Jimmy Eat World
I had Bleed American on repeat for the last few months of 2001, and it still holds up remarkably well- even the overplayed single. Definitely my favorite of the year.

That's clever!
I tell my interracial children they're BLIGHTS!

Post-Olson Jayhawks
always struck me as one of pop music's great surprises. If I remember correctly, Mark Olson was originally the primary songwriter, and Gary Louris only began contributing later. I guess at the time of TTGG, I still considered The Jayhawks to be Olson's backup band (though a mighty fine one,…

THEY LIVE allusion?
Just after one of the "man on the street" conspiracy theorists facetiously tells the viewers to "sit back and wait for them to tell you what to buy," we're thrown back into the ridiculous kitchen brawl between Echo and Paul, which quickly moves to the alleyway. And while she never forces him to…