13 years later I still remember mumbling "what the fuck" under my breath at that line.

Is it too much to ask that he play the 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheater?

I like Columbus, but it might be because it's the only remotely cool place in the entire state.

Being from Dayton, that joke bugged me because there is no "Dayton Civic Center." It's actually called the Nutter Center, but there's nothing funny about that name.

Two things, etc.

I was really surprised at how much I liked that album. At its best it reminded me of latter-period Kylie Minogue.

The A.V. Club

"Why do you keep calling me Bill?"

Is "Luke Skywalker's best friend" Star Wars' version of the "'disciple whom Jesus loved?"

Exit Music (Pursued by a Bear)

"I'm Looking Through You" is so great.

I like that new Beck song so much it might be enough to get me listening to him again. I totally lost interest around the time of Guero.

They Might Be Giants, "S-E-X-X-Y"
Genesis, "Eleventh Earl of Mar"
Go West, "The King of Wishful Thinking"
Toadies, "I Come From the Water"
Gorillaz, "Superfast Jellyfish"
La Roux, "Bulletproof"
Tegan and Sara, "The Cure"
Tool, "Vicarious"
St. Vincent, "Strange Mercy"
Siouxsie & The Banshees, "Peek-a-Boo"

BAINGHAZI

They Might Be Giants, "Santa's Beard"
Nick Lowe, "Cruel to be Kind"
Fitz & the Tantrums, "The Walker"
Bruce Springsteen, "Night"
Garbage, "Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go)"
Animal Collective, "Daily Routine"
Kanye West, "Never Let Me Down"
Little Feat, "Two Trains"
Can, "I'm So Green"
Morrissey, "Disappointed"

Be Here Now is an insane trainwreck of an album, and I mean that in the best possible way. SotSoG has more than its share of filler, but the good stuff ("Go Let It Out," "Gas Panic," "I Can See a Liar") is really good.

I don't think St. Anger is underrated, necessarily, but if the songs were half as long, and something was done about that awful drum sound, I think it'd be a pretty good album.

The six-album streak from A Farewell to Kings to Grace Under Pressure is almost superhuman. They've released great stuff before and after that, but those albums are near perfection.

Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force, "Planet Rock"
Paul McCartney & Wings, "Let 'em In" (Live)

"Communist Daughter," "See America Right," and too many They Might Be Giants songs to count- "Rabid Child" and "Chess Piece Face" probably being my favorite.