review in review

The the award for best opening line of an album review, in recent memory (which is really, really recent, given the state of my memory), goes to reviewer Jesse Jarnow of Paste magazine, for his first salvo in response to Sub Pop's 20th anniversary reissue of Mudhoney's "Superfuzz Bigmuff" (Deluxe Edition, of course).

"Before grunge turned into the grace and pain of St. Kurt and the meathead oomph of Nickelback, it was garage rock. More specifically, it was Mudhoney, and they were really drunk."

Thanks for tuning in, folks. That's how we do it here on the Cap blog. Some days it's all grace. Some days it's all minutiae. And some days it's really drunk.

Don't eat Paste!

Read it.

Paste Magazine, that is.

As the result of a terribly fortunate gift from Amy & Dave a few years ago, and a couple equally fortunate follow-ups from my awesome, lovely wife, I have had a subscription to Paste for.. golly.. 3 years?

Paste is a super magazine. Beautifully designed, for those of you who are into that kind of thing, and chock full* of great new music**, interviews, editorials, and book, game, CD and movie reviews.

And, RIGHT NOW.. FOR A LIMITED TIME...

you can get a 1 year subscription for as little as a dollar. They're running a "name your own subscription price" deal, where you literally can name the price of $1, and get 11 issues of this stellar magazine.

It's brought a lot of joy into my life, so I'm just trying to pass it on. Go hit the website and do yourself a year-long favor, my friends. And while you're at it, sign someone up for a gift subscription. (But not me, 'cause I already get it.)

* Not just the regular full. Chock full.
** There's an honest-to-goodness sampler CD of new music in every issue (and sometimes short films and stuff, too).