Jesus, what's with the haters getting up early and taking over this board? This is one of the best bands of the last 20 years. Reliably good to great records and a live show that varies hugely (and entertainingly) from tour to tour.

Bobby Bare wrote "All American Boy?!" I love his kid's music, and I love Bob Dylan's riff on this song on the Basement Tapes. This is, like, the missing link for me. Awesome.

Bobby Bare wrote "All American Boy?!" I love his kid's music, and I love Bob Dylan's riff on this song on the Basement Tapes. This is, like, the missing link for me. Awesome.

I'm kinda okay with the "gratuitous re-recordings of their own classics in released order to secure their publishing and licensing rights" thing. Didn't artists used to re-record their songs all the time? I love when Lloyd Price's "Stagger Lee" comes on shuffle and I'm genuinely unsure which, slightly different…

I'm kinda okay with the "gratuitous re-recordings of their own classics in released order to secure their publishing and licensing rights" thing. Didn't artists used to re-record their songs all the time? I love when Lloyd Price's "Stagger Lee" comes on shuffle and I'm genuinely unsure which, slightly different…

Steven Davis' "Old Gods Almost Dead" from about ten years back is a pretty reliable, not-overly-fawning biography of the whole band (Brian Jones, Ian Stuart and Andrew Loog Oldham included).

Steven Davis' "Old Gods Almost Dead" from about ten years back is a pretty reliable, not-overly-fawning biography of the whole band (Brian Jones, Ian Stuart and Andrew Loog Oldham included).

I want to score political points, so: you're totally wrong. The "trigger" process that "Won't Back Down" portrays (where parents *and* teachers vote) actually exists in a lot of places. It is totally uncontroversial and NOBODY USES IT. Because the teachers retain their union representation and bargain changes off of…

I want to score political points, so: you're totally wrong. The "trigger" process that "Won't Back Down" portrays (where parents *and* teachers vote) actually exists in a lot of places. It is totally uncontroversial and NOBODY USES IT. Because the teachers retain their union representation and bargain changes off of…

I like ZMF. But I also like Lime Rickeys. I'm torn.

I like ZMF. But I also like Lime Rickeys. I'm torn.