suggested Pavement "gateway" for newbies:

amen.

proposal
I will pay good money for an article explaining how LCD Soundsystem and Vampire Weekend are better than Deerhunter.

The Magnetic Fields
subtle, beautiful, suprisingly acoustic, with a grand piano when available. plus Claudia Gonson makes non-stop fun of Stephin Merritt throughout the entire show. just excellent.

To be clear, I would definitely read that as well, TAUCE!

Steven, although the "overall arc" is an understandable goal, I (individually, no offense) feel that the tendency to dismiss bands that didn't particularly interest you at the time (for whatever reason) somewhat jeopardizes any possible fair attempt on properly addressing the question "Whatever Happened to Alternative…

i'll second Nollvane and reiterate molly's recommendation of Birdie - specially "Some Dusty" (compressed .sit link: http://bit.ly/hFBNKX)

report from fatidical show
6'20"-60'37" speaks for itself: http://www.youtube.com/watc… (not my video)

#TeamBradford

Bob > Smashing Pumpkins

Grace of My Heart
The soundtrack produced by Larry Klein features not only an illustrious appearance by Joni Mitchell, but many other inspired gems from 90's bands who efficiently recreated the atmosphere of 60's pop to make-up for a killer record.

last scene
When Paul's juxtapositions unknowingly lead him to fetch the "self-sabotaging" theme Adele pointed out on the first episode (and which he vigorously denied), she appropriately ends the session, thus allowing Paul's own spoken words to resonate back at him while highlighting a stepping-stone of a possible…