Giuseppe Zangara

A lot of people whose taste I generally trust/respect thinks Doves are something wonderful, but, after giving The Last Broadcast and Some Cities a shot, I can safely say that I mostly hate them.

Do Keane fans also like Doves? Because I was listening to The Last Broadcast earlier and while "Words" was good, the rest of the album irritated me to no end.

You probably won't wake up, from the sound of it.

When I saw them live in 01/05, I hosed my shorts when CVB played that song.

I like Rather Ripped. Okay, it does contain their worst song since NYC Ghosts & Flowers (that's "Lights Out," if you're curious), but SY have acquired a good, solid formula over the last few albums. Yes, it is a formula, but they know how to work it. And not only is this the third good Sonic Youth album in a row—a feat they haven't pulled off since the 80s—it's also the third Sonic Youth album in a row where I didn't want to headbutt Kim Gordon in the ovaries. Cheers.

If it's a novel I'm already well familiar with, every now and then I'll open it to a random page and start reading. I do this with Infinite Jest and Gravity's Rainbow a lot.

I like the Celebrator—I have one of those little rams hanging off the handle of a cabinet in my kitchen!—but I have a mild allergy to spending ten dollars or more for a four pack. So I don't drink Celebrator very often. Right now, I'm enjoying Dogfish Head's Raison D'Etre. I haven't had it in over a year; it's just as good as I remembered.

This thread is a 24-page suicide note.

You'd be better off smearing menstrual blood on your face than listening to the Dresden Dolls. And I'm gonna give the edge to FNM's "War Pigs" because Patton's a better singer than Ozzy. And no, I'm not one of those slavishly devoted Patton fanboys.

Thread title should read "aks," not "ask." Doesn't this person know their negroid dialect?

If you like that Inc., try and find some of their 90 minute IPA. One of my top ten favorite beers. I've had it and I do like it, though not as much as the 60. The 60 has a stronger hop flavor—which is odd, considering—and I love really hoppy stuff. Have you had their 120? It's...okay. A little too much like gin, I think. The only time I had it, I was splitting a 12oz bottle with a friend; it took me about 20 minutes to finish just six ounces, which makes me think I could never take a whole bottle. Their World Wide Stout, in spite of being almost as strong as the 120, is very, very drinkable. I can't wait until its available again.

I saw The Proposition today. I liked it quite a bit.

Thanks for the tip, bro.

This movie looks awful, by the way. The real tragedy of 9/11 is that it allowed Oliver Stone to do this.

Nic Cage's moustache is the real star of this movie.

I was never even that attracted to her, but the way she moaned those "oh's" hit me just right that one time. I haven't heard the song, since.

I can find Carlsburg in just about any Publix up here. As for my favorite beer, jeez where to start? Lately, I've been loving Dogfish Head's 60 Minute IPA.

I once stated in one of these covers threads that I've yet to hear a version of "Hallelujah" to completely satisfy me. Buckley's is too histrionic; John Cale's is too cold and detached; Cohen's original is, well, awful. Apparently, Sheryl Crow did her own take of it, which I haven't heard. I'm sure it's awful, though she once pulled off a cover of "D'yer Ma'ker" that, when I heard it in high school, gave me a boner.

No.

Oh, and resolved: Uncle Tupelo's "I Wanna Be Your Dog" surpasses the original.

I don't think it's unreasonable to argue that the Band didn't really "cover" it; saying otherwise is tantamount to claiming that Sinead O' Connor covered Prince with "Nothing Compares 2 U."

"Let's Dance" was Bowie unapologetically trying to fit into what was becoming of pop radio—lightweight, diposable dance-pop. This song, as far as these kinds of things go, was nice (and the one of the few worthwhile moments on the otherwise excerable album of the same name). M. Ward took that song and recorded an acoustic goof of version that runs way too long—which, you know, the original certainly did, too—and should've been relegated to a b-side. I generally love Big Star (the 70s incarnation, anyway), but yikes, "Femme Fatale" is a trainwreck.

Pre-OBRS CVB is very, very spotty. They were little more than a mildly-engaging novelty act at that point (what with country hodown covers of Black Flag and the like).

I hate Big Star's version. How can people criticize Nico's voice yet tolerate the way Chilton mangles that song? As for "Let's Dance," M. Ward's take is a little too jokey, I think.