I like you Danus, but no you can not get an amen.

I thought the same thing. Bolano is on the list of the obviously great. And there are plenty of accessible Bolano books if the big ones scare you.

Hotel California by The Gypsy Kings = Two sets of douchey fans. Since I like it, I am douche x 2.

Yes and given their themes and heritage, they can rock swastikas too. But be honest, what would be your first reaction if you came across a metal album with that title? After digging for a couple minutes I got the whole story. I sincerely hope some White Power Bills make the same mistake.

Actually it's Big Cock M Night Shyamalan.

An album called "The Aryan Crusade" — by a bunch of brown dudes, was a great WTF moment. Apparently this is a different non-racist kind of Aryan.

Isn't he the new G.I. Joe?

Tamils originate from India. They are hindu. Sinhalas are buddhist.

As a Morphine fan, I always look forward to new ways in which sax can be added to any kind of music.

Fucked up my reply. See above or below. Also misspelled Yakuza's name.

Yakza, but don't know if it's a regular feature. Saw the live many years ago.

In Other International News
Singapore's Rudra has an interesting sound. I actually like the nonmetal parts better.
http://www.rudraonline.org/…

Garbage Meets Mildly Amusing?
I already dislike MIA as herself, thank you very much. No need to gild that lily with Gucci Mane and AC references.

I just listened to Surprise, produced by Brian Eno. Shrug. Not terrible, but both sound like they're coasting.

Graceland was sweet. Not unlike these guys, Paul Simon got a lot of shit for riding the coat-tails of underpaid world musicians. Except he is a far superior songwriter. In fact this makes me want to check his last couple albums, about which a senior at work has been raving for a long time.

Not another sad bastard indie band
Is the best thing I can say about them. There's nothing hateworthy about them, but both the albums were good for about 6-7 spins and no more.

Posse Albums
As a rule suck. Plus this one has the Lil Wayne seal of shitness. Not even Drake and Minaj can save it. If you have to listen to a "supergroup" check out Slaughterhouse. Half of it is damn near untouchable. Even La Coka Nostra is better than this garbage.

EJ,
Being a lefty this is probably the only place where I agree w/ you. But this place mocks the dead, so can't really expect anything for the rest, can we? My "friend's hateful mom" comment wasn't exactly classy.
If I were a repub, I'd think really hard about her tendency to stab the very people who helped her on the…

How old are you, baby?

So if her looks go away
Will her following follow? I hope so.
Just to be clear, I don't find "a friends reasonably attractive but hateful mom" look attractive.