As far as I'm concerned, East of Eden could quite possibly be the greatest book ever written. A long and garrulous one indeed, but the way this story unfolds is pure literary magic. These days people are so caught up reading Beat literature that guys like Steinbeck have almost become marginalized. M...

Not crap. I've seen Neurosis live twice, both times at a pizza parlor in Riverside, CA the size of your garage. The first time I saw them was in 91' when they were more or less a punk band during the WORD AS LAW era; the second time, months later, they had morphed into this art band with visuals and...

NEVER CRAP! 154 is easily one of the greatest albums ever recorded. Seeing them live in 2000 was the greatest musical experience of my entire life. What was surprising about that show was how funny Colin Newman was onstage. It's not like he was up there telling jokes; his stage persona is what was s...

NOT CRAP. WRONG was a true masterpiece, definitely one of the most potent mixtures of jazz and punk. Why even bother with anything the Minutemen ever recorded when you can listen to this.

CRAP.Just another one of those bands you just had to hear. I wasn't sensitive and gay growing up in the 80's, so I guess they weren't for me.

[quote="Angry_Dragon"][quote="Stef"]Farting is funny. A legitimate artform? I often wonder how Picasso's farts might have smelled.[/quote] They probably would've smelled somewhat familiar but all abstract and shit.[/quote] Abstract... Oh, you mean like someone who takes ferrous s...

CRAPOLA. So what if the singer is sexy. What's with all this MTV/Rolling stone pseudo-art rock anyhow?

The music of the JESUS LIZARD changed my life. I saw them live twice, '92+'93. The first thing I heard by them was the PURE ep. To me, it sounded like BIG BLACK with honky-tonk thrown in. When I heard HEAD (picture disc), I was at first confounded by the mix of the Cage-like sense of space and the r...

Farting is funny. A legitimate artform? I often wonder how Picasso's farts might have smelled.

Most certainly not crap. Right up there with Schoenberg and Satie.