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"Be My Baby"

Dear TheMaker - If you get a chance, please let me know what Woody would have thought about 9/11, American Idol, the iPod, Paris Hilton, and the internet. Thanks! ction

Yeah. Wait, what?

Yes, that's one of the rules. Sorry.

He's no Mike Farrell, that's for sure!

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry is probably one of my 20 favorite albums of all time. Definitely top 50.

Rusell Martin

I'm sorry for your loss.

I totally nailed that SAB.

He looks like the lovechild of The Count and Jar Jar Binks.

I am currently listening to the best pop punk song of the 1990's (Big Drill Car - "A Take Away").

That one kid with the dreads looks like a muppet.

I'm glad you like Wilco and Nonesuch a lot.

Is Yngvie Malmsteen's Rising Force better than Black Flag's Damaged?

I'm not saying subjective measures are invalid, just that they aren't universal. Your definition of a "good" and "bad" story would be different if you worked for the Weekly World News or the Enquirer, vs. the New York Times or Washington Post. Or Fox News vs. CNN. Or Hustler vs. Ranger Rick. The poorly worded story you could never run in your paper would be great for caliber's compendium of poor grammar (which does exist, it's published quarterly). jnickerson presented two pieces of art with the intention of proving that one was better than the other. Which I'm arguing can't be done by

You clearly think the Van Gogh is better, which is a perfectly valid opinion to have. 99.9% of the people on the planet could (and probably would) share that opinion, but it still doesn't make it a fact. I'd be curious how you would prove that painting is better than the black and white sketch, without using subjective measures.

Yes, those are both pieces of art.

Ruts - the Crack

I'm kinda reading Max Brook's Zombie Survival Guide, but I just checked out Ken Bruen's latest: so I think the zombies are going on hold for a bit.

Speaking of Ryan Adams..."Dance All Night" is a really great song.

To sum it all up - if humans could hear a dog whistle, it would sound like Nico singing "All Tomorrow's Parties".

I do. It's the art, film, literature, etc. that I like.

Well, that's because you're a snob.