I saw them open for Def Leppard during the Hysteria tour. One line they kept saying - in between every song "In case you're wondering who the hell we are, we're Tesla!"

A Steve Earle concert is always good to see a group of people who have genuinely LIVED their lives - both good and bad.

Just goes to show that given enough time, virtually every major pop-culture thing that scares the living shit out of people can become domesticated. I remember being terrified of this band in the seventh grade (during the Satanism scare - where they were even telling you that Iron Maiden were practicing Satanists).…

If you were ever going back to them, I would listen to "One Life Stand" (just the song, not the album), "I Feel Better," and especially "Let Me Be Him"

"Rent I Pay" is a damn good way to start a shuffle.

I like how in this shuffle Gene Simmons is included, but is taught how to truly rock with Peaches, The Gossip, Tina Turner, and Sleater-Kinney.

I'm still in the "like but not love" stage for that album, if only because it's coming off The Archandroid, which has been waging a non-stop war with PJ Havey's Let England Shake as my favorite album of the decade.

It was part of my "you must listen to each album you acquire twice" initiative. To be honest, I was pretty damn impressed. I think I was just finally in the mood to listen to it.

I made it through the initial stages of a job interview. Now, said company wants to fly me out to San Francisco for "part 2" - which would include an all-day interview with different team members.

In preparation for Bojack Horseman coming back, I'm rewatching the entire series - 2 episodes before the first season ends.

… a blissed-out masterpiece

Waxahatchee - Out in the Storm
Hot Chip - In Our Heads
Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady

Only about 45 pages before I finish Ernie Pyle's World War 2 reporting.

Hoping it's not serious - thanks for the update!

Janet Weiss has so many damn highlights with Sleater-Kinney, but her drumming on "Rollercoaster" has to be near the top of them all.

Merle Haggard - "Sing Me Back Home"
The Staple Singers - "If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)"
Jimi Hendrix - "The Wind Cries Mary"
Kanye West - "Coldest Winter"
Genius/GZA - "Swordsmen"
Moby - "LA1"
Jack Logan - "Monday Night"
Miranda Lambert - "I Can't Be Bothered"
Luscious Jackson - "Country's A Callin'"
Alabama…

Two possible lazy critic trajectory for The War on Drugs' latest album (without them hearing so much as a note from the newest album):

I'll forever be in the Rated R camp. So much so that when Songs For The Deaf came out, I was pretty disappointed. I've warmed up to Songs, but Rated R was a stone cold classic for me.

I liked The Surburbs, but if there could be a song that had the capability of not making an album a classic, no matter how great the rest of the album is - "Rococo" would be one of those types of songs.

Let it be known, I don't drink diet soda (or any soda for that fact) - just making an observation. And I was waiting for an AV commenter who would say "fuck any Coke product" - so kudos for being the first.