Dear St. Anger,

You know all that mean stuff people say about you? You deserve it.

Dear Terraform,

Thank you for annoying my friends with your side one. I laugh at their confusion and underdeveloped sense of timing. Fuck them all in the face.

Ben Adrian

Dear Mudhoney's Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge:
I love you. I still cherish all those precious moment back in 2001 when I 1st got you.

Dear Village Green Preservation Society,

After a long relationship, our affair is reaching its twilight.

We've been together for so long that you've become almost invisible to me. Something I can count on to fade into the background because I know you too well. You deserve to be really listened to, but I just can't be that person for you right now.

There were days where we spent hours together and I am afraid that joy-fueled momentum ruined our chances of a long future together. You'll always be there for me, and I'm sure we'll share some good times here and there. But I no longer pine for you. You seem to say the same things over and over and I find myself tuning out. Sixteen years. We had a good run.

Love always,
I.M.

p.s. In case it matters, the Wipers Box Set and I really are just friends.

Dear Anarchy In the U.K.,

Why do you insist on playing the same song over and over?

Love,
Clappy

Dear Last Temptaion of Christ soundtrack,

What was I thinking when I put you on that night? It was really good, but he got dressed right away afterward and never called again.

Thanks for nothing,

Rachael

Dear ZZ Top 6 pack,

My wife was thoughtful to purchase you. Why must you fuck with her good intentions like that? I ought to kick your ass.

Have fun in the dumpster, fuckhead,
- T

Dear Seamonsters by the Wedding Present

Do not listen to Mr. Diego who says you are too slow! You have supplied the world with the best song about three people fucking each other at different times ever written by anyone. No other band can say this! Whoever said that songs about relationships are a dead subject must mean that this subject died after this album was recorded. You are beautiful.

Amor.

joelb

Dear Bee Thousand by Guided By Voices

You changed the way I think about music. You are on red vinyl and you sing about elves and albatrosses and rape and mountaintops. That sounds like prog, but you're actually alright. Thank you.

joelb

Dear Run to Ruin,

Yeah, we just met. It's a little early to get into this...

But I'm sorry, I can't help it. I started to spend time with your sister, The Blackened Air around the same time I started hanging out with you.

She's just a little bit brighter. And I just want to state outright that at the moment, I'm just more compelled to spend time with her. Forgive my candor, if it sounds harsh.

It's not that I doubt your depth. And yes, you are very lovely. It's just... well, maybe you a muddling too much in the darkness for what I need right now.

I'm sorry. I promise I'll be back... but I just need to spend some time with your other one, just to see how things go. Forgive me for being selfish... it's just what I'm drawn to at the moment.

I hate picking favorites. Please forgive me for being honest. Perhaps there is something I do not yet understand about you...

love,