Well, that verse in "Sledgehammer" about cunnilingus was a tad revealing, no?

"If you go by what Buzz says in these overviews, there should be a
footnote that the Melvins haven't put out anything "on the level" in the
last 20 years."

Liked the concept; found the execution iffy. Man, the ScarJo character was über horrible and annoying.

Speaking of someone else's merits—or lack thereof—this reads mostly like the snark that passes for criticism over at the despised Pitchfork. (Kudos, however, for describing Navarro as "a pioneering navigator of the postmodern slipstream between glam tradition and alt-rock innovation." For years I've been calling him…

Very surprised to learn about this. Although I didn't follow his career as an adult, I remember he was deemed a teenage boy wonder and occasionally read him in NYP.
32 is way too young to go. Condolences to his family and friends.

"What percentage of people in the stands at a ballgame know who Gary Glitter was, let alone have actually ever spent money on his music? It's gotta be tiny. So the real question is why do the organizations operating those events think it's alright to play Gary Glitter?"

Never liked BNL or this song, but they both seemed to have disappeared from the mainstream, at least compared to how ubiquitous they once were.

^ You guys are supposed to know this. Not good, AV Club.

Like I said before, it just shows how little people cared for what this dude had to say, regardless of whether he was right or wrong.

That kinda reflects how interested in his music the readers are.

No Bob and Margaret?

That thing has its own melody, damn it.

That's a good one. Personally, I think Dave Gregory's best solos are on "Real by Reel" and "That Wave".

I'd forgotten about that dude until now…he had a bit of a buzz in power pop circles but for whatever reason never got as far as, say, The Posies, Matthew Sweet or even Michael Penn.
I'm trying to get used to Tommy Keene's voice, since his songs are pretty solid…
Btw, are you familiar with Wes Cunningham? If not, check…

"Cinnamon Girl" / Neil Young
Ah, the one-note solo. Awesome.

Agreed. Do you think that Eastwood's reluctance to have happy endings in his movies have almost become the cliché he's been setting out to avoid.

I never understood the allure of attending a show with a strong possibility of you ending up covered in blood, shit and piss, by an artist whose songs never impressed me in the first place, but that's as far as I cared about GG Allin. To each, his/her own. However, I knew people who absolutely hated GG, to the point…

FESTIVUS!!!

"I could be wrong but I don't remember anyone ACTUALLY welcoming that guy back."

Holder is a sweetheart: if I'd been lobbed a softball like a beauty queen defending why she's a role model, with no real substance, oh, baby…