This seems like as good a point as any for me to complain about metal's tedious fascination with cookie monster vocals, said as a metal fan who misses the days of Dio, Halford, and the like, who, whether you like them or not, you can't deny were technically/physically commanding singers.  Anyone can do the CM vocals,…

For what it's worth, I still remember the 2004 Democratic Presidential debates for the moment when the candidates were asked what their favorite song was.  After all the others dutifully picked their campaign songs or something to make them look hip & relevant (Wyclef), Bob Graham went with Jimmy Buffett's "Changes in…

For what it's worth, I still remember the 2004 Democratic Presidential debates for the moment when the candidates were asked what their favorite song was.  After all the others dutifully picked their campaign songs or something to make them look hip & relevant (Wyclef), Bob Graham went with Jimmy Buffett's "Changes in…

I think you missed some of the ambiguity in the last verse, where Peart acknowledges that people get burned out in the cities and come back to the suburbs.  To wit:

For those who wish to seem…

Best thing I've read on Jeter came from Baseball Between The Numbers, where they crunched the numbers, and concluded that Jeter was a strictly average shortstop until the Yankees got A-Rod, whereupon his defensive numbers got much better.  Conclusion:  A-Rod is an amazing Third Baseman who covers enough range to do…

All of you do understand that this is why people hate the Yankees, right?  Not that Rivera isn't the greatest closer of all time, but the arrogance of taking Billy Wagner's closer song, then not only getting upset with people for calling the Yankees out on it, and furthermore getting upset with Wagner for using a song…