"The problem might be that all these shows are fucking ugly as sin to look at (and often to listen to). But I can get over aesthetics, as my love of South Park attests. I think the bigger problem is that, as far as I can tell from my limited exposure to them, there just isn't much storytelling or characterization in…

I tried to listen to "My Girls" after being told by people I trust how catchy it was. Not only could I not actually identify any kind of "hook" that could be "caught" or "considered" "catchy," but I also thought their "singing" was "fucking horrible."

I did think of that. Well, not the rope part.

This guy
This is a great guy. I'm seeing him at the Chicago Civic Opera House in April. In the third row. Awesome? I think so. I think so.

This is all well and good
But I don't think this bag, however historic and important it may be, is large enough to carry my collection of Barack Obama plates. And any bag that isn't holding several dozen plates with a man's face on them is scarcely a bag at all.

70 Songs
And still you overlook Phil Ochs? The Crucifixion and That Was the President are some of the most emotionally wrenching songs I've ever heard. Come on, where my Ochs fans at?