It’s funny because it’s not something I bring up but when it does occasionally come up, people are usually appalled.

Yeah, it definitely comes out in critical reception for bands like the White Stripes or the Black Keys as well. To be clear, I loved the White Stripes and the Black Keys are fine, but let’s not pretend that a certain level of their praise was because they sound verrrrry similar to the stuff the old rock dinosaurs are…

YES! The Beatles and the Stones and Clapton and all these old white dudes who consistently get to top the Top 10/50/100 “best of” lists, when it’s clear that the arbiters of these lists are also old/wannabe old white dudes just drives me insane. A) A lot of “classic” rock is kind of boring to the ears of a girl who…

I recognize and respect his place in the American songbook, but personally I am not a fan.

Yay! I’ve found my people. I have this same problem with Tom Waits too.

I have a mental list I refer to as “The Aerosmith All-Stars”, which is full of all those musical acts who, by managing to survive their youth, lived long enough to become awful. The aforementioned Aerosmith, Rod Stewart, Elton John; sure, on a basic human level, I’m glad they had the opportunity to have long lives and…

THANK YOU. I was born in the early 60s and have spent my life with people telling me how much I need to love Bob Dylan because he is The Greatest Songwriter of All Time. To which I say “Ok, but I just never really ever want to listen to him singing.”

I actually often like ‘difficult’ voices (e.g. Joanna Newsom, John Darnielle are two top faves) but I never could get into Dylan. I have this problem where I kind of reflexively dismiss stuff that I feel is over-glorified by boomers. I recognize that this is my own issue, but I kind of feel like ‘come ON you guys, you…

Dylan I think diminishes quite a bit because of his longevity. As ghoulish as it is to say, Hendrix or Joplin never had the chance to become old and bored and jaded. Dylan has sounded to me for many years now like someone who ran out of not only things to say but also the desire to want to say something. At some point…

I haven’t changed my mind about Bob Dylan. Nasal voices are nails on a blackboard, essentially, and he doubles down on it, so it’s all of the nopes for me.

Bye, Phyllis.

White males who commit crimes are just “kids finding their way” until about age 55. Black kids on the other hand become men around age 10 or 11.

Harmonica is not in your top five? Ugh. Top 3 for me.

Drums. Hands down.

“Yeah, he totally dresses like a college student of yesteryear, but he is comfy.”

okay, but it is the PNW. Motherfuckers go out for dinner and drinks in jeans/cargos/”performance” pants and t-shirts all the goddamn time. Like, honestly, why do I even bother shaving my legs and putting together an outfit if my man is gonna wear track pants.

Just start calling them “Purse Pants” and men will throw them out in droves

And yet, I see it all the time. My brothers, dad, boyfriend, and most of my guy friends are fairly snappy dressers, so I really don’t know what the issue is. They all wear regular shorts and have survived this far.

You sure about that?

Four pudgy white guys sitting around in cargo shorts shooting the shit is exactly how I imagined the offices of the Wall Street Journal. Is that a picture of today’s editorial board meeting?