Giuseppe Zangara

Okay, I'm gonna try the 90s: 1. OutKast - Aquemini 2. The Wedding Present - Seamonsters 3. Slint - Spiderland 4. uh... 5. um... Well. I can't come up with something concrete right now for those last two; discussion makes me realize that I haven't listened to much 90s music, lately. As for the three you see, #s 1 & 2 are from my all-time top ten list; Spiderland's a definite candidate for all-time top 20, if I ever get around to finishing that long in the works project.

80s 1. Tom Waits- Rain Dogs 2. XTC - English Settlement 3. Roxy Music - Avalon 4. Camper Van Beethoven - Key Lime Pie 5. King Crimson - Discipline That was easy, as five from my list of 10 all-time favorite albums were from the 80s. Only two of them were from the 90s, so no go on a top five.

http://wilcoworld.net/sbs/ 11pm, est Now I'm debating whether to go out.

Speaking of Weezer and Pinkerton, drunken dancing and singing along to "The Good Life" is nothing but good times.

Shows hims for embarassing me here.

Well, I just banned Gene from the other place.

Sensei John Kreese, how are things.

How are things.

I could say that Weezer (mostly) lacks Folds' pretentiousness; the latter sounds like he's so full of his own shit even in the more lighthearted, "funny" songs. Rivers Cuomo, even when Weezer could still lay claim to being a good band, knows what it's like to have his head up his ass—see "Only in Dreams" or "Butterfly," though preferably not both—but, save those moments, Weezer circa the first two albums never came off so self-important.* *I should add here that I am well aware that the bulk of reviews that greeted Pinkerton upon its release felt just the opposite, raking across the coals an album full of ugly self-loathing and a notable lack of sing-a-long melodies. Given the critical revisionism that occured around the dawn of this century, time has been kind to this album, though any accusations of pretension to this day are not without merit. To that, I'd say the songs on Pinkerton avoid the usual "I hate myself and no one loves me" cliches and are a bit more like pulling on that loose bit of hangnail and stripping the skin down the length of your finger.

That is a bad name, though.

I happen to know a lot of Ben Folds fans, so I don't think he's any more or less taken seriously than Weezer. Message boards are not a microcosm of real life.

Ben Folds is an insufferably smug jackass, a trait he barely manages to mask by singing in his boyish voice.

Lot of stupid people in this thread.

I was never blown away by pizza any of the times I've been to NYC. I had some good pizza, yeah, but nothing spectacular.

Why did I click on that link? Now I've needlessly given a profile view to someone.

But it looks like I'll be seeing them in Gainesville the next night. Awesome. I haven't been this excited for a show in a long time.

I like the Loose Fur s/t lots and still put it on occasionally. Born Again in the U.S.A. I'm a little less sure of; I liked it okay when it came out, even if it felt insubstantial. Admittedly, I never gave it that fair a shake, so I should reinvestigate it.

Complete and utter horseshit. Rage Against The Machine, of all the bands in the world, is going to headline a summer tour exclusively funded by corporate sponsors? Kiss my black ass. How to follow a terrible post with an even worse one.

In related news, I continue to be the only Wilco fan here who thinks Being There is their best album. Not that I think they peaked early—Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is a close second and Summerteeth is a respectable third, but BT is tops. Good wheat-to-chaff ratio on that one, too, with "Kingpin"—which, somewhat frustratingly, has become a concert staple and one of the few songs they ever play off Being There these days—being the only dud.

I generally agree, but Wilco gets a pass because it couldn't be helped. That it works aesthetically is gravy.

Five Favorite Double Albums That, in Spite of the Greater Storage Capacity of the Compact Disc, are Still Double Albums: Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything? Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Prince - Sign o' the Times Wilco - Being There The inclusion of Wilco is a slight bit of cheating; its combined 77 minute running time can easily fit on a single disc today, but was required to be split into two discs upon its release in 1996, due to the at-the-time limit of 74 minutes. It works better this way, giving BT that classic rock (not "classic rock") feel.

Were my death threats premature?