May 24th, 2010

Re: the Nickleback convo

This past weekend whilst pub crawling with the Yeeps, I observed that Nickleback was once a decent rock band, before they discovered that post-grunge pap a la Creed was easier and more lucrative. My recollection didn’t recollect specifics and the people I was talking to doubted me. Justifiably so.
The song that broke them [...]

January 8th, 2009

Stunning advances in angst management

Gloom asks me one day, what’s this emo thing? Is it like goth somehow? It’s an interesting question and of course he asks me for my encyclopedic knowledge of all things pop culture.
Yeah, anyway.
It turns out I happen to have a bit of a soft spot for the emo. Without getting too sociological, emo is [...]