This is true, but Slang was a surprisingly great last gasp from the band before they REALLY began going downhill. A real surprise after the cringe-y Adrenalize. "I suppose a rock's out of the question."

Tidal is thoroughly unbearable.

I don't have real issues with it either, but it does seem a little strange that bands like Megadeth actually feel like they're being stifled enough that fans paying up front will free them from the shackles of the music industry. Smaller bands can certainly benefit from it - I've supported Marillion for a LONG time by…

Can I crowdfund a new couch? I need a new couch.

Great band, great album. I like Algiers a lot but I was iffy on whether that was a return to form or an accidental great after a couple of lesser albums (Carried To Dust and Garden Ruin… I just don't recall anything off either even though I know I don't outright dislike them.) Glad to say that they seem reinvigorated,…

Now that I'm all grown up and stuff, I know now that if the other person really likes you, they will make an effort to make something happen. By that I mean there aren't reasons or excuses not to meet up. When I was a young nugget, I thought the same way as you appear to, that these obstacles are just part of the game…

I thought that was out of character for Phil. He seems like exactly the type who'd procure art like that and then go "screw it!" and draw funny stuff on them. I didn't get his reaction at all other than it being a whiny "this is my stuff!" type of response, which, if that's what it was, they should have made more…

Isis is a whole hell of a lot better than Interpol.

There are a lot of practical effects in Interstellar. Most of the spacecraft footage is of (sometimes very large) miniatures in various scales. The footage in the film looks like legit NASA material, such as the cameras mounted on the space shuttle's tank and booster rockets (I'm thinking specifically of shots from…

Wait, whose fist is this anyway?

I listened to both bands back in the day. But I still frequently listen to Prong's first couple of major label albums though (Beg To Differ and Prove You Wrong.)

"the now late, lamented Mitch Hedberg."

Torn between which show I least want to watch, this or Survivorman: Bigfoot. At least Bear Grylls is a known sham. With Bigfoot, Les Stroud really makes me question everything I've ever thought about him. Which is, I guess, that he's a cool dude… as long as he doesn't play that friggin' harmonica. Bigfoot? COME ON.

Our show here in Phoenix got cancelled after the neck incident (I seem to recall he did a backflip off of something and landed very badly) and they didn't come back to Phoenix until a few years ago. I did finally get to see them in LA on the Hey Ma tour. Absolutely incredible. Among the very, very best shows I have…

Spoiler alert: no, they never really achieved the success they deserve (present tense since they're still active and going strong.) I figure you're being jokey with the album cover, but the blame is really on a couple of things: how the record company handled the "follow-up" Wah Wah, which they'd originally intended…

Is this the same set that is included in the Laid Deluxe Edition? Low Low Low, Sometimes, Tomorrow, Five-O, Say Something, and Laid, all from the BBC Sept. 27, 1993?

Thus proving that Pitchfork is a big pile of shit. James is the kind of band that makes music for people that do love singles and are somehow afraid of albums, but crafts deep cuts around those singles to make nearly every album immersive and incredibly satisfying. If you only buy James' singles, you really do…

I'll have to let my wife know that she's not allowed to love Rush anymore.

Would you say the same about any band that you don't listen to? I don't get comments like these. It just seems like people go out of their way to disparage Rush when they wouldn't do the same for most, or all, other bands. I'm not into Kiss but if Kiss put out a line of vinyl with GOOD mastering like these Rush vinyl…

I think it's practically guaranteed that we're going to wind up paying more for content in the future. Sure, we may have more choices, or more flexible choices, but it's all going to be separate costs. HBO Now is only the first example. Wait until each channel goes this route, so you're paying $10-15 for each channel…