God that mid-position strat sound is beyond cheezy. Ditto that god-awful active pickup bass sound. UGH.

Good point! I'll add it to the list!

She smokes cigarettes because she's edgy. Just like my grampa before the cancer got him.

Depp is pretty insufferable in this film, basically doing his whole "Borscht-Belt impressionist as acting" schtick to the hilt. I can't believe Depp's sustained, two-bit Jon Lovitz impression actually won him this much acclaim. Is it better than his Buster Keaton impression ("Edward Scissorhands"?) or his Keith…

I can only assume that, because it's the Onion, the word "supergroup" is being used ironically.

I think to technically be a "supergroup," the individual members have to be like famous or something. 

This statement would go down easier with some truffle fries. 

Why does Judah Friedlander hate this song???

Little bit, yeah.

It was a joke, good doctor…but I do find it unsettling that groups once so edgy and exploratory are now content to be oldies recycling hit factories for people nostalgic before their time. 

NO NO NO NO NO. I insist that the Pixies continue to be nothing more than a shameless, vacuous '90s nostalgia machine. THIS RUINS EVERYTHING. 

Oh yeah. The Brits surely don't have anything that belongs to anyone else.

That's all well and good, Wad, but c'mon: This isn't his first tour with this material. He's been recycling it for at least four good runs. Hell, in my hometown alone he played two different venues back to back. He's had his victory lap, but he can't seem to stop. How is this any different than any other golden oldies…

Then they will be there to be your youth jukebox timewarp factory while the rest of us have moved on.

Not necessarily. It's just that hipsters are supposed to be focused on the future, and this tour is pure, pure, pure self-congratulatory nostalgia. 

Um, @Pop Culture Survivor, he HAS been getting paid: "Aereoplane" has sold well over 500,000 copies, and he receives mechanical (publishing) and artist royalties from Merge, in addition to performance rights fees for broadcast usage—not to mention dough from any synch licenses (film/tv usage) he and Merge have…

Boston doesn't give a fuck.

I would have a lot more respect for him if I could see ANY point here other than cashing in. But without new material, an ingeniously reinvented lineup, or any other sort of experiment, they are just a human jukebox designed to release creamy memory endorphines. Bah.

This has to number among the most shameless bits of nostalgia mongering in the history of indie rock. Come relive your privileged youth!

He should go back to shoplifting CDs.