Christgau interrupted to say that he'd never heard the Lothars but could tell just by looking at it that it sucked.

Yeah, that's a douchebag move. If it were in isolation, I might cut him some slack because everyone's capable of being a douchebag. Over on Gigposters dot com, Frank Kozik himself took the time to weigh in on a poster that I made that it was the ugliest thing he'd ever seen. He later added that it looked like a giant asshole. The poster was the one taken from the cover of The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society and the umbrage he took was from the original design, which Kozik, who is not, it seems, a very knowledgeable guy about music, didn't know. I emailed him a snotty word of no thanks and suggested that he take a minute to try to understand what he was criticizing in the future, but never heard back. Was he a douchebag that day? Yes. Is he forever a douchebag? Maybe, but it's complicated, because he's certainly helped a bunch of graphic designer types I know to find work.

I want to send this clause back to 1973 and have it compared to Linear B.

I have a special way with words, you know. (By the by, nice to see you back around, Spring. Did you get your net working at home again?)

Repeat of yesterday's query! My indie rock song of the day is "All I Need" -- Air.

For your "strange but true" files -- "On the Road Again," Rosemary Clooney.

Yes, the Willie Nelson song.

It works surprisingly well.

On that note, I think we need a country song for today.

I'm going with Tennesee Ernie Ford & Ella Mae Morse's "Hog Tied Over You" with blistering guitar by Jimmy Bryant and steel by Speedy West, and goofy lyrics right out of a Bugs Bunny vs. the hillbillies cartoon.

What's your country song of the day?

Does "Muleskinner Blues" by The Fendermen count?

What's your country song of the day?

My country song of every day, pretty much all day since the Kennedy Center Awards, including the moment I read your post: Jolene, by Dolly Parton.

According to the all-knowing orb of iPod, my country song for the day is "What Do I Care" by Johnny Cash.

What's your country song of the day?

Do we have to pick just one? I could narrow it to 6:

Family tradition, Hank Williams Jr.
Not ready to make nice, Dixie Chicks .
Here you come again, Dolly Parton
Teach me about love, Lyle Lovett
House Rules, Kane
Drunken Angel, Lucinda Williams

Here you come again, Dolly Parton .

This was my country song yesterday!

I don't think I have one today. yet.

Michael Fracasso, Love & Trust (the entire album). Fracasso has a beautiful high lonesome sound, and there's some very moving, beautiful trcks on this album. Specifically Wake Up George and a song about the Jordan River, whose title I misforget.