Anybody mention Growing Pains yet?

Was the firing range in Chicago?  Because I'm always amazed to find out such things exist in cities.  Apparently there's half a dozen in NYC.  

Property rights were at the heart of dominant arguments against abolition and were the basis of legal decisions which perpetuated slavery.  Seriously.  It was only during and after the Civil War that bogus claims of states rights replaced property rights.

I seem to recall Eminem stood up and yelled "Jump!  Jump!" and the Rage bassist (Tim Commerford) was stoked because he mistakenly thought he was yelling "Tim! Tim!"

I seem to recall Eminem stood up and yelled "Jump!  Jump!" and the Rage bassist (Tim Commerford) was stoked because he mistakenly thought he was yelling "Tim! Tim!"

Taylor Ham actually exists as far south as DC and was a staple of my childhood.  I've had cousins and uncles so addicted to the stuff they have their mommies ship it to them in Arizona, Washington State, and Iowa.

Taylor Ham actually exists as far south as DC and was a staple of my childhood.  I've had cousins and uncles so addicted to the stuff they have their mommies ship it to them in Arizona, Washington State, and Iowa.

Flagpole Sitta, coming at the end of the 90s and ripping ideas from Pavement, was a premature nostalgia fest for the 90s.

Flagpole Sitta, coming at the end of the 90s and ripping ideas from Pavement, was a premature nostalgia fest for the 90s.

Last month I came across and read Jim DeRogatis's "Staring at Sound."  After reading it I found myself a bit annoyed by Coyne.  While I love "The Soft Bulletin" and like the albums with Ronald Jones on guitar, the book gave me the sense that Coyne's always been a bit of a huckster who rips-off other artists.  

Last month I came across and read Jim DeRogatis's "Staring at Sound."  After reading it I found myself a bit annoyed by Coyne.  While I love "The Soft Bulletin" and like the albums with Ronald Jones on guitar, the book gave me the sense that Coyne's always been a bit of a huckster who rips-off other artists.  

Did the script introduce a new character names Shampoohorn?

"My Life As a Dog" was also Kurt Vonnegut's favorite movie (according to "Fates Worse than Death").  That'd be a screening party I'd like to sit in on.

Say what you will about Stephen Malkmus, but at least he had the decency to pick a new name for his post-Pavement band.

SY covers were always interesting images—Evol, Daydream Nation, Dirty, Murray Street, Sonic Nurse all come to mind.  This is just kind of boring.
I'd venture that if Arcade Fire and M. Ward/She & Him weren't part of the equation then Merge and Matador would have pretty equal sales.  Merge's stable includes Magnetic…

That record cover screams middle age.  Ranaldo stole the idea from Kirk Van Houten, who mocked up a similar image for the follow-up to "Can I Borrow a Feeling."

You know what questions I have about Lost?  I don't care about the nature of the island (it's magic, simple enough) or Walt (he was magic, Ben was threatened by him, simple enough).  Honestly, it doesn't bother me at all.

Jin and Sun's death was as sad as TV gets.

Exactly.  He and Gustavo Santaolalla (score for Brokeback Mountain) deserve every bit of praise they've received for shaping audience reactions.

Here's the specific Gorecki piece I had in mind: http://www.youtube.com/watc…