I'm surprised to see Albert Ayler on this list!  He is awesome.  Though I'm always a little suspect about claims of jazz's popularity in Europe.  I suspect that's very much a relative claim.  But I think there is more of a cultural infrastructure to support jazz musicians there than here at home.

I'm surprised to see Albert Ayler on this list!  He is awesome.  Though I'm always a little suspect about claims of jazz's popularity in Europe.  I suspect that's very much a relative claim.  But I think there is more of a cultural infrastructure to support jazz musicians there than here at home.

I love TCGTE.  I haven't heard the latest episode yet.  It rarely makes me laugh out loud, but I always find it engaging and amusing.

I love TCGTE.  I haven't heard the latest episode yet.  It rarely makes me laugh out loud, but I always find it engaging and amusing.

I patted myself on the back when I thought of it.

I patted myself on the back when I thought of it.

I always feel like Sorkin is patting himself on the back and me on the head.

I always feel like Sorkin is patting himself on the back and me on the head.

Ha ha ha ha.  I see what you did there.

Ha ha ha ha.  I see what you did there.

Will Smith doesn't have to curse to sell records
Well, I do
So fuck him, and fuck you, too.
—Eminem

Will Smith doesn't have to curse to sell records
Well, I do
So fuck him, and fuck you, too.
—Eminem

I love Everything That Happens, too. Something about that record just makes me feel good.

I love Everything That Happens, too. Something about that record just makes me feel good.

As a 41-year-old, today blasting first Murmur and now Lifes Rich Pageant (albums hugely important to me in my teen years, which I hadn't listened to much in the past 15-20 years, until the recent break-up and now this article)… You have officially freaked me out with the accuracy of your sociology. Get out of my…

I live in Wicker Park in Chicago, and found myself wondering the same thing on Saturday.

He's all that comes to mind because nothing else interesting happened for like 2/3rds of Season 7.

And Ellen Foley gives 'em hope.

Resolved: season six is the best season of Buffy.

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Or mine, anyway, with the difference that I graduated in 1988, a year which kicked ass, not only according to all the people who signed my yearbook, but also musically. '89 was pretty great, too.