Didn't Bonnie Prince Billy…
…and Brightblack Morninglight do a split EP of Dead and Bob Marley covers? Pepples and Ripples, or so the interwebs tells me.

Remember the Titans? Nope, forgot all about them.
Remember the Titans tries hard to make it seem like TC Williams High School in Alexandria Virginia is deep in the heart of Dixie when it is really just across the Potomac River from Washington, DC. Although Northern Virginia was more "southern" in the 1970s than it is…

Damn! I got cancerAIDSofFire. That's a first, too. I guess three firsties gets me back to normal.

Sweet! I win! That's a first, too!

I agree that the ending is uplifting—I found it very touching and warm. But the moment before the ending when the mother found her son was absolutely terrible and horrible to watch. I actually had nightmares about it.

Jeez, the AVClub comment boards are on a slippery slope to mediocrity and it's all my fault. Sorry to have been so lame at 1AM when I was cuddling a colicky baby.

Fugazi
Why include Fugazi on a list of bands that must been seen live when Fugazi has been on hiatus since 2002 and probably won't play live anytime soon if ever? I get that they were great live, but readers won't have a chance to see that.

Yes, yes he does.

First off…
…this man's makes some fine movies. In my book The Orphanage,which he produced, is tops. Terrifying and very, very sad.

It seems like a good time to remind people of this:
http://www.kempa.com/articl…

Yes. And Kaukonen is still an impressive guitar player, really unique among his generation. So is Casady and the two of them have a unique way of playing together.

Warning: Jefferson Airplane is my favorite band
I really like Jefferson Airplane in this incarnation. The 1967-69 lineup with Slick on vocals and Spencer Dryden on drums is really outstanding. And, even though Surrealistic Pillow and After Bathing at Baxters have their weak parts, Crown of Creation is solid,…

I left the area in the late 90s and only return occasionally. So, I can't really respond to your post, but it sounds logical. I got nostalgic this morning and scanned a list of the lineups at HFStival and there was a huge shift around the mid-to-late nineties: http://en.wikipedia.org/wik…
So, based on this, I suspect…

Wasn't Cracker David Lowery's post-Camper van Beethoven band? I don't know that they belong lumped in with Collective Soul (who I like) and 4 Non Blondes.

It wasn't just middle America…
…this was my experience in a bigger city.