Edwin MacPhisto

Blood Brothers, "Burn Piano Island, Burn." You'd think it'd get old quickly, but it really doesn't.

I could list another 5. I won't, because I'd like to retain a smidgen of dignity. Greg Dulli edition: 1. Afghan Whigs, "Citi Soleil" 2. Twilight Singers, "Teenage Wristband" 3. Twilight Singers, "Verti-Marte" 4. Afghan Whigs, "Be Sweet" 5. Afghan Whigs, "Lost in the Supermarket"

VA Beach, seven cities, C-Dub, the remix! Seriously, that's great. Monster congrats.

I can't decide if that's sarcastic or not......... And Secret Agent. I go to OU. They are very easy for me to buy. And they only cost me 130 bucks. As opposed to the 300-600 it cost the general public. That's the nice thing about going to a school with a football program still on its way up: the games are free for students. And we win at home constantly anyway, so hey, fine by me.

Yeah, if you just want to up and buy one, go with Stankonia. It has the strongest start of any of their albums and definitely feels the most instantly accessible. It's great all-around, too.

With every day I get the impression that Clark is more and more of a flake with too make-up. I'm probably voting Democrat in November, but if he were to pull the upset and win the nomination, it'd be a really hard vote to cast.

Outkast is *the* crossover rap act of our time. I don't think anyone else has received such unanimous critical acclaim and sold so many albums to so many different types of music fans. For some non-rappy inroads into Outkast, if you're not a big hip-hop fan: "Hey Ya," "The Way You Move," "B.O.B.," "So Fresh, So Clean," "The Whole World," "Ms. Jackson," and "Spottieotiedopalicious." All except the last one were huge crossover pop hits, and I chose the last one because it's one of their most interesting pieces. Should appeal to you no matter what you like. If you like what you hear, buy, as suggested, any of the three latest albums, and you're sure to like what you hear. A few of their best straight up rap tracks (my favorites, really) off those are "Rosa Parks," "Skew it on the Bar-B," "Humble Mumble," and "The Rooster." Also good off the new album are "Take Off Your Cool" and "Reset," which are downtempo chill songs that I think anyone could love.

Pat Benatar edition: 5. "All Fired Up" 4. "Promises in the Dark" 3. "Love Is A Battlefield" 2. "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" 1. "Outlaw Blues" What?

Football games have always weirded me out, because you get stuff like this - the ability to throw 10 touchdown passes or 6 interceptions in a single game. The mechanics of the games always seem skewed towards the exceptionally silly.

She's the loveliest stock photo that ever was.

Really? Huh. I've had mine on its side since I bought it. Saves space so very well.

Just checking: no one actually thinks he's a reasonable human being, right? That's all. If you do, I'm interested to hear why, because I've never seen or heard him do much anything but blather, shout, and be the dopiest, most simple-minded political commentator to come down the pike in ages, from either side of the political spectrum.

Tribe, Tribe, Tribe! How'd we get to 20 posts and no mention of A Tribe Called Quest? If you like a smooth jazz feel with your hip-hop, it doesn't get much better than Tribe. Q-Tip flows like liquid, and The Low-End Theory should be mandatory listening. I've had a burn for year and a half and I actually feel a bit dirty. Actually, I'd better finally buy it tomorrow and get the dirt off.

It's a tough call, of course. He's consistently one of the best. Personal favorites are "Are You That Somebody," the only Aaliyah song I ever liked, "Cry Me A River," and "Gossip Folks," which does incredible things with that stutter-stop synthy brass toot. Also, his work on Cee-Lo's "I'll Be Around" is one of his fullest, most layered pieces.

I'll tempt fate. I got my PS2 around Christmas of 2000, right around launch, and I've never had a single problem with it. And this thing has taken its fair share of plane rides shoved into a duffle bag, too.

Very few people say or think "Man, I've GOT to go see the new Orlando Bloom movie!" These guys are both in franchises bigger than their names. Put someone else in Jim Carrey's role and a lot fewer people care about Bruce Almighty.

I had a few friends who made a giant Rubbermaid bin full of Sangria for a party, except that they used $5 box wine for the base and then everclear instead of the typical brandy. People saw fruit clumped around in there and thought, hey, this'll be great. Never since have I been privy to so much violent hurling.

Actually, I don't think it'll cost him many conservative votes at all. It seems that the majority of people who are into George Bush will stick with him even if he makes a handful of decisions against what they want. This in particular feels like a small sort of pander that even the staunchest of Republicans will let slide for the greater good.

More importantly: why not Charizard? My only guess is potential ejaculation jokes.

This should be a chip shot for Miles Davis. Fun sidenote: I've never actually met a serious Johnny Cash fan.

In its entirety. This is everything I've had starting at around 1996 and never unloading a single album. Looking over my CD collection, I'm surprised at how modestly it reflects my tastes. I've gone really nuts in the file-sharing/stealing era and my CDs have yet to catch up. AC/DC - Back in Black Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen Afghan Whigs - 1965 Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes Tori Amos - Winter Tori Amos - Under the Pink Tori Amos - Boys for Pele Tori Amos - Jackie's Strength Tori Amos - From the Choirgirl Hotel Tori Amos - To Venus and Back Tori Amos - Strange Little Girls …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of The Dead - Source Tags & Codes The Avalanches - Since I Left You The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique Beastie Boys - Check Your Head Beastie Boys - Ill Communication Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night The Beatles - Rubber Soul The Beatles - Revolver The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour The Beatles - The Beatles The Beatles - Abbey Road The Beatles - Let It Be The Beatles - Yellow Submarine (1999) Beck - Odelay Beck - Midnite Vultures Bjork - Post Bjork - Homogenic Blade Runner OST Blondie - Parallel Lines David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust David Bowie - Low David Bowie - Heroes David Bowie - Best of Bowie [2-disc] The Breeders - Last Splash Jeff Buckley - Grace The Cars - Complete Greatest Hits The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole The Chemical Brothers - Surrender The Clash - The Clash [uS] The Clash - London Calling Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True Elvis Costello - This Year's Model Elvis Costello - Get Happy!! Elvis Costello - All This Useless Beauty Creedence Clearwater Revival - Chronicle The Cure - Staring at the Sea Dark City OST The Darkness - Permission to Land Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue Miles Davis - Round About Midnight Depeche Mode - Violator Depeche Mode - Songs of Faith and Devotion Depeche Mode - Singles 86-98 DJ Shadow - Endtroducing Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks Bob Dylan - Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Live 1975 El-P - Fantastic Damage Final Fantasy VI - Original Soundtrack Fugazi - 13 Songs Garbage - Version 2.0 Goldie - Saturnzreturn The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly OST Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights Michael Jackson - Off the Wall Michael Jackson - Thriller Jay-Z - The Blueprint Jay-Z - The Black Album Jesus Christ Superstar - Original Concept Recording Juno Reactor - Samurai Juno Reactor - Beyond the Infinite Juno Reactor - Bible of Dreams Lamb - Lamb Led Zeppelin - IV Live - Throwing Copper Live - Secret Samadhi Massive Attack - Blue Lines Massive Attack - Mezzanine Dave Matthews Band - Under the Table and Dreaming Dave Matthews Band - Crash Dave Matthews Band - Before These Crowded Streets Moby - Play Moby - 18 Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West Modest Mouse - This Is A Long Drive… Modest Mouse - Building Nothing Out Of Something Mos Def - Black On Both Sides Moulin Rouge OST My Bloody Valentine - Loveless Nine Inch Nails - Broken Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails - The Perfect Drug Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile Nine Inch Nails - And All That Could Have Been (2-disc) Nirvana - In Utero Nirvana - Unplugged In New York No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom No Doubt - Rock Steady NWA - Straight Outta Compton OutKast - Aquemini OutKast - Stankonia OutKast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below Parliament - Tear the Roof Off Passengers - Original Soundtracks Vol. 1 Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted Pearl Jam - Ten Tom Petty - Greatest Hits Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville Phantom of the Opera - Original Cast Recording The Pixies - Surfer Rosa The Pixies - Doolittle The Pixies - Bossanova The Pixies - Trompe Le Monde The Pixies - Complete B-Sides Portishead - Dummy Portishead - Portishead Portishead - PNYC Prince - Dirty Mind Prince - 1999 Prince - Purple Rain Prince - Parade Prince - Sign O' The Times Prince - Diamonds And Pearls Prince - Prince & The New Power Generation Prodigy - Fat of the Land Pure Funk Queens of the Stone Age - R Radiohead - Pablo Honey Radiohead - The Bends Radiohead - OK Computer Radiohead - Kid A Radiohead - Amnesiac Radiohead - I Might Be Wrong Radiohead - Hail to the Thief Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire Ramones - It's Alive Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way Lou Reed - Transformer R.E.M. - Automatic for the People R.E.M. - New Adventures In Hi-Fi The Residents - Petting Zoo Ride - Nowhere The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers The Roots - Phrenology Sasha and Digweed - Northern Exposure Expeditions The Shins - Oh, Inverted World The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore Elliott Smith - Either/Or The Stooges - Funhouse The Strokes - Is This It? [uK] The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight: Best Of Tool - Undertow Tool - Aenima Tool - Lateralus Tricky - Maxinquaye The Twilight Singers - Blackberry Belle U2 - Boy U2 - War U2 - The Unforgettable Fire U2 - The Joshua Tree U2 - Rattle And Hum U2 - Achtung Baby U2 - Zooropa U2 - Pop U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman Underworld - 1992-2002 Vanilla Sky - Songs From Vanilla Sky The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground Violent Femmes - Add It Up Tom Waits - Small Change Tom Waits - Rain Dogs Tom Waits - Bone Machine Weezer - Weezer (1994) Weezer - Pinkerton Weezer - The Lion and the Witch The White Stripes - White Blood Cells The White Stripes - Elephant The Who - Live at Leeds The Who - Who's Next Wilco - Summerteeth Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Andrew WK - I Get Wet Andrew WK - Tear It Up Andrew WK - The Wolf Wyclef Jean - The Carnival The X-Files OST XTC - Nonsuch Zwan - Mary Star Of The Sea

The Twilight Singers, Blackberry Belle. It's as if the Afghan Whigs never broke up and got a whole lot more interesting along the way. Time to revise the best-of-2003 lists. Any fan of Gentlemen or 1965 can safely buy this sight unseen.

MOTYC, right there.

It's 81 here. God, my life is hard.

Not a bad idea at all, though I don't really get the exceptions thing. It seems like a pretty wide gap to leave if the country's going to go with this policy.