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Yeah, I never thought about it this way, but it's evident from the ranking. It doesn't matter if the songs are good, he just doesn't see them as good as the songs he's made with the best blink lineup possible. The Dude Ranch anniversary tour is never going to happen.

There's a fantastic documentary on Wham on Netflix, I never cared about them but I was sooo stupid. I watched it last year and I Ioved it. It's just wonderful to look at with all the amazing footage from the 1980s and it made me appreciate George Michael's genius and Andrew Ridgeley's enduring kindness and support. It's a beautiful story of two friends supporting each other to reach incredible heights, while also knowing when to let go. After seeing that documentary I started listening to Wham a lot and I still do, they made some great music. Sometimes you just gotta let the pop in.

It was a cool shirt until he turned around

Yeah, the Ramones were inducted into the Rock & Roll hall of fame in 2002 following Joey's death.

No Grammy’s nomination for One More Time… sadly Best Rock Album: The Black Crowes – Happiness Bastards Fontaines D.C. – Romance Green Day – Saviors Idles – Tangk Pearl Jam – Dark Matter The Rolling Stones – Hackney Diamonds Jack White – No Name

Yeah, I heard about this in an episode of Criminal Minds ages ago 😂 it's true that I can't fall in love with music they way I did when I was in my teenage years up until my mid-20s. Of course there are new bands I've discovered in the last 10 years that I love, but I usually give the their albums I like a few listens, and if I REALLY REALLY like them, then I listen to them for a couple of weeks or a month but then I move to the next thing. The truth is I always tend to go back to old stuff I love. Or like it happened to Diddy, I got into a lot of new-to-me music. Music that's always been there but I never got a chance to explore better before.

Albums have so much less staying power nowadays compared to when we were young because they're more in your face in terms of sound and because of the amount of access we have to music (at the end we will always go back to the old stuff we love) and it's not OMT that is bad - it's a really good album - but you just can't compare an album that came out in 2023 with an album that came out when you were 20 years old and with 13 years of memories attached to it.

Yeah, I felt bad for the other guys because obviously they don't have the extra money that came from owning Fat Wreck and are now losing their touring income. But I'm appreciative of them laying this all out there, even if it's ugly.

The longest interview I've ever read I think, it took me more than an hour to read it but it was really great.

Last week I read the longest interview ever where NOFX explained why they broke up (because Fat Mike is unmanageable and he's going to die soon if he doesn't stop with the drugs) and among all other things they criticized the production on First Ditch Effort, the album they did with Webb.

Yeah, it's impossible this year because the competition is too good and we can't even count on the fact that OMT went #1 on the Billboard chart on the first week (while The Stones, Green Day and PJ didn't go #1) because I just read that Dolly Parton's rock album broke all the records when it came out in the winter "debuting at #1 on six different Billboard charts and marking her biggest album debut to date" 😔 so if the Grammy doesn't go to The Stones, it will go to her. But maybe we still have a small chance, blink is bigger than ever and they deserve some recognition.

The eligibility period for the annual Grammy Awards will be Sept. 16, 2023 through Aug. 30, 2024. The Rolling Stones album and OMT came out on the same day last year and they're both eligible.

Yeah it was really awesome, it put a big smile on my face

I listened to this EP on my way to work this morning (and then some Sinatra songs lol)

Yeah, you can’t beat Cheer, but I like this one more than Hygiene.