Many, many years ago a neighborhood kid said something like…"he's naturally racist, you know…" I asked why and he mentioned it's in his name "-negger" and implicitly concluded that he was just connecting the dots. I think "Egger" is "plowman" in Austrian according to a Letterman interview back in the day.

ABATAH

ABATAH

HEY!!

HEY!!

Planet 1

Planet 1

The characters learn their lessons about vacationing in dangerous places and just stay home in Loneliest Planet 3: Google Streetviewin'

The characters learn their lessons about vacationing in dangerous places and just stay home in Loneliest Planet 3: Google Streetviewin'

I got into college radio around 1989, and could never get enough of it. Once heard a DJ play "You Turn Me On" in its entirety when it came out and that was very special. As much time as I spent listening/learning at that time and ever since, I only discovered MBV relatively late…which just goes to illustrate that…

I got into college radio around 1989, and could never get enough of it. Once heard a DJ play "You Turn Me On" in its entirety when it came out and that was very special. As much time as I spent listening/learning at that time and ever since, I only discovered MBV relatively late…which just goes to illustrate that…

Look at it this way: no rock album since compares to Loveless. Not the artistry, the complexity, the orchestration, etc…Loveless is the end and the highest achievement of rock as high art. Here's compelling evidence: It marked the crest of the wave which catapulted "alternative" music into the mainstream with the…

Look at it this way: no rock album since compares to Loveless. Not the artistry, the complexity, the orchestration, etc…Loveless is the end and the highest achievement of rock as high art. Here's compelling evidence: It marked the crest of the wave which catapulted "alternative" music into the mainstream with the…

You must walk on your hands to the nearest retailer for it, even if it is not that *near*….it's that good…

You must walk on your hands to the nearest retailer for it, even if it is not that *near*….it's that good…

Just like shoegaze is uppity, syrupy-sweet in tone, that song is downright dark, foreboding, like an approaching storm or something…hey…am I a poet or what?

Just like shoegaze is uppity, syrupy-sweet in tone, that song is downright dark, foreboding, like an approaching storm or something…hey…am I a poet or what?

So the mostly British-oriented shoegazing genre does not have equally talented American counterparts? What about Drop Nineteens?

So the mostly British-oriented shoegazing genre does not have equally talented American counterparts? What about Drop Nineteens?

It's tempting to turn that one up on your headphones. If there's a rare occasion to risk splitting your eardrum, this is one of them