BINGO! We have a winnah!

Liked for honest hipsterism!

Always felt this song was an insult to XTC. No doubt the Johns know very clearly which side they come down on. They (with a capital T) contributed a song to an XTC tribute CD back in the day, performing "25 O'Clock".
http://www.youtube.com/watc…

Truly. Because writing about the influence James Brown or Bob Dylan is on par with writing about Adam Ant.

Enjoying the conversation! The Sex Pistols, Joy Division and the Clash, at least initially, were not aiming for the Pop charts. Ant was aiming for a teenybopper audience right out of the gate so its apples and oranges IMHO. Re: "cartoony, flamboyant melding of looks and sounds", Paul Revere and the Raiders pre-dated…

There's nothing inside but a seething jealousy of Mozart. (And Adam Ant??????)

Agreed! I agree with everything you wrote! Music not to be taken seriously that served a purpose - right on! Every teenage girl that crushed on him - I get it! That's Pop Music! Debbie Harry had a certain effect on me….but back to the point! He didn't break every rule - or ANY rule - int the pop playbook. That…

Guess I've got a stick up my ass this morning, but Jason Heller writes about music for a very popular pop culture website. I guess he likes Adam Ant, or pretends to for some of that hipster-double-reverse bullshit. Adam Ant had a few hit songs mostly because he was very sexy and he came along when MTV ran videos, but…

"breaking every rule in the pop playbook".

Harrison Ford in "Luv":

“The Ballad Of Danny Bailey (1909-34),” a retelling of the old Jim Morrison/Jimi Hendrix/Janis Joplin story "

I've wanted to post this for days.

Tesar was screwed. Lizzie served bad scallops to her guests. Game over!

Now he's on the top of the page. He's gonna eat me! He kinda looks like Dave Gregory of XTC.

Thanks for the info….er….Bigtits.

AND for the love of GOD and ALL that is HOLY won't Someone PLEASE get that picture of the Mountain Goats guy OFF the MIDDLE of the front page already!!!! Its been like two weeks and he's fucking STARING at me with his MOUTH open!

too soon!

"some say the first to ever do so."
Les Paul and Mary Ford - "How High the Moon"

there's been some kind of banner ad for at least a week….

Have you guys heard that Portlandia is coming back? Any idea when?