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watchtower41, cool story.

"the beast with two backs"

I wish I'd had the foresight to put all my money into the conspiracy theory market back before this boom got underway.

This just went from "eww" to "EEEWWWWWWWW."

Yeah. I don't have my disc with me, but I think there's an explanation in the liner notes. If I recall correctly, the tape ran out and they filled it with an alternate source.

I order medium, and lately have become a big fan of blue cheese on a burger.

I just now got this, but only because I'm listening to the "Royal Albert Hall" concert.

The photographer probably wasn't tall enough, and they'd already used all their chairs for the photo.

Beat me to it. Unless they park on the roof in that neighborhood, this is at street level.

The only whiff of "hipster" I'm getting here is coming from you, because you're taking this so seriously. IT'S A FUCKING ALBUM COVER. Get a grip.

Exactly. That wasn't Burger King.

So I guess I'm the only one who thought it sucked. I didn't laugh at all until the VERY end, and then it was just some throwaway thing they put up as the credits rolled, that I can't even remember now. I just don't think they know how to write for these characters anymore. I'm afraid that Michael leaving to start his own paper company will turn out to have been the jumping of the shark.

I don't think you're watching the same president I am.

Whaddya want? Little prick made a move on his ice cream.

Wilco - My Humps

On this we can agree.

I'm hoping that episode was supposed to be some kind of palate-cleansing transitional piece between the reign of Charles and the return of Michael, because otherwise I'm not sure what its purpose was. Terrible.

The pathetic tactics of the champions of a failed ideology.

2,195, not counting the headline and "dateline" lead-in.

Under the MLB drug policy, it's a mandatory 50-game suspension for a first positive test result for any performance-enhancing substance. It may seem steep, but it's the policy.

A local Austin band called the Sidehackers. It's great, but I have a definite preference for A Series of Sneaks.

OK, I'll bite: Telephono - "All The Negatives Have Been Destroyed" (I might pick "Towner," but it's a cover) Soft Effects - "Loss Leaders" A Series of Sneaks - "The Minor Tough" Love Ways - "Change My Life" Girls Can Tell - "Believing Is Art" Kill The Moonlight - "You Gotta Feel It" Gimme Fiction - "I Summon You" Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga - "Rhthm & Soul"

Holy shit.

That whole album is fantastic. I could easily pick four or five different tracks from it as my favorite song of theirs. Along with "Metal Detektor," "The Minor Tough," "June's Foreign Spell" and "Metal School" come to mind. Just to be different, though, I think I'll go with "Change My Life" from the Love Ways EP.