one of the things I remember hearing from Gen X-ers who were deep in the 90s indie scene was that Guided By Voices was considered kind of a joke band back then. Like wow these middle aged alcoholics really think they're The Who, isn't that wacky

I've written about the Cameron Winter Carnegie Hall thing before and what i find most interesting is that, until recently, witnessing seminal cultural events was sort of a luck of circumstance. You didn't know that Dylan at Newport or the Royal Albert Hall would become what it was or Tupac at the House of Blues would be that moving or that the Daft Punk Alive tour was going to be something everyone talked about for the next two decades. But with this concert, everyone was sort of told "this is going to be history-making" before it even happened which turned it into this odd futures market that people paid thousands of dollars to buy into. For the first time you could ensure you were there at some culturally significant event. It's a bizarre new world out there, and I say this as someone who likes Geese and Cameron Winter and this concert recording!

this is my big question. is max martin washed? (very possible) or, 12 years later, is it a bit harder to say no to TS in the studio as a creative partner? (also possible)

Trying to think of bands or artists who drastically changed their sound while keeping the same name. Scott Walker, Beastie Boys, to a lesser extent Joy Division. Not looking for something like Opeth with Damnation since that was a one-off

every time I come back to this site my "for you" feed has an increasingly worse stream of bad music takes, as though someone at X wants to get me to a point when I never return

I love the look on Corgan's face, sitting next to the guy who he always wanted to be but never will.

For those calling the B-52s quirk chungus - you are right. Their power lay in Ricky Wilson and the kitsch stuff was balanced out by the edge he brought to the band. They have some of the greatest music ever because of him. I have never listened to Love Shack of my own accord.

Extremely funny, but—and, mind you, I do it anyway—whenever you tell any musician of any stature, "Your music reminds me of _____," this will be the response you get 99% of the time