Giuseppe Zangara

And birthday threads. Plus, it helps keep some of the lamers out of this folder.

"Just Lose It" is one of the few Enimen tracks I like.

Pharell has a passable voice as long as he keeps within his (limited) range, but that's the biggest problem with Fly or Die (along with the songs just not being that good). Dude can't hit a fucking high note, yet his screeching falsetto is all over the record.

The Magnetic Fields' I. A few good songs aside, Merritt totally went into adult alternative land on this one. Considering how much I love just about everything else that band has done, it was a big disappointment. The New Danger is up there, yeah. Also, I'd say I was let down by N.E.R.D.'s Fly or Die—their In Search of... was my favorite album of 2002—but Pharell's increasing self-importance since the release of that album kinda took away the surprise of the new one sucking.

I was told recently that I could pass for 20; used to be I could pass for 18. Such is life when you get older.

Yeah, there are only a handful of duds, which, for a double album, isn't bad at all. There's an air of finality over the album; getting married, reflecting back on life, envisioning his death (by old age, no less!)...I wonder where Nas goes from here. Streets Disciple feels like a genuine goodbye (whether or not Nas intended it), much more so than, say, The Black Album.

It doesn't even break the 90 minute mark. I dunno, this is not as bad as I feared, but it could've been one disc blah blah blah. Disc two is better overall, though. EDIT: "Remember the Times" is sort of a hip hop "88 Lines About 44 Women."

I dunno, I adblocked whatever avatar you had a few weeks ago, so I can't see any images from the website where you host your pics.

I prefer the faux provocateur Rant to the Rant that used to follow me around from thread to thread, craving my approval. I mean, he's still horrible, but having a lapdog is so embarassing.

Off the top of my head, "Her Majesty" by the Beatles and "Train in Vain" by the Clash were initially hidden tracks on their respective albums (Abbey Road and London Calling), but future pressings ended up listing them. So, deny.

Oh, Rant.

IDRM is the only person here I imagine smirks every time he posts.

A----w, did you like that I dedicated "Skin Poppin' Slut" to you.

I fail to see how calling Banky on his talking shit is any different from when I do it to anyone else, but if it causes Curry's pecker to stir, then who am I to judge?

The playlist: 01. The Ornette Coleman Quartet - Kaleidoscope 02. Miles Davis - Rated X 03. Echo and the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon 04. Tindersticks - Waiting for the Moon 05. The Microphones - The Moon 06. Explosions in the Sky - The Moon is Down 07. Palace Music - Ohio River Boat Song 08. The Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane 09. Mogwai - Christmas Steps 10. The Magnetic Fields - The Cactus Where Your Heart Should Be 11. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Straight to You 12. Yo La Tengo - My Little Corner of the World 13. Fugazi - 23 Beats Off 14. Glenn Branca - The Ascension 15. Six Organs of Admittance - Awaken 16. N.W.A. - Automobile 17. Hüsker Dü - Sunshine Superman 18. Black Flag - Slip It In 19. Dwarves - Skin Poppin' Slut 20. Modest Mouse - Teeth Like God's Shoeshine 21. Aerial M - Skrag Theme 22. The Flaming Lips - Christmas at the Zoo 23. The Pogues - Fairytale of New York

Fine, A----w. EDIT: Spiff's name taken out because he won't be able to sleep at night, otherwise.

Your reinvention as snobby music elitist was providing amusement for myself and IDRM.

Give me your name.

If I did say it, it was only meant ironically.

That was me, but I never said that. This is libel.

Just had another technical foul-up, too. Lousy equipment.

Whataburger, no question.

wtf, I never said "oopsie daisy."

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