No, I agree, alt-country is not very useful for this series because of its relative confinement to the margins, unless you take it as a whole and do an article just on the movement in general. I'm just saying that I'd sooner bastardize the original concept in the name of a more interesting article than talk about…

The weird thing about Poor Little Critter On The Road, and this blows my mind every time I listen to it, is that despite being made 100% by veteran LA punkers, it's one of the best country albums of the '80s, top 10 easy. And it's not a crossover at all. It's like Sun Records-era real country music; it sounds like an…

My grandpa knew Johnny Paycheck in the '50s and '60s. He always told me that the guy was literally never once sober.

She has a voice like a motherfucking angel.
Emmylou Harris is one of the best female singers ever, right up there with Nina Simone. And the best duet partner ever.

Watchmen's is the most cumbersome, awful sex scene ever. And it made the movie all of a sudden seem extremely juvenile. She doesn't have a bad body, but shit, this isn't a porno.

Recall if you will that Tom Waits plays something resembling Christ Himself in at least two roles: 1) Wristcutters, and 2) Domino.

GOOD GOD MAN THIS LIST IS AWFUL BITCH MOAN BITCH
The Naomi Watts lesbian scene from Mulholland Drive, man, that's the hottest damn thing ever, even if it is contextually creepy. Why is that like #64? I'd go so far as to say it's hotter than Jolie in Gia.

I extremely agree. Hard.

This does really bum me out, just because he seemed like the picture of a loving father/family man, and you hate to hear when a guy like that goes through shit. Plus, coming from a long line of men whose women took off soon as 40 rolled around, all divorce seems to do to dudes past a certain age is bum them out and…

Nathan's doing a great job at running down all the *artistically significant* or important country artists. Plus, Hank Williams and Johnny Cash are so huge that they transcend country music to become an immortal part of our musical zeitgeist. They influenced everybody that came after them forever, so they're not…

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Was it here that somebody suggested making a hip-hop song using strictly Phil Hartman's Newsradio clips and looping them and stuff? I was just thinking about what a great idea it would be to put some good beats and keyboards behind a loop of "that upstate prison flavor," and "when the night gets thumpin' and…

I always wondered why Todd Snider covers so many Billy Joe Shaver songs. Guess that explains it.

The later albums with Eddy
Just wanted anybody who's interested in checking Shaver out should buy two of his hardest rocking albums with Eddy. They're my personal highlights in his catalogue.

I'd agree with that.

No, the correct response was that I didn't want to come across as a Newsradio nerd. But if I did, I would have instead replied with "Yeah, thanks college, no one really cares."

I hated college.

NO! NO WAY! YOU ARE INSANE!
Reasons "Rose Bowl," despite the weakness of the courtroom scene itself, is worth at least a C, maybe even a B:

I'll agree now that it sounds posturing. From the performances of the band that I've seen, they look like they're trying too hard. I do like their albums alright though.

Wait wait wait, THAT SOUNDS FUCKING AWESOME.

I'm sorry, what?
I always thought Maura Tierney was unbelievably cute in Newsradio, but I think "rap" is way too self-aware with the photo shoot plot. When Lisa's cuteness is left unspoken, it's pretty spectacular, but when it's made overt as it is here, the whole plot seems hamfisted and too self-conscious; really…