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A Ghost is Bored
Wilco's New Album is Less Than You Think
June 23, 2004

Old Is the New Young
Growing Up With the Beastie Boys and Sonic Youth
June 16, 2004

Bored Now
Mediocre New Ones From Lenny Kravitz and Bad Religion
June 9, 2004

Peachy Keane
On Hopes and Fears and 30 Years
June 2, 2004

Fallen Angel
Joss Whedon Signs Off, Just When TV Needs Him Most
May 26, 2004

Catching Up Is Hard to Do
Some Albums I Really Should Have Reviewed By Now
May 19, 2004

A Man of Letters
Stephin Merritt's Magnetic Fields Return With i
May 12, 2004

Two For Tuesday
Come Back to Prince and Discover Spymob
May 5, 2004

The Marbles Revolution
A Brief History of Marillion Part Three
April 28, 2004

Brought to You by the Letter H
A Brief History of Marillion Part Two
April 21, 2004

A Fish Tale
A Brief History of Marillion Part One
April 14, 2004

The Truth Hurts
Todd Rundgren Takes Sweet, Sweet Aim at All the Liars
April 7, 2004

The British Are Coming… Eventually
Muse, Franz Ferdinand and Snow Patrol Finally Hit the U.S.
March 31, 2004

Mommy, What’s a B-Side?
Join the Dots With The Cure
March 24, 2004

Men, Men, Men! A Column Filled With Men!
It's The Man Show With Peter, Brian and Grant-Lee
March 17, 2004

See, There’s This Talking Aardvark…
After 26 Years and 6,000 Pages, A Farewell to Cerebus
March 10, 2004

Jesus and Jonatha
Thoughts on Gibson's Passion and Brooke's Circus
March 3, 2004

We Believe in the Three Rs
A Rant, a Retraction, and a Review
February 25, 2004

Round Round Round the Bend
The Indigo Girls Fill It Up Again
February 18, 2004

Who Do You Think You Are?
Three New Albums Beg an Identity From Harry Connick, Jr.
February 11, 2004

Raised on Radiohead
Britpop Needs a New Revolution
February 4, 2004

Playing Hard to Get
What Moby and Matthew Sweet Don't Want You to Hear
January 28, 2004

One Woman Show
Ani Difranco Goes It Alone On Educated Guess
January 21, 2004

Phantom Planet Is Missing
Or, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Band
January 7, 2004

Don’t Forget About Delight
The 2003 Year-End Top 10 List
December 31, 2003

Who’s Gonna Cry When Old John Dies?
One Last Grand Visit With the Man in Black
December 17, 2003

Not As Good As Gold
Ryan Adams and the Art of Mythmaking
December 10, 2003

Progressive Or Regressive?
A Look At Some Recent Prog-Metal
December 3, 2003

No Z’Nuff, Just Enough
Donnie Vie Makes His Winning Solo Bow
November 26, 2003

It’s Sacrilege, For Christ’s Sake
Why McCartney Should Have Let It Be
November 19, 2003

Tuesday Mourning
What a Year It's Been
November 19, 2003

Long Distance Dedication
Travis, Meshell, Sting and My Former Roommate
November 5, 2003

It’s All About Choice
Barenaked Ladies Try to Be Everything to Everyone
October 29, 2003

I Didn’t Understand
An Angry Goodbye to Elliott Smith
October 22, 2003

The Decapitation of Spock’s Beard
New Eras for Neal Morse and his Former Band
October 15, 2003

Randomania
Four Albums, A Movie and a Bunch of Tangents
October 8, 2003

I’m Older Than I’ve Ever Been, And Now I’m Even Older
On Limp Bizkit, Elvis Costello and Acting One's Age
October 1, 2003

Someone Saved My Life Tonight
Jeff Buckley's Live at Sin-e Just Makes Life Better
September 24, 2003

For Those About to Rock
Sloan Salutes You With Action Pact
September 17, 2003

I Hang My Head and Cry
Three Goodbyes in One Week
September 10, 2003

The Battle of Project Greenlight
Thoughts on Kyle and Efram's Movie
September 3, 2003

Gone With The Wind
Warren Zevon Makes the Record of His Life
August 27, 2003

Re-Introduce Yourself (Right On)
Reinventing Ben Folds, BT, Prince and Mark Eitzel
August 20, 2003

Maine Events
New Ones From Northerners 6gig and Cerberus Shoal
August 13, 2003

Parts Is Parts
Ween's Whacked-Out, Disjointed Quebec
August 6, 2003

This One’s For All the Marbles
Marillion's Independence Day
July 30, 2003

Return of the Kings
Jane's Addiction Shows Us How It's Done
July 23, 2003

Proclaim Your Joy
Pop Rocks with Fountains of Wayne and Enuff Znuff
July 16, 2003

The Normal Rules Do Not Apply
On Glenn McDonald and the Alarm
July 9, 2003

You’ve Never Heard Everything
Bruce Cockburn vs. the Mass Marketing Machine
July 2, 2003

Anatomy of a Sellout
Dumbing Down with Jewel and Liz Phair
June 25, 2003

Another Big, Long…Um…Sorry…
We Used Up All the Good Puns Two Columns Ago
June 18, 2003

Metallica’s St. Anger Rules
On The Other Hand, It Also Sucks
June 11, 2003

Size Does Matter
Six Reviews, One Long, Hard Column
May 28, 2003

Slayed to Rest
Goodbye to Buffy the Vampire Slayer
May 21, 2003

Nothing To Be Scared Of
Blur's Think Tank is Better Than You've Heard
May 14, 2003

Too Much of a Good Thing
Fleetwood Mac's Reeeeeeealllly Long Say You Will
May 7, 2003

American Life
I Used to Be Disgusted, Now I Try to Be Amused
April 30, 2003

My Head Hurts
Big List! New Music! Go!
April 23, 2003

The World’s Most Handsome Man?
Why Robbie Williams Will Never Conquer America
April 16, 2003

The Really Big Small
Ester Drang's Impressive Infinite Keys
April 9, 2003

Hail to the (Online) Thief
A Sneak Peek at Radiohead's New Disc
April 2, 2003

Searching for Simplicity
God, Faith, Religion and the Lost Dogs
March 26, 2003

Angry Old Men
The Joe Jackson Band Rocks on Volume 4
March 19, 2003

Change Is Good
Ani Difranco Encourages Us to Evolve
March 12, 2003

Sorting It Out
Scenes From My Worst Job Ever
March 5, 2003

My Collected Life
Why It's Worth It to Bring Everything
February 26, 2003

Ah, The Past
Supergrass Finds Life in Other Eras
February 19, 2003

Oscar Predictions Galore
You Guessed It - I'm Still Broke
February 12, 2003

A Name By Any Other Band
Ruminations on the New Cerberus Shoal
February 5, 2003

Corgan, Star of the Band?
Thoughts on Zwan's Debut, Two Rants and a List
January 29, 2003

Spend One Nite Alone with Prince
Um...I Mean, Listening To His New Live Album...
January 15, 2003

Three is a Magic Number
Welcome to Two Thousand and...
January 1, 2003

The 2002 Year-End Top 10 List
No Alarms and No Surprises
December 18, 2002

I Don’t Know Why You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello
On Beginnings, Endings, Dead Beatles and God
December 11, 2002

All You Need is Live
Ben Folds and the Bedheads Rock Your Face Off
December 4, 2002

2002: The Year of the Shrug
Four More Records You May Sorta Like
November 27, 2002

My So-Called 100th Column
Why Jason Rosenfeld Is My Hero
November 20, 2002

Nothing to Riot About
Pearl Jam Gives Us the Same Old Act
November 13, 2002

Pop Is Not a Four-Letter Word
Two of the Year's Best from Sixpence and the Elms
November 6, 2002

Frankly, Scarlet, Your Record Sucks
Tori Amos Takes a Bad Trip on Scarlet's Walk
October 30, 2002

A Heartfelt Goodbye to the Black Crowes
And a Halfhearted Hello to Chris Robinson's Solo Debut
October 23, 2002

Got Live If You Want It
Concert Albums by Ben Folds and the Lost Dogs
October 16, 2002

Tell Him What He’s Won, Bob
In Which Our Hero Gets New Wheels and Talks About Honesty
October 9, 2002

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Or, Smile When You Say "Podunk Local Newspaper"
October 2, 2002

Don’t Get Up
Peter Gabriel Shows Us How to Waste 10 Years
September 25, 2002

Just Who Do You Think You Are?
Ambition Marks Three Recent Releases
September 18, 2002

One Year Later: How Truthful Is “Self Evident”?
Ani DiFranco Leads the Response to 9/11/01
September 11, 2002

Joining a Fan Club? Best Be Warned
The Jellyfish Box Set Is For the Fans
September 4, 2002

From Humble Beginnings…
Luminous New Albums From Duncan Sheik and Aimee Mann
August 28, 2002

The Underground is Coming Up for Air
Peter Mulvey's Straight-Outta-Somerville Ten Thousand Mornings
August 21, 2002

I Killed the Prime Minister of Paraguay With a Fork. How Have You Been?
Fear and Loathing at the High School Reunion
August 14, 2002

Meeting People is Easy, Part Two
Peter Calo Introduces Us to Pamela Ruby Russell and Chris Brown
August 7, 2002

A Voice to Launch a Thousand Adjectives
Beth Orton's Maddening, Marvelous Daybreaker
July 31, 2002

When Are You Going to Grow Up?
Trying On Maturity with the Chili Peppers and Oasis
July 24, 2002

Return to Form and More of the Same
New Ones from Dave Matthews Band and Counting Crows
July 17, 2002

We Used to Play the Big Rooms
Cornerstone Festival 2002
July 10, 2002

Air Guitar Should Be an Olympic Event
Play Along With Joe Satriani and Michael Roe
July 3, 2002

Nothing to See Here
Just Three More Rave Reviews
June 26, 2002

…And Four to Go
A Rousing Roundup of Recent Releases
June 19, 2002

a column by andre salles