Yes, thats you and me being discerning (as I assume teens) but not having many categories of "alternative" definitely hurt bands like the Gin Blossoms. Remember there was no "rock" music from 1990-1997.

Quit jivvving me turkey!

oh i thought it was just about drinking too much at a house party. i thought the "When half the party moves into the bathroom" part was people vomiting.

well they both give shouts to each other in the liner notes.

There is a fair amount of material out there from Doug Hopkins era GBs. Its all very good.

Its upsetting at some level, that the Gin Blossoms generally get mocked, when they are a regular band that sang well-crafted power pop. The AVClub vaunts Fountains of Wayne as catchy, smart lyricists (and they are), but mocks the Gin Blossoms.

Man! You go through life, you try to be nice to people, you struggle to resist the urge to punch them in the face, and for what?

An alligator wearing sunglasses? Now I've seen everything

I thought he was mortally wounded in his crucial joust with Prince William 10 years ago!

I just back on the SNL renaissance train, and I thought he was great as the Italian animatronic chef and Spocko, writer of the great hit Pizza Beach.

I like your thinking!

a WING-ED dragon

One, The Bachelor needs to be louder, angrier, and have access to a time machine.

"I think these guys are just lazy."

A pirate?!? Well, that's hardly the image we want for Long John Silver's!

I don't want attractive drivers, like I need to feel anymore self-conscious or full of decision making.

Don't you think intent matters at all?

I guess we may all do that to some degree, every day of our lives. but when he actually won,shouldn't they have known better?

*overly loud and long male co-host laughter*

yeah but to conservative dads and grandpas 20 years older than her, she is quite the blonde minx.