Oooh, everybody look at the REAL guy. He's REALly REAsonabLe. What a REALief he stopped by to keep things REAL.

Oooh, everybody look at the REAL guy. He's REALly REAsonabLe. What a REALief he stopped by to keep things REAL.

Congratulations. You just earned yourself an MFA.

Congratulations. You just earned yourself an MFA.

Either Follow that Bird or Goonies, whichever came out first that year. FTB was just fine by my three-or-four-year-old self, but Mama Fratelli freaked me the fuck out. Like that horrible, fat, jowly old babysitter everybody had at least once.

I had the pleasure of seeing them for the first time in Athens at the last Popfest, and they pretty much melted my face off. Best birthday present ever. Ringing in my 30th with a band that had so influenced my 20s…nice sense of closure there. As soon as I remember it, it won't soon be forgotten. Really sorry to hear…

I had the pleasure of seeing them for the first time in Athens at the last Popfest, and they pretty much melted my face off. Best birthday present ever. Ringing in my 30th with a band that had so influenced my 20s…nice sense of closure there. As soon as I remember it, it won't soon be forgotten. Really sorry to hear…

That was my first thought too. My second thought: "Why am I expecting this to make sense?"

That was my first thought too. My second thought: "Why am I expecting this to make sense?"

Animal Collective Radio Circus. All Gotye, all the time.

Animal Collective Radio Circus. All Gotye, all the time.

Two hours of city council meetings in which motions for widening major thoroughfares are presented, debated, and voted down. Until one renegade councilman with nothing to lose risks life and limb by casting a tie vote…WITH AN EXPLOSION.

Two hours of city council meetings in which motions for widening major thoroughfares are presented, debated, and voted down. Until one renegade councilman with nothing to lose risks life and limb by casting a tie vote…WITH AN EXPLOSION.

*Denver omelet*

*Denver omelet*

Damn kids with their MyTunes and FaceSpaces.

Damn kids with their MyTunes and FaceSpaces.