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Holy f'ing hell, how the Flyers pulled that one out is a damn mystery. I'm scared of the next round...

You know, my brother lives in the Logan Square area. He's pretty lonely, too. If you want, we could hook up this whack job with my bro so he can get some action.

Hence proving my conspiracy theory...

About 6 miles, down one road. I'd love to bike to work, but out here there's some treacherous stretches where there's absolutely no shoulder at all and no easy way to safely to the side of the road. And in the once rural-becoming suburbs where I live, people have no respect for biking folk.

Britney Spears is a science experiment. As in, she was concieved and raised in a basement somewhere in Hollywood with the sole purpose of making some people a lot of money. First, we had the platinum (probably) pop star, where I'm sure many people made out well. Now she's gathered even more attention as a train wreck than she ever did as a "music" star. Next will be the clean up/write a book phase. More money. Then suicide/horrible ending. Then biographical movie. More money. Ok, more of a conspiracy theory than blasphemy, but one I half-heartedly believe.

I have to add, the theory stuff may not really help you write songs. I know a great deal of theory, I'd say the theory comes in handy for the arranging and stuff like that. When it comes to writing, its more of an emotional response. But everyone's different. It could very well help you, just don't look at it like the magic bullet.

I'd say, pick up/borrow a banjo/ukulele/mandolin/omnichord/whatever and just see how much fun you can have exploring something ENTIRELY unknown. A little more into the songwriting end of things, see how much silence you can stand for a week or two. I know we as music fans feel the need to fill our ears with new sounds to inspire us, I think some well-intentioned silent periods go a long way into getting in touch with your own thoughts.

The Sopranos is and always will be the best show to grace television, even though the 6th season was the biggest piece of shit I've ever seen. edit: actually television is the devil. Avoid it at all costs.

Average was about $3.33 in South Jersey today. And that's supposed to be cheap!

Yes. Its called being a stupid asshole.

I didn't watch the Flyers. I overheard that they lost, after being up 2-0. Nothing surprising there.

The Polyphonic Spree isn't better than anyone...

I like Lisa Loeb. Great album, that. Great cover, too And in case anyone forgot: The Band was better than the Beatles.

Man, one of the best shows I ever saw was Deerhoof in January 2006, and I went on a whim. I was blown the f--k away!

Probably because new TV shows suck. There's no point putting out quality TV's if there's nothing good to show on them.

Maybe not a blasphemy as much as a greivance: 'Folk rock' is the worst genre label ever invented. I couldn't name one thing that is cool that would deserve such a shitty tag. Dylan in the mid-60's was rock and roll. The only stuff I'd consider folk rock is usually devoid of originality, spontaneity, or any other adjective to describe music that is thought-provoking or exciting.

And I'll stand on Jeff Tweedy's coffee table in my Adidas and say that...

Music has been going downhill since Jesus' crucifixion.

Yes, and I would consider that a virtue. George Harrison is actually entertaining.

Exactly. That's what he was great at, and it gave the songs exactly what they needed.

Harrison was a kickass guitarist. Very understated, tasteful and soulful. Kind of like Robbie Robertson. I'm being totally serious, though. George Harrison was a killer guitarist.

The British never had any business playing the blues. They should have left it to the Yanks. As much as I love The Band, I have my grievances: 1. The Last Waltz is pretty lame. NEIL DIAMOND??? WTF??? Also. Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, and Bob Dylan could have been left off. 2. Robbie Robertson, despite being my favorite rock guitarist, is a douchebag. 3. I don't like "Chest Fever" or "Rag Mama Rag". I guess that's all I can say. They're still the best rock and roll band ever. They're even better than the Beatles.

I'm going to take a dump on a piece of canvas. Bids start at $7,500. If you don't think this is art, you are a capitalist-conservative-liberal-muslim-nazi-suv driving-omnivorous-white supremacist. Die.

Did I already say the Band was better than the Beatles? If not: the Band was better than the Beatles. And Trane was better than Miles. And Jack White is worthless.

So I was celebrating Record Store Day at AKA Records in Philadelphia, stumbled across a Japanese version of Who's Your New Professor? that included 2 songs ("Ninety Nine", "North South") I've never heard. Would anyone by any chance have these songs to share because I'm really not going to spend $36 on an album I already have for 2 new songs. Any help would be great.