Besides directly following labels as a method to find new bands, another great method back in the day was to simply check a band's "thanks" section in their CD's liner notes. I discovered tons of great bands using this method. It was a gamble in the early 90's for sure though. No internet often met no song samples, so…

I haven't been watching this season, but I did catch about five-minutes of Jessa enjoying her cocaine high on the bed with the old guy and Shoshanna watching on. I have seen some bad "acting like you are on drugs," and that was some bad "acting like you are on drugs." I have witnessed more convincing binges on…

The lack of minority representation criticism is really kinda sad. It always feels as if the people who argue about this envision Girls as being their perfect model for a TV show. They love Dunham's stance, her writing, the way the show operates, but they just can't take the fact that even though there are probably,…

I think Swift and Perry might be considered geniuses if Madonna and Britney Spears and a bunch of other female pop-stars from the MTV generation had never existed. They are basically just copying a formula that has driven teenagers to spend money on pretty generic music for decades now. I guess they both at least…

The drop in negative comments could also stem from the fact that people who enjoyed the first season, but thought the second was garbage, just stopped watching. That was my scenario. The episodes were weak and I just completely lost interest in the characters. There is plenty of other better programming to enjoy.…

“I hope that hipsters would embrace it,” yup, because hockey moms, Gulf War vets, and Giants fans prolly aren't gonna be super into this.

They really were fantastic. Their singles collection that Sub-Pop put out in the early 90's is essential listening. I mean how often do you run across a band that can write something as great as "Impatience?" I wish Sub-Pop or a label like Yep-Roc would release a greatest hits of theirs already. There are plenty of…

Yup. You are exactly right. All these bands were considered pop-punk before Green Day exploded and somehow hijacked the entire genre with their specific take on it. It is probably less Green Day's fault than it is the fault of the general punk rock culture though. For a movement so defined by individualism, they sure…

The Chems definitely were, but one could certainly make a valid argument (these days) that Big Drill Car were not. They definitely sound more rock in 2014. Back in 88-93 (or so) this type of speedy rock was definitely under the umbrella of pop-punk though. Green Day had yet to break big, and the clone wars were only…

Thank you for proving my point. Big Star is the greatest power-pop band (besides the Beatles perhaps) because they took the formula of writing the three-minute pop song to new levels. They actually threw it out the window on Third which makes them even better. It is actually kind of an insult to deem them power-pop…

Cruz Records somehow got by-passed here. No mention of All, Big Drill Car or Chemical People. Cruz was the original pop-punk label before the genre really had a name. The Doughboys were on that bandwagon as well. The first Hagfish album is another sweet sample of quality pop-punk, as are a handful of the initial Down…

That's what I thought as well. I thought it was a play on Primanti Bros. sandwiches, which throw fries and slaw right inside the sandwich.

I grew up outside of Philly and went to school at Pitt, so I know both cities. The most amazingly by-passed joke was the use of "yinz", Pittsburghese for you's (I know it still doesn't make much sense.) Sample sentence: "Yinz gah'in dantown ta watch da' Stillers?" People in little pockets of Pittsburgh right outside…

Many still listen to cassettes while driving to work as well.

I dunno, coal miners often come across as white guys trying to look as black as possible.

If everyone in the world was a thirteen year-old boy for infinity, Snyder and Michael Bay would be the greatest directors for eternity. But alas…

Has anyone heard the live show that is free with this reissue? I wanna hear it just for the "Younger Bums" cover. Best Big Dipper song fee sure!

Ohhhh man, you guys missed the greatest one ever - Patrick Bateman's epic speech about the greatness of Huey Lewis and the News in American Psycho. Now that is some good stuff!

I heard those way back when as well. The Mark Knopfler guy. I must have just figured that was the Jerky Boys at some point. Those tapes were like lil' underground comedy nuggets back in High School.

As an endlessly disappointed viewer of MSNBC, I very much enjoyed his takedown of the network and their hosts. They are still the good guys, but my gawd do their generals and battle plan just blow. Maddow and her male mini-me are pure torture, the new white kid seems like another insufferable know-it-all, and Sharpton…