And why the dragon is hidden. Say what you want about dragons, at least they have good manners.

Well, I think she is. But just a little bit. All three of them were gorgeous, though, so it's sorta academic.

I, for one, am impressed by the way you called him toots.

"Also, we were wrong about Pinkerton in that first review. And, actually, now that we think about it, in the second one, too."

That's because you're not reading the posts correctly.

Hey, pick a side and fight, Captain Sensible.

Is it now? I thought the central logic was that he wanted to dismiss critics of Animal Collective as philistines who were afraid of their originality. But maybe I misread it.

Eh, I've heard it - granted, a long time ago - and I guess you're right. Doesn't get me particularly excited, though.

If you want some chilling stuff, go watch the documentary Last Voices of WWI. It catches many of the oldest Great War vets - and I'm talking old, old fellas 109, 110 like that. And their thoughts on the war are just bone-chilling and sad. "Maybe history has judged us poorly. Maybe the war really was about nothing…

Yeah, my sister did one of those Ancestry.com DNA test things and all I heard from it was, "I can't believe they didn't find any Native American in there!" We're supposedly 1/64th Choctaw… or whatever.

Mr. Eddie's Father!

I'm in Texas and I like Oingo Boingo, but I am too young to have liked Oingo Boingo in their time. So I assume there's no beef here.

Don't agree about the Strokes, but I do agree that it's a shame they didn't mention Antics. From the write up, you'd think they only liked one song from Interpol. It's a hell of a song, but still…

Ok, it's all these years later but I'm finally going to ask: How the hell do you pronounce Les Savy Fav?

Eh, it's debatable. I love them both, but no rock band owned the 00s the way the White Stripes did. So I think they deserve the slot on points alone.

By that logic, Creed is a highly original band.

Milli Vanilli had it all, man…

A few months back I started listening to Robert Palmer while painting the house. I was surprised by how much I liked it.

The Verve were incredible.

I guess it really depends on how you categorize Radiohead. Post-Kid A they seem to be rock only in a vague sense. It's more like Laurie Anderson avant-garde stuff, but with a full time drummer.