Also we have limited space and we can only slam one Libercanuckian, so I nominate Chesty Brown. Lately he's been a straight-up dickbag.

WTF, I'm violently agreeing with you.

Man that entire last paragraph was not funny. I know people like that.

You got that wrong. Every race needs to reward their Glenn Becks and Adam Sandlers.

Audio no longer available, but shame on you if you don't already own it.

37th, I've heard the whole album (legit channels) not bitching because it's fun, though it is that too.

Nah man, you go on and enjoy it. You must've put down half your mortgage on it. Also, to get you in a better mood, half of new Anthrax is quite fun, if you can accept Belladonna trying to sing like Bush.

Dingdingding. And Mastodon.

I don't understand the backlash business, I mean I do, but the idea that your favorite artist should spend his life on minimum wage really bugs me. It's great to see NPR getting behind metal. Funny how they play more quality metal than the supposedly heavy FM stations. As for intellectualizing metal, I'm glad Southern…

Their best yet? It more than makes up for the two disappointments of the year.

In other news, NPR whom I slagged off this morning is streaming the new Opeth.

I was wrong and never happier.

Shhhh, don't give Klosterman any ideas.

He is a top 40 artist, so from that point "anticipated" sounds right. But I agree, critics* tend to show far too much respect to cornyass rappers. Have fun with the theories as to why. His appeal? I don't know, a couple tracks from his first mixtape were nice, the rest quite forgettable.*Not a dig at Hyden, he's good…

It is anticipated in circles that have a tenuous grasp on pop music. For more information, see your uncle rocking out to the latest NPR-sanctioned music. Or Pitchfork's 8.5 review of Watch the Throne.

The lack of reasonable discussions is strange. American Elf is consistently brilliant.

Wu Tang without Will Smith

I know, grade bitching is pointless, but shouldn't they reserve a D- for one of the classier Sandler joints?

The weekend receipts will reveal that you were unfortunately the only person in America to say so.

Gap, Starbucks and This American Life involved in a brutal bloody conflict over usage rights. Millions of VW Jetta owners stuck in crossfire.