Congrats to Markl, the one person I almost always seem to agree with on musical matters. Maybe one day I'll even be able to afford the same headphones!

I agree, the apostrophe should only be used if it would be confusing otherwise. The same rule often holds true with commas. The reason I would use them when referring to headphones is to avoid the confusion that RMSzero mentions. Whether it should be plural at all is a different question. I...

Umm...no I agree with all the above except for VCR's, which is okay with an apostrophe. Apostrophes *can* be used to indicate a plural noun in certain situations. I'd really rather not repeat this whole issue again though! Here's some help from a favorite band...

Chuck all three and get a gameboy advance, so you can play zelda and metroid in 2D, like they should be played!

insanefred, I should have guessed from the Oscar Wilde quote . I like Morrissey, but I'll take Keats or Yeats over Wilde any day!

Yeah, I appreciate the Cure more in the Smiths/Pixies/etc. post-punk vein than as a 'dark' band. I'll take the usual in the favorite album picks: The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead - Cemetry Gates, Bigmouth Strikes Again, The Boy with the Thorn in His Side, There Is a Light That Never Goes Out...

Quote: Originally posted by grinch try the new pedro the lion album "control" pretty amazing if you like dark indie stuff. Speaking of the Subpop label, Damon & Naomi released a live album and DVD of their "with Ghost" tour recently. If you didn't pick up the Damon & Naomi with...

I recently refitted an old turntable with a new belt and am now trying out some old vinyl. I was wondering if there is any way to tell if my stylus is damaged by the sound it makes. The highs are very very screechy, but that could easily be caused by the age of the LP's, I'm guessing. The...

congrats from one indie rock snob to another! Joe

Just about anything by Half-Japanese. It's intentional though, and that makes all the difference.

Quote: Originally posted by rickfri What I would like to find out about is some of the other artists in this field like the Bottle Rockets, Old 97's, Whiskeytown, Golden Smog, and any others. No Depression is also called alt.country (Johnny Cash country music, not Garth Brooks!) or...

If you liked Gold and Silver, you should definitely try Harvest and After the Goldrush. Those are two of my very favorite albums of all time. For a broader sampling of his music, Decade is great.

Tull has been a longtime favorite for me (me! the anti-progger!). I think Aqualung is by far their best, I'm not a fan of most of the stuff that came after that, but I like the early stuff. I'll have to check out the remaster of Stand Up, I have the first CD release and it sounds pretty terrible...

Wilco's new album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. I cannot overstate how good of an album this is. See a previous thread for other people's reactions.

Quote: Originally posted by Jon Beilin At least I get paid a grand of scholarship money... Cry me a river....