shown that distinct anti-sex feelings (notice my very scientific terminology) develop between most children raised together from a young age (ie,…

I hate to introduce poorly remembered facts gleaned from the Guardian into the discussion, but I will do so because it also gives me some perverse pleasure.  Studies have shown that distinct anti-sex feelings (notice my very scientific terminology) develop between most children raised together from a young age (ie,…

DM - The problem is that, historically speaking, the odds of any artifact surviving are rare, despite whatever archival intentions people might have had.  I favor a more is more approach here.  Any movie being released today will have digital hard copies (certainly DVD and Blu Ray) floating around for the at least the…

DM - The problem is that, historically speaking, the odds of any artifact surviving are rare, despite whatever archival intentions people might have had.  I favor a more is more approach here.  Any movie being released today will have digital hard copies (certainly DVD and Blu Ray) floating around for the at least the…

We realize you don't give a shit, but the point is that new technology does not necessarily equal better or more appropriate technology.  Film will last much longer than digital media with minimal care.  Digital media becomes obsolete extremely quickly, and back-engineering the technology to read it is a hell of a lot…

We realize you don't give a shit, but the point is that new technology does not necessarily equal better or more appropriate technology.  Film will last much longer than digital media with minimal care.  Digital media becomes obsolete extremely quickly, and back-engineering the technology to read it is a hell of a lot…

Current film preservation stocks will last at least 100 years (and probably longer, but it's difficult to age/test past a certain period).  (http://www.photoarchivenews…  With digital media, there are software and hardware issues which require constant upgrading (at least every 5 years or so).  If that maintenance is…

Current film preservation stocks will last at least 100 years (and probably longer, but it's difficult to age/test past a certain period).  (http://www.photoarchivenews…  With digital media, there are software and hardware issues which require constant upgrading (at least every 5 years or so).  If that maintenance is…

I just watched it, based on these recommendations, and it's pretty fucking mediocre (if I hadn't paid 9.99, I would have left out the fucking.)  Less than five laughs (the punchline to the oral sex monolog is one of them).  Lots of irritating, unbelievable behavior, plus an "everything comes out alright" ending that…

I just watched it, based on these recommendations, and it's pretty fucking mediocre (if I hadn't paid 9.99, I would have left out the fucking.)  Less than five laughs (the punchline to the oral sex monolog is one of them).  Lots of irritating, unbelievable behavior, plus an "everything comes out alright" ending that…

I think that Alexander Mackendrick, Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, Mike Nichols and Billy Wilder might have had a little to do with the success of those first films (I haven't seen the two you mentioned).  Clifford Odets apparently rewrote almost all of the dialogue of the Sweet Smell of Success.

I think that Alexander Mackendrick, Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, Mike Nichols and Billy Wilder might have had a little to do with the success of those first films (I haven't seen the two you mentioned).  Clifford Odets apparently rewrote almost all of the dialogue of the Sweet Smell of Success.

Nick Cave is the Neil Diamond of punk rock - all he knows is bombastic.

Nick Cave is the Neil Diamond of punk rock - all he knows is bombastic.

The band members didn't clear anything near $100/person/night.   $100/night is the gross from door sales for the entire band (maybe they got some back end, but let's go with $100.)  Let's also assume that the band was traveling with a sound guy/driver, making four people in the band.  The cheapest van rental at this…