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I feel they've made two really good albums, one just plain good album and other stuff for which I feel indifference to outright disdain. So I'm not the best person to answer that question. EDIT: See, because I've been drinking, it took me too long to make this post, in which a presumably sober snuffbox answered. Im ripped like Rush Limbaugh.

Radiohead-- I think they are a pretty good band with 4 cds that I really like. I dont consider them one of the greatest bands ever as some might but they could reach that level with some longevity. Their broad popularity of fans willing to pay sometimes ridiculous amounts for concert tickets is probably the biggest factor in them being a candidate for 'defining artist'. They have had a vast amount of critical praise and some mainstream notoriety since the mid/late '90s. When people look back on our times they might be 'THE' band that alot people remember as epitomizing their generation.

I will suffer chronic vomitting spells if it ends up being Dave Matthews Band.

I cant believe somebody actually mentioned linkinpark.

I already answered your question.

Rob Roblin will get to the bottom of this.

Eminem did something that very few artists have ever done...like Elvis, Beatles, and Garth Brooks he became somebody who almost everyone knows. People in cities and suburbs listened just like people in small towns and farms. He moved a ton of cds, rode controversy to huge mainstream notoriety, had a hand in developing new stars, headlined successful tours and had 3 good-classic albums. He was definitly talented, like him or not. Radiohead is alot like the Dead....doesnt move millions of cds but is still so popular that they can headline festivals and their tours are always succesful. Worldwide, they have probably been THE rock band of this generation going back to 1998. Their Grammy nomination for OK Computer was a pretty big deal at the time. Anyone who doesnt get their music 100% from mainstream radio (and still then maybe) are at least familiar with the name Radiohead. They already have more chart hits than the Grateful Dead. In a few weeks they will have headlined the two biggest American music festivals and, Im not sure, but presumably most of the European. Kanye West has had to very successful, critic-approved albums so far. He is a much sought after producer. He has the mainstream notoriety of the Grammys and the Bush comment. He has been successful on the road, a rarity in hiphop. He isnt now, but with another cd and a couple years he could be a serious contender for defining artist. Bright Eyes is the defining artist for a niche, but not for this entire generation. Modest Mouse could be a defining artist in a few years. They became much more consistent on the road in '04/05 and found some mainstream popularity without cheesing up the music too much. They are becoming very popular on the festival scene. Plus, theres the chance of a total Issac Brock meltdown to garner some of the old Kurt Cobain mystique.

Robert Johnson probably sold 3 records in his lifetime.

The Grateful Dead never sold too many albums...would anyone argue (like them or not) that they didnt define a generation?

Im gonna go watch my tape of Razor Ruddock beating up Mike Tyson.

Was Jerry Quarry a three time heavyweight champion of the world?

When did 'almost' start counting in boxing?

Too bad a whole bunch of people think its all a gimmick and the ghetto life is somewthing 'cool'. Maybe if certain rappers wouldnt glorify the serious problems of these communities to sell more records and make the labels a hooptie-sized pile of cash people wouldnt think that the inner city is one big circus with guns and idiots. But as soon as these rappers removed the label boss' hand from their rectum and made some honest commentaries on the realities of the ghetto theyd probably be labeled as 'punk ass bitches' by random idiots.

cant be no punk ass bitch

You just need to do more re-search. Then youll see how cooooool the ghetto is.

That was one of my better finds so far at Book Thing (a free bookstore in Baltimore). I never got around to buying it before and I havent read it yet...but I will.

Theyre no Dwight Yoakem.

It could end up being Modest Mouse.

Radiohead - High & Dry

Too bad University of Wisconsin, Madison isnt an option.

B-more is my second home...lots of stuff going on and a nice starting point for trips to NYC, DC, etc. You cant really turn around without seeing a college.

Go to Towson. You can eat good Chinese Food at a place called Sezuan(sp) House. The only problem with studying might be the incessant helicopters overhead and stray gunfire.

Im not saying Lloyd Bentsen was better/worse than anyone else...but the 'pundit' in me says he would have defeated Bush for the second time had he led the '88 ticket. Dukakis ran almost as awful a campaign as John Kerry.

Arthur Schlesinger Jr - Robert Kennedy & His Times Barry Miles - Allen Ginsberg, a Biography Ulysses S Grant - Memoirs

Riiight.