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and, for the record, i enjoy blink 182 in the context of what they did. i just never could call what they did 'punk'...but i respect them for bringing really well-crafted power-pop songs to kids at a stage in popular music where a lot kids had no clue it even existed. 'take of your pants and jacket' was a great album in it's own context and i really enjoy it...and comparing it to the clash or wilco or dylan or ryan dams or the shins or meatloaf or herb alpert or KISS or bon iver or arcade fire or the flame belching nitro band or blah, blah, blah seems to be worth spending any time on.

You are missing my point...which is that there is no definitive strata for what makes one piece of art 'better' than another. Let's try something different... and I answer (resoundingly)...yes. All are considered works of what are considered 'lowbrow/pop' artists (a moniker that denotes their relevency in comparison to works by classic artists and/or masters), but personally, i'd rather spend the day walking through a museum of full of collections from Robert Williams, Yoshitomo Nara and Gary Baseman than a Van Gogh exhibit anyday. i get more enjoyment, feel more inspired and find all of

depends on what you're basing your assesment of either upon. if the first painting/drawing was done by one of my two-year old sons and the Picasso, while plenty nice, doesn't really knock my socks off...one could say that it's not too far off for me to say the first is superior or at least equal. why? because i'm more interested in it due to the personal relevency and the fact in the scope of picasso or other 'professional' artists, the other just strikes me as pretty 'meh'. it's context...which in matters of art, is key. again, you (and others) are trying to impose a standaridzed criteria f

i still really like his sweater.

yeah, it was interesting to read in that Jack Kirby book how the big backlash against comics in the 50's affected the artists/writers ability to create. that book looks pretty cool, tully...i'll have to check that out.

that was jim derogatis.

wtf?! it also has a wayans brother in it...not a good sign.

i like his sweater.

i still do.

i'll reserve my excitment until i see a pic of cobra commander and/or destro.

what a country.

i don't know if that's true or not, but i will say that my like and/or dislike of an REM album has been based off of how much/how little peter buck i really hear on it.

incorrect. go back and read the speech. he stated they he had heard the pastor say things that he disagreed w/ in sermons.

seconded.

"Kids appear to believe," says Hirschfeld, "that race is more important than other physical differences in determining what sort of person one is." that's a lot more loaded than saying that children undertsand skin color as a significant difference. Mark Buchanan was not involved in the study, but he used elements of said (possibly flawed) study to substantiate his views on racism, yeah? just sayin.

asking why he didn't address when head years ago during said "controversial" sermons, is like asking why he didn't address the racially based comments his grandmother made about blacks he also spoke about in this speech. again, he's adressing wright's comments because they are being used in a context to further create a divide they can already provide. obama is trying to articulate how one can either flat out disagree w/ someone's view on race and just denounce it OR undertsand where it's coming from and then work to alleviate it's source. at this juncture in his candidacy, what 'action' are

right or wrong, for a lot of people it isn't. great speech. i like how it both addressed the specific rev. white issue and, at least for me, better level-set the discussion about race and how it affects the ability to discuss and actually improve upon issues that, quite frankly, affect us all...regardless of skin color. i also like how he articulates his view that racial disparity against the black community is indeed alive and well, but that it has come along way...and that part of the equation to get beyond it is accountability of self. in no way, shape or form does that speech cond

I'll tell you now that I will most-likely NOT make it to any of your shows, for the exact reasons that you are concerned about taking the gig yourself. That is, unless we planned a bill together.

The Edge...and then a lot of the others already mentioned.

i'll give it .5 better and go w/ an '8'. definitely no 'second coming', but a solid album nonetheless...i'm just having a lot of fun hearing the band so upbeat in sound and peter buck turned up to 11. man, 'living well' is a great fucking track.

'Don Quixote of superhero movies.' i love it.

finally going to get to watch darjeeling ltd. this weekend on dvd...never got out to the theatre to catch it. also got across the universe for the wife, but I may watch it as well (unless someone can forewarn me it's as goofy as it looks).