Point taken, or at least if you did, they were fans of the music and not the icon. I think, and somebody else said, he's kind of like Bob Marley in that respect. He's cool to a lot of people who'll never listen to "Live at San Quentin" and don't know much about the music beyond American recordings or a greatest hits…

I'll agree with the other posters on the second half of SRO. Dirty South was a personal favorite, but a hell of a lot of people say Decoration Day is the best one. So I guess it depends on your mood/preference. I will say that SRO and Dirty South have a lot more loud ass pedal down rock and roll, but Decoration Day…

I'll second that Cash has become an icon and a be all end all, but Hank was an icon like that too at one time (maybe not quite as big). And I'll agree with bee man. I think, though, if Cash is what you're comfortable with then get the DVD of his TV show and use it as an "old country" primer. They produced the shit out…

(Kentuckian, and fan of drunken four wheeling)
Fourthed. But "redneckface" is the perfect word for what Larry does.

Well, everybody jumped on the DAC/ Johnny Rebel myth. The guy just likes to piss people off, that's his thing, his x rated stuff was usually just tasteless biker jokes, not to be taken seriously. I also hear that seeing him live is a crapshoot because he's often too fucked up to play/sing. Still, when he wants to…

A little more love for Brighter Than Creation's Dark. It helps that the record defies quick and dirty genre descriptions like this, ie some of it is country-ish, some southern rock, some of it's quiet and mellow. And, sure, it aint as easy to love as Decoration Day or SRO, but, what is?

It would seem, to borrow from Fred Durst, we're generally in agreeance about what southern rock is/means. And frankly, it's meanings have about as much variation as "southern accent." And Steve, you wrote a better review than the oft revered Robert Christgau who kept lazily comparing DBT to Skynyrd.

I'd like to say that I wasn't dismissing Steve's review, this was just a particular part of the album I found appealing. I have no word count restrictions and, given the space, could write a defense of DBT longer than a good MYOF entry (I love nabin's work, just a comparison).

Mike Cooley is god…
The review doesn't really mention this, but Cooley's output for this album was phenomenal. If you're only sort of familiar with the band he's the guy who sings "Marry Me," "Zip City," and "Women Without Whiskey." I was always a fan of Cooley's songs more than Pat or Jason's, which isn't to say I…

From the comments above, I just have to add two things.

Anybody else notice the resemblance
Between Bret and the Heath Ledger Joker pictures? I'm not really even joking, if you take away the whiteface they look a lot alike.

That's why I figured it wasn't included, but the "pop song" scored scenes are some of the more memorable ones in the movie (ie Billy Riding out of town, "Knockin' on Heaven's Door," and, if it counts as a pop song, the whorehouse scene). But I'm biased as hell because I'm a fan of Kris, Dylan and Peckinpah.

Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid
That movie was the first one that sprang to mind when I started reading this list. There's really only two Dylan songs I can remember from it, but one's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" and it works perfectly with the scene it accompanies. And, aside from the title characters, Bob's character…

I originally went into defensive trekkie mode, but the more I think about it the movie really was for trekkies. Fans of TOS like it because the occasional lightheartedness was something that made the show fun and something the film series had been lacking. So, yeah it feels like a long sitcom but every few episodes…

I'll second the Wal-Mart indoctrination shizaquawn. But I think that the company's downward slide is really killing that because so much of it came from Sam Walton's personality (and cult of personality). On the one hand, most of the people I worked with would just kind of mindlessly clap through the daily Wal-Mart…

I think Otis might be on to something…Waylon is great post-makeout music

Back when Metallica was covering just about everything I had one friend who thought "Turn the Page" was their song. I had another friend who thought "Whiskey in the Jar" was a Metallica song, and was adamant that we were fucking with him and it was always a Metallica song. He wasn't just ignorant, but stubbornly…

I probably won't get the DVD
Mainly because I've seen so much of early SNL. But I am looking forward to the Candace Bergen/Zappa writeup because I caught that episode on cable once and it was the most consistently funny episode of SNL I'd ever seen. I was quoting it like a nerd for a couple of weeks.

Yeah, Pickles is funny. Sometimes the jokes are lame, but it's a fun kind of lame.

But I think the borderline incomprehensibility is why it always makes me smirk. That, and I have a soft spot for warped non-sequitors.