ozacrot commented on Eight people bought the $999.99, at 1:32 PM on Aug 8 Does anybody have a cracked copy? /snark more » [consumerist]

ozacrot commented on Megadeth Jackass Tells Political Jackasses To Put Down The Instruments, Jackass, at 2:57 PM on Jan 21 Whenever Dave Mustaine asks to be taken seriously, I feel compelled to link to the lyrics for "Sweating Bullets." [songmeanings.net] more »

ozacrot commented on Why Did We Ever Love The Promise Ring?, at 6:52 PM on Dec 18, 2007 I hate on emo with the best (worst) of 'em, but I love - LOVE - the Promise Ring. more »

ozacrot commented on Courtney Love Will Not Be Oppressed By Your Standards of Beauty, at 11:59 PM on Aug 7, 2007 Guys, she correctly spelled "epochal". more »

ozacrot commented on A Sharper Variation On The Name Game, at 10:13 AM on Aug 2, 2007 Well, there's You'd Prefer an Astronaut with a Butcher Knife. Also, "Reach Out (I'll Be There)(With a Butcher Knife)." more »

ozacrot commented on Indie Rock Band to Internet: We Have Lots of Feelings, at 2:35 AM on Jul 18, 2007 Is this a surprise to anybody? more »

ozacrot commented on "One is a form of loan-sharking:, at 3:29 AM on Jul 7, 2007 Well, being as there are currently means of getting your music on iTunes at such a rate that you make over $6 per album sold (at least about 3x what you'd end up getting from a label deal currently considered extremely generous), I'm pretty sure whose side I'm on. more »

ozacrot commented on Analyst Proposes Killing Radio In The Name Of Higher Profits, at 4:18 PM on Jul 5, 2007 Doesn't this sound like the kind of problem that would be circumvented if, say, radio stations not devoted to generic nostalgia would expand their playlists? Radio isn't a reasonable promotional tool for any band formed after 1998 (with the exception of the grunge acts that inexplicably still form.) It works fine for pop acts, but could stand to diversify anyway. more »

ozacrot commented on Stuck On Repeat: Office Is In Michael Scott's "Top Rated" Playlist, at 5:41 PM on Jul 3, 2007 Thanks, I love these guys. more »

ozacrot commented on Kanye West Gets Lost In Translation, at 5:13 PM on Jun 27, 2007 If you had told me two years ago that Kanye West was going to make a video around a Daft Punk song based on Akira, I would have immediately imagined some sort of futuristic utopia. more »

ozacrot commented on Rock Group Is Appropriately High Strung About Pitchfork, at 12:32 PM on Jun 20, 2007 There's a lot here that sounds kind of self-aggrandizing, but it is kind-of backed up. more »

ozacrot commented on Ted Nugent Mad About 2 Zillion Things, Including Paul McCartney, at 9:51 AM on Jun 19, 2007 I imagine him telling me this in the form of a speech delivered as he points a rifle at me. BONUS FUN!: The comments section of Waco's online paper in response to a political screed by the author of "Stranglehold" is located at the corner of Insane and Terrifying. more »