I used to blare that and dance around like a fucking idiot before I left home for a third-shift valet job.  It was the tits.

Stereolab could shit in a jar and I would love it.  The proof: Not Music.  Leftovers from their second-worst album?  I fucking loved it.

Best singles band since The Smiths.

I think Elastica were fucking great, but it's impossible to listen to them without hearing Wire (in fact it's probably why I like them).  In addition to "Connection" taking the riff from "Three Girl Rhumba," virtually their entire first album sounds like they listened to Chairs Missing and said, "Let's do that."…

I agree to an extent that the bullying bandwagon is primarily hype-driven at this point.  It's probably due to the publicity that a string of LGBT-related suicides have gotten.

My brother went to a Catholic high school and was bullied quite a bit.  The administration didn't do much at all, though that can cut both ways; when my brother decided to fight back, he didn't get any shit from teachers or administrators.

Good stuff.  When I was growing up I was rarely (if ever) bullied, and as a total shrimp I probably should have been.  I had two things going for me:

On an unrelated point, my high school history teacher in Memphis gave us the opportunity to watch Schindler's List after school for extra credit.  During the final scene – where all the Schindlerjuden are placing stones on Oskar Schindler's grave – this black kid, to whom I'd never spoken, looks at me and says, "Mayne…

If the ultimate finale ended with Michael waking up, looking at Holly, and saying, "Oh my God that was awful," it would be perfect.

The B-52s and U2 are still around.

A thing, no less!

Anything with Nick Cave in it.

I can die at peace now.

British Indie doesn't suck!  The Arctic Monkeys' "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" and the Libertines' "Can't Stand Me Now" are decent picks as well.

Once you've heard "Leaning on a Lamppost" on wax cylinder Zeppelin sounds like some serious pussyass shit.

^her?

There's a Six Flags with a ride called Vertigo.  That song is on a loop in the loooooooong line.

By a nose!

If you take B-sides into account, "New York City Cops" is pretty unbeatable.

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