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After the first few seconds of the first track on the "Nervous Breakdown" EP, Black Flag's entire discography took a dramatic plunge for the worse from which they never recovered to this day. Sure, Side 2 tried to match Side 1's success with catchy little ditties like "Fix Me" and "Wasted," but such efforts were

You know the best part about a carrot or a stapler? You can put your weed in it.

"J.C.! The Christmeister! More toner for the Man from Galilee!"

But thaaaaaaaaat's my life!!

"I'm thinking of something black…something black…give up? It's a black!"

Too bad she slept with Newman, even though it was just a Wayne Knight stand.

IT WAS IN THE POOL!

I always found it amusing that "Dani California" rhymed "California" with "mourn ya" a few years after Homestar Runner's deliberately drippy fictional 80s hair rock quartet Limozeen rhymed the same word with "warn ya" on the full-length version of "Because It's Midnite!"

Come on, let's merry go, merry go!, merry go round! DOO DOO DOO!

Moops!

I thought there might have been more noteworthy songs released last year other than "Thrift Shop," "Get Lucky," and "Royals," but I guess I was mistaken. Also Herb Alpert's still alive, who knew?

Did anyone else read the words "oral pleasure" in Fabienne from Pulp Fiction's voice?

The priest, they called him.

I never understood why Bill Sr. referred to Jonny Wurster as "a foreign kid," considering the real Wurster is American.

Wow, I can't believe they reused the "if you kill yourself now, you'll get a full page in the high school yearbook" joke from "8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter." Talk about lazy writing.

That Fat Bastard quote only reminds me of this choice track from Sublime's former drummer Bud Gaugh's new children's music side project The Jelly of the Month Club: http://www.youtube.com/watc… WARNING: Even if your name isn't Clark Griswold, this song might not be for the faint of heart or the faint of butt.

It's worse than that, she's still alive, Jim!

I call first squeeze!

Take it from me, I love you!