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Farts aren't silent, Beavis.

Farts aren't silent, Beavis.

Simply put, "It's Blitz" had a half-dozen non-irritating songs that — for a good three-year period — would reliably make girls at every single bar in Silverlake and Echo Park dance whenever they came on the jukebox.

Simply put, "It's Blitz" had a half-dozen non-irritating songs that — for a good three-year period — would reliably make girls at every single bar in Silverlake and Echo Park dance whenever they came on the jukebox.

"Bitch please" is a perfectly valid response to a lot of their lyrics.

"Bitch please" is a perfectly valid response to a lot of their lyrics.

I will forever be indebted to RATM for exposing me to radical leftist political thought at a very early age. (As a 12-year-old, I pretty much used the book photo inside of Evil Empire to guide my reading list, hence I had already undergone my "intolerable political know-it-all" phase and moved on by the time I got to

I will forever be indebted to RATM for exposing me to radical leftist political thought at a very early age. (As a 12-year-old, I pretty much used the book photo inside of Evil Empire to guide my reading list, hence I had already undergone my "intolerable political know-it-all" phase and moved on by the time I got to

Where does it start getting scathing?

Where does it start getting scathing?

I love Dave Brubeck. I know he's just about the whitest and safest and least cool of all the big, bold-name jazzmen, but he's also fucking awesome, so fuck all y'all. I mean, "Blue Rondo a la Turk" — why don't YOU try writing an experimental instrumental song in 9/8 time that you can easily hum to yourself in the

I love Dave Brubeck. I know he's just about the whitest and safest and least cool of all the big, bold-name jazzmen, but he's also fucking awesome, so fuck all y'all. I mean, "Blue Rondo a la Turk" — why don't YOU try writing an experimental instrumental song in 9/8 time that you can easily hum to yourself in the

A friend of mine once described this song as a solid, typical Fugazi instrumental briefly interrupted by a toothpaste commercial written by a suicidal jingle-writer. I really can't describe it any better than that.

A friend of mine once described this song as a solid, typical Fugazi instrumental briefly interrupted by a toothpaste commercial written by a suicidal jingle-writer. I really can't describe it any better than that.

First off, you can't be asking me no damn questions, who the fuck is you?

First off, you can't be asking me no damn questions, who the fuck is you?

Not a fan of Jingle Bell Rock, but Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree is the real monster here. I'm not sure a blander song has ever been written in the history of time. At least JBR has that semi-surreal line about "giddy up jinglehorse," which has a touch of the jabberwocky to it. In contrast, observe Rockin':

Not a fan of Jingle Bell Rock, but Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree is the real monster here. I'm not sure a blander song has ever been written in the history of time. At least JBR has that semi-surreal line about "giddy up jinglehorse," which has a touch of the jabberwocky to it. In contrast, observe Rockin':