Saint Genevieve

Barack and I would like to wish you a VERY happy belated birthday!

Hope it was a good one, chica.

I'm excited.

I'm the only person who likes "Can't Stand It," aren't I?

Yeah, I thought so.

The sun is a mass of incandescent gas

A gigantic nuclear furnace

Where hydrogen's made into helium

at a temperature of millions of degrees.

The sun is hot

The sun is not

a place where we could live

But here on earth we could not live

Without the heat it gives!

Yeah, I sorta knew that. But like, I just turned 14 last week. So take it easy on me, ok?

That explains a lot.

What about Pastafarianism? Have you abandoned the Flying Spaghetti Monster, Bjorn? He longs to touch you with his noodly appendage.

... is a brilliant record that helped me through a really tough time in my life.

One of the high points of my career as a music fan was getting to tell Jeff how much Summerteeth means to me.

Aw man, the nearest one to me is in Dallas.

Cunty McSnatchypants!

Poopy head!

Yo mama's so old, she's got Jesus in her yearbook.

Happy birthday!

In case you can't tell, that's Jeff kissing Glenn.

The RSBF thread is thattaway. Obsess to your heart's content!

In 20 years they will get their due and be remembered as a truly great and influential band.

I agree, and I think SBS will be regarded as a forgettable footnote in an otherwise brilliant career.

Mike Jorgenson? Is that you?

EDIT: I am not suggesting that everyone should like this album. Or that the people who don't, aren't listening to it properly. I am just asking professional rock critics to do a better job explaining why they don't like it. Especially if they are going to criticize it.

I think it's that you disagree with the opinions, not the way they say it. If a critic simply said, "This is a gorgeous album and everyone should listen to it," would you say that they're lazy and that they should stop trotting out cliches?

I think this particular reviewer concisely summed up why the album is so dull, and the Pitchfork review did so as well.

you don't have to explain yourself. people who don't like the album are wrong. it's pretty simple.

Uh, OK.

The problem that I have with these negative reviews of SBS and the reviewers themselves, is not that they are telling me something that I disagree with. It's that they all seem to do it in the same way -- by telling me that the album is filled with light rock and wussy tunes and average lyrics..

Um, maybe because that's their actual opinion of the album? I can't think of a better way of explaining why I don't like it. Does that mean I'm lazy?

The definition of chutzpah: appearing on national TV wearing THOSE pants.

What the hell..I disagree....Nico's crazy German accent kind of gives this song a kick.

 

LouieB

Yeah, she sounds like Lily Von Shtup from "Blazing Saddles," but I kinda dig it.

Wayne Coyne really nicely summed up why I don't listen to Nirvana anymore, but anyone who doesn't dig "Marquee Moon" is batshit insane, IMO.

20??? Wow!!

Happy birthday, padawan! I think you've graduated.

...

Why??

Are there actually people who like or admire Paris Hilton? (As opposed to just gawking/laughing at her.)

If so, how can we prevent them from breeding?

Is this the new RTT?

How much better it is than any of the tracks on SBS.