Even when I buy digital music, which I do frequently, I always burn it on a CD-R. I want the physical version to exist. Not only because of hard-drive crashes, but because the album is a unit. I buy a spindle of blank discs about twice a year, and it always makes me really happy.

I'm your only friend. I'm not your only friend. But I'm a little glowing friend. But really I'm not actually your friend. But I am.

21 Men in Black Jumpsuits

Um, guys? It's What The Frig.

The Huey Lewis song.

I agree generally. And certainly my self-justified method is not the norm. Neither is it ethically spotless. I feel ok with it, but that's the problem with situational ethics.

I generally agree. And of course you are correct that the car cloning example (from someone's standup comedy routine) is impossible. But to me that's kind of the point, which I'll get to, in a roundabout way.

I often download something I've been recommended to check out and then buy it if I like it. Once upon a time you could get a sense of songs from radio and MTV, but that's pretty much over. If I download something and don't like it, and then don't buy it, I can't see that as essentially different than if I heard it on…

My comment was mainly directed at the "DJs have replaced the live band" comment directly above it.

Well, broccoli, I'm going to be very bad for you!

Back in my day, they had covered wagons. Then those fucking cars came along and ruined everything. Damn technological progress.

True story: My cousin (Jeff Martin) wrote the Baby on Board song. It was sung by the Dapper Dans, and he recently was at Disneyland and happened to see them. He asked if they ever got requests for it, and they said pretty much every day someone asks for it. Of course, they can't perform it because they don't have the…

It wasn't that much work.

I always fell sorry for the guy who has to run around picking up all the stray darts after a good skirmish. Really gets winded, looks disheveled and just tired. A real scruffy looking nerf herder.

She would be great. I could get behind that casting.

They do. Still love them.

I don't believe you. You're a liar.

On an unrelated note, any chance you could bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia?

People who dig Tanya should also check out Throwing Muses self-titled record from 2003. She rejoined the band to sing on at least four of the songs.

He also played bass on Throwing Muses The Real Ramona.