Oh yeah.  Dammit.

Huzzah!  Whad'Ya Know is like the syphilitic half-cousin of Wait Wait.  It should be taken behind the woodshed and shot many, many times.

What part of Illinois?  Central here.

The guy on the far left looks like he's twice the age of the other little boys.  You know he's getting booted soon because of the balding, too.

Arty and Mat Zo are the new Ira and the Douche, only less popular and more douchey-sounding*.

I have not heard of this, but I will rectify on the drive home!

SO IF YOU'RE DREAMIN… ABOUT CALIFORNNNNNNNNN-YA… IT DON'T MATTER AT ALL WHERE YOU PLAYED BEFORE…

Does anyone get The Oak Ridge Boys, the Statler Brothers, and The Gatlin Brothers confused?  Seriously, I was all set to bust out an "All the Gold in California" reference but I googled and found out that one was The Gatlin Brothers.

Can I like Pepsi and still be hipster?  Or do I have to like TaB?  If no to the former and yes to the latter, could you inform me of a commissary who may procure me large amounts of TaB?

What's the deal with all those facial hairs?

I kind of know what you mean - maybe.  I pretend to write.  There is one local author I can't read because he writes exactly the way I would like to, and I turn into a festering boil of envy when I read his work.

And 'shitty band.'

Who is that group of gypsies, and how did they get those fancy instruments?

Just skimmed through that documentary real quick.  Jumpin' Jesus, "'artistic' in the worst way" seems to be a perfect descriptor.

It's cool - we all need to vent sometimes.

I'm gonna go grind on some indie chick when they play Green Gloves.  

So was he carried to Ohio by a swarm of bees or not?

Whoooo!  Fuck yeah the National!  When he sings 'throw your arms in the air tonight', we should totally throw our arms in the air!

As a fan of this band, I find your negativity to be overwhelming.  Please just calm down.

This news is most good.  Most good indeed.