Holy shit, that second clip is amazing. I hardly speak a word of French, but I was fucking dying.

Holy shit, that second clip is amazing. I hardly speak a word of French, but I was fucking dying.

There was a certain point in the mid-late-90s when the audience for super militant, borderline-racist black nationalism in music became overwhelmingly white. Can't even begin to tell how many similar shows I've seen, where the white kids in the crowd are standing and nodding along sternly as a rapper lectures on white…

"Songs for the Deaf" is the most consistently excellent album that Dave Grohl has ever played on. And yes, I'm aware of his discography…

"Songs for the Deaf" is the most consistently excellent album that Dave Grohl has ever played on. And yes, I'm aware of his discography…

Bring your earplugs. Seriously. I don't think I've ever heard louder sub bass in my life.

Bring your earplugs. Seriously. I don't think I've ever heard louder sub bass in my life.

Amen, sir. People moshed to everything in the '90s, and it was just fucking exhausting to be around. I saw, with my own eyes, people moshing to Alanis Morissette. I also saw people moshing to between-set music at a Pearl Jam show, to the extent that the venue turned off the music, and they still kept moshing to the…

Amen, sir. People moshed to everything in the '90s, and it was just fucking exhausting to be around. I saw, with my own eyes, people moshing to Alanis Morissette. I also saw people moshing to between-set music at a Pearl Jam show, to the extent that the venue turned off the music, and they still kept moshing to the…

Another side of Fugazi:

Another side of Fugazi:

It strikes me that the two best music memoirs I've read — Dylan's Chronicles and Patti Smith's Just Kids — are both extremely non-traditional, and don't cover the periods that most readers would theoretically be most interested in when picking up a memoir. And I think the key is that both are writing about parts of…

It strikes me that the two best music memoirs I've read — Dylan's Chronicles and Patti Smith's Just Kids — are both extremely non-traditional, and don't cover the periods that most readers would theoretically be most interested in when picking up a memoir. And I think the key is that both are writing about parts of…

His verse reminded me how much I miss LA rappers calling each other "loc."

His verse reminded me how much I miss LA rappers calling each other "loc."

"Election" for me as well. I was 16, and for some reason my then-girlfriend decided she wanted to "get to know" my mom better, I guess figuring that every high school relationship longer than 6 months will inevitably lead to marriage. Anyway, things went okay enough at lunch, and we ended up going to the movies, and I…

"Election" for me as well. I was 16, and for some reason my then-girlfriend decided she wanted to "get to know" my mom better, I guess figuring that every high school relationship longer than 6 months will inevitably lead to marriage. Anyway, things went okay enough at lunch, and we ended up going to the movies, and I…

Yeah, that's pretty much it.

Yeah, that's pretty much it.

This is actually a pretty great, very well-designed music service that, if marketed and launched correctly, could easily get a lot of people who've never even heard of Spotify to start using streaming services. Unfortunately, Microsoft is the one in charge of launching it, so it's being pushed in the most obtuse,…