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My Favorite Directors Sucka!

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1) Quentin Tarantino- Reservoir Dogs (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Jackie Brown (1997), Kill Bill Vol.1 (2003), Kill Bill Vol.2 (2004), and Death Proof (2007)

2) Steven Spielberg- Jaws (1975), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), E.T. (1982), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Hook (1991), Jurassic Park (1993), Schindler’s List (1993), Saving Private Ryan (1998)

3) Stanley Kubrick- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), A Clockwork Orange (1971), The Shining (1980), Full Metal Jacket (1987)

4) David Lynch- Eraser (1977), Blue Velvet (1986)

5) Martin Scorsese- Taxi Driver (1976), The Last Waltz (1978), Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990), Casino (1995), Gangs of New York (2002), No Direction Home (2005)

6) Francis Ford Coppola- The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), Apocalypse Now (1979)

7) Richard Linklater- Slacker (1991), Dazed and Confused (1993), The School of Rock (2003),

8) Kevin Smith- Clerks (1994), Mallrats (1995), Chasing Amy (1997), Dogma (1999), Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), Clerks II (2006), Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)

9) Spike Lee- Do The Right Thing (1989), Malcolm X (1992)

10) David Fincher- Se7en (1995), Fight Club (1999)

11) Danny Boyle- Trainspotting (1996), 28 Days Later (2002), Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

12) Gus Van Sant- Good Will Hunting (1997), Elephant (2003), Milk (2008)

13) Christopher Nolan- Memento (2000), Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008)

14) John Waters- Pink Flamingos (1972), Serial Mom (1995)

15) Cameron Crowe- Almost Famous (2000)

16) Frank Capra- It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)

17) Alfred Hitchcock- Psycho (1960)

18) Brian De Palma- Carrie (1976), Scarface (1983)

19) Oliver Stone- Platoon (1986), Born On the Fourth of July (1989), JFK (1991), The Doors (1991), Natural Born Killers (1994)

20) Paul Thomas Anderson- Boogie Nights (1997)

21) The Coen Brothers- Raising Arizona (1987), Miller’s Crossing (1990), Fargo (1996), The Big Lebowski (1998), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

22) Darren Aronofsky- Pi (1997), Requiem For A Dream (2000), The Wrestler (2008)

23) Jason Reitman- Thank You For Smoking (2005), Juno (2007)

24) Sam Raimi- Evil Dead (1981), Evil Dead II (1987), Army of Darkness (1993), Spiderman (2002, Spiderman 2 (2004), Spiderman 3 (2007)

25) Robert Zemeckis- Back To the Future (1985), Back to the Future Part II (1989), Back to the Future Part III (1990), Forrest Gump (1994), Cast Away (2000)

26) Mark Romanek- One Hour Photo (2002)

27) Rob Reiner- This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Stand By Me (1986), The Princess Bride (1987), Misery (1990)

28) Milos Forman- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975), Amadeus (1984), The People vs, Larry Flynt (1996), Man On the Moon (1999)

29) John Hughes- Sixteen Candles (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985), Weird Science (1985) Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986), Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987), Uncle Buck (1989)

30) George Lucas- American Graffiti (1973), Star Wars (1977), Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)

31) Sidney Lumet- 12 Angry Men (1957)

32) Mike Nichols- The Graduate (1967)

33) Sam Mendes- American Beauty (1999)

34) John Carpenter- Halloween (1978), The Thing (1982)

35) James Mangold- Girl, Interrupted (1999), Walk the Line (2005)

36) Steven Soderbergh- Erin Brockovich (2000), Ocean’s 11 (2001),

37) Bryan Singer- The Usual Suspects (1995), X-Men (2000), X2 (2003)

38) Judd Apatow- The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005), Knocked Up (2007), Funny People (2009)

39) Todd Phillips- Hated (1994), Road Trip (2000), Old School (2002)

40) Michael Moore- Roger and Me (1989), Bowling For Columbine (2002), Sicko (2007)

41) Michel Gondry- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

42) Wes Anderson- The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

43) James Cameron- Terminator (1984), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

44) Tony Kaye- American History X (1998)

45) Zach Braff- Garden State (2004)

46) Robert Rodriguez- Desperado (1995), Sin City (2005), Planet Terror (2007)

47) Tim Burton- Pee Wee’s Big Adventure (1985), Beetle Juice (1989), Batman (1989), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Big Fish (2003)

48) Amy Heckerling- Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982)

49) Larry Clark- Kids (1995)

50) Mary Harron- American Psycho (1998)

51) Richard Kelly- Donnie Darko (2001)

52) M. Night Shamylan- The Sixth Sense (1999), Signs (2002)

53) Kevin Booth- American Drug War (2007)

Eh, probably others lol.

Chris

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The Oprah Book Club Minus Oprah!

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This is a new set of weekly posts inspired by some facebook chat with our very own Ben “The BBT” Tan. Every week we’ll discuss one subversive book, from the obvious to the obscure, doesn’t matter. Don’t panic there will be dick jokes!!! and Hicks jokes and Chomsky and all sorts of incendiary material just waiting to explode!!! This week we will begin with a book I have already reviewed from nearly two years ago on the Etudiant. Next week, it will be Catcher in the Rye or A People’s History, I haven’t decided yet. Enjoy!


Musicians, Read this Book!

Title: Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991
Author: Michael Azerrad
Year: 2001
Pages: 522

Review: OBCBYL is a study of 13 independent, underground rock bands that stampeded the music industry during the Reagan Conservative decade we call the 80’s. These are the bands that grew right under the nose of mainstream America; these self- made musicians took the musical influence of their punk predecessors and said “Fuck It! I’m not playing New Wave, Who cares if we never make any money or appear on MTV, let’s just Jam!” And so they hopped in the van with their companions and toured the nation non stop, founded their own independent labels, and began issuing fanzines. This was music run by kids (teens- early twenties), played by kids, and for kids; existing entirely outside the music industry. DIY (Do It Yourself) at its finest!
First off, this book details some of the greatest artists in the history of music. Despite the fact that few of these bands broke into the mainstream, their influence is immense. Without Sonic Youth there’s no Nirvana, without Black Flag there’s no hardcore, and so on. Okay, here’s the bands:

Black Flag
Minutemen
Mission of Burma
Minor Threat
Husker DU
The Replacements
Sonic Youth
Butthole Surfers
Big Black
Dinosaur Jr
Fugazi
Mudhoney
Beat Happening

Of these bands, Sonic Youth is definitely my favorite, with Fugazi being a close second. If I were you I would go out and buy a SY album immediately! I highly recommend Goo (1990). If you don’t feel like spending dough, then download their shit, they have a huge, plethora of works. For those of you Étudiant Radio listeners, which should be all of you! you will hear at some point or another all of these artists, in fact Glen and I already played Fugazi and Beat Happening.

Warning!: If you plan to read this book (Do It Now, it’s at Newbury Comics, Barnes and Noble, hell you can order it online, you won’t even have to get off your ass!) please do not read this criticism section and rather go into the novel with an open mind, you will discover an insightful analysis of underground culture and possibly the greatest chronicle of music in history.

Though this book is amazing, it is not 100% free of foibles. My main criticism is its lack of numerous, other, troubadours from that era, chief amongst these artists are: The Pixies, Bad Brains, Dead Kennedys, Misfits, Daniel Johnston, Descendants, Melvins, Meat Puppets, Bad Religion, Social Distortion, and who could forget The Smiths? Now of course the biggest flaw in my complaint is the fact that if Azerrad had included all these artists it would have been over a thousand pages (I would read em’!) and also it’s most likely he tried to contact these artists, but they wanted nothing to do with the novel. Who Knows? Maybe we’ll see a Volume 2, hopefully! Another criticism is the author’s gratuitous use of the word “indie.” I showed one chapter to Glen and he pointed this out, without even my mention of it. A final criticism is the way the author leaves out certain info or uses his opinion as if it is fact to build a story, for example in the Mudhoney chapter, he makes it sound like “Touch Me I’m Sick” was the only great song the band recorded… my favorite album of theirs is My Brother The Cow (1995) , where the song does not appear, and in fact there is no mention of this album or any other album by them on Reprise (major label) records. Sorry Azerrad.
My Rating: 4 and a half out of 5 stars. A must for those who think punk stopped in 1978 and then resurfaced with Nirvana in 1991.

Here are some (but certainly not all) other works I recommend you check out if you like this novel:

American Hardcore: A Tribal History by Steven Blush
Get In The Van by Henry Rollins
American Hardcore (film, 2006)
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen (film, 2005)

P.S. that was not a knock at Nirvana above.

Comment it up and let’s start the discussion now!

Chris

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GG Allin Manifesto

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The wise words of the messiah…..

GG Allin Mission Statement

If you believe in the real underground of Rock ‘N’ Roll, then now is the time to do something about it. The time is now to overthrow the current situations and declare war on the record companies, radio stations, publications, clubs, and anyone who promotes the whole so called “scene” as it now stands. We need to destroy it all and take it back from the corporate phonies and conformist. But action must be taken now and blood must be spilled.

First let me tell you who I am. I was born Jesus Christ Allin in 1956 in Lancaster, NH. The Jesus Christ they preach about in the Bible is a phony imposter – just a crutch for the cripples to lean on. Fuck that weak shit! I am the man to deal with. I created myself inside the womb from the fires of Hell. There are no separations between Jesus Christ, God and the Devil, because I am all of theme. I am here to take Rock ‘N’ Roll back & prove to the world that I am the real king through the powers I have acquired.

When I was born in 1956, Rock ‘N’ Roll first started taking off. Why do you think that was? Because I created it. I created Elvis. I made it all happen. Even before I was born I was plotting. But through the years everyone has let it all go. That’s why I am ready to take it all back. Nobody has held on. Nobody has had the indurence to finish what they were set out to fucking do. They all let me down or I took their lives for a purpose. I was the one who was throwing all the monkey wrenches into the gears. But money and commercialism made them all sell out. Even Iggy let me down. The Sex Pistols let me down. Sid let me down when he fell in love (that’s why they are all dead). And now we have the Ramones praising bands like Guns N’ Roses, which runs against everything they were set out to destroy.

But now it’s 1991. This is the decade for the final bloody mutilation. Time to get Rock ‘N’ Roll out of the hands of the masses and back to the people who will not accept comfort or conformity at any cost. Then I will commit suicide on stage and the blood of Rock ‘N’ Roll will become the poison of the Universe forever. Take a look around and see what’s happening. Spineless record companies kissing the mainstreams ass, being pressured by the money media and politicians. So called cutting edge radio stations as fucking lame as the stations they oppose. Censorship publications kisssing the monkey suits asses, who in turn, are kissing someone else’s ass. Even so called “underground” publications have no fucking desire to get blood on their hands. They are too busy crying about how we can make the world a more wonderful place and how politically correct they can be. Talk is fucking cheap.

It’s time to fight. It’s time for revenge. We need to overthrow Rock ‘N’ Roll as it now stands. We must bring down record companies by not buying their products. A boycot. If you have to have a record, steal it. That way they wont get your money. We’ve got to stop feeding them. Your support must now go to me – GG Allin, the commanding leader and terrorist of Rock ‘N’ Roll. Why do you think I am in prison right now? Because they know who I am and they fear my reality. Our society wants to stop my mission. They want to brain wash you and keep you locked into MTV, and their stagnating, safe worlds. It’s a plot to kill Rock ‘N’ Roll. I am the savior. Thats why I am considered a threat to society.

This is what you should do:
Go to your record store and buy all the GG ALLIN recordings you can find. If they dont have any in stock, tell them to order some. If they refuse, then do what you have to do. Call radio stations and demand GG Allin. Spray paint “GG ALLIN” everywhere. Make them aware that the disease and the Scumfuc tradition is still spreading. Write “GG ALLIN” on all your dollar bills. Any bills you have. People do not throw money away, so it would be a free way to get the message out. You must do it every day of your life. We must live for the Rock ‘N’ Roll underground. It CAN be dark and dangerous again. It CAN be threatning to our society as it was meant to be. IT MUST BE UNCOMPROMISING. And with me as your leader, it will happen. I am ready to lead you, my allies, into the real Rock ‘N’ Roll underground. Let’s get started.

Too bad, you died GG ahha ohh well. Gonzo indeed!

Chris

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My Favorite Writers

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1) Noam Chomsky- Manufacturing Consent:The Political Economy of the Mass Media (1988) with Edward S. Herman, Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy (2006), Chomsky On Anarchism (2005), Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda (2002)

2) Howard Zinn- A People’s History of the United States: 1492-Present (1980)

3) Hunter S. Thompson- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (1971), Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century (2003)

4) J.D. Salinger- The Catcher in the Rye (1951)

5) Michael Azerrad- Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 (2001)

6) Lester Bangs- “Let Us Now Praise Famous Death Dwarves,” (1975) “The Greatest Album Ever Made,” (1975)

7) Chuck Klosterman- Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs (2003)

8) Charles R. Cross- Heavier Than Heaven (2002)

9) Chuck Palahniuk- Fight Club (1996)

10) Abbie Hoffman- Soon to Be a Major Motion Picture (1979), Steal This Book (1972)

11) Jerry Rubin- Do iT!: Scenarios of the Revolution (1970)

12) David Dellinger- From Yale to Jail: The Autobiography of a Moral Dissenter (1993)

13) Mumia Abu-Jamal- Live From Death Row (1995)

14) James W. Lowren- Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong (1995)

15) Gary Webb- Dark Alliance: The CIA, The Contras, and The Crack Cocaine Explosion (1996)

16) Stephen King- The Shining (1977), Carrie (1974), The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (1999)

17) Roald Dahl- Charlie and The Chocolate Factory (1964), The Twits (1980) The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More (1977)

18) George Orwell- 1984 (1949), Animal Farm (1945)

19) Jack Kerouac- On The Road (1957)

20) Ken Kesey- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1962)

21) William Shakespeare- Macbeth (1611), Hamlet (1601), Romeo and Juliet (?), Julius Caesar (1599)

22) Richard Wright- Black Boy (1945)

23) Bill Hicks- Love All the People: The Essential Bill Hicks (2004)

24) Judge James P. Gray- Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed and What We Can Do About It (2001)

25) John Steinbeck- Of Mice and Men (1937), The Grapes of Wrath (1939), The Pearl (1947)

26) F. Scott Fitzgerald- The Great Gatsby (1925)

27) Ernesto “Che” Guevara- The Motorcycle Diaries (1993 published, written in 1952), Guerrilla Warfare (1961)

28) Ralph Nader- Crashing the Party (2002), Cutting Corporate Welfare (2000)

29) Susanna Kaysen- Girl, Interrupted (1993)

30) Michael Cart- My Father’s Scar (1998)

31) Walter Dean Meyers- Monster (2001)

32) Markus Zusak- I Am the Messenger (2002)

33) Robert Cormier- The Chocolate War (1974)

34) Stephen Chobosky- The Perks of Being a Wallflower (1999)

35) Harper Lee- To Kill A Mockingbird (1960)

36) William Golding- Lord of the Flies (1954)

37) John Knowles- A Separate Peace (1959)

38) S.E. Hinton- The Outsiders (1967)

39) Emma Goldman- Anarchism and Other Essays (1910), My Disillusionment in Russia (1923)

40) Alexander Berkman- Now and After: The ABC of Communist Anarchism aka What Is Anarchism? (1929)

41) Bill Ayers- Fugitive Days (2001)

42) Anthony Burgess- A Clockwork Orange (1962)

43) Henry Rollins- Get In the Van: On the Road With Black Flag (1994)

44) Timothy Leary- Flashbacks (1983)

45) Carl Jung- Two Essays on Analytical Psychology (1966)

46) Sigmund Freud- The Ego and the Id (1923)

47) Friedrich Nietzsche- The Antichrist (1888)

48) Bobby Seale- Black Panthers Speak (1971)

49) Huey P. Newton- Black Panthers Speak (1971)

50) Eldridge Cleaver- Black Panthers Speak (1971)

51) Martin Luther King Jr- “Letter From Birmingham Jail” (1963)

52) Malcolm X- The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965),
Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements (1965)

53) Alex Haley- The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965),
(1965)

54) Thomas Jefferson- “The Declaration of Independence” (1776)

Chris

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SAVE YOUR SOUL!!!

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The Almighty Defenders will save your soul with their highly anticipated, upcoming, self-titled debut this November. Imeem.com has written the perfect description of the band:

In a world of Segways and wraparounds, some would say that all hope is lost. When Ipod DJ’s get 3 x the money of most rock’n’roll bands, you could say if there is hell below – we’re all gonna go. Alas! SALVATION IS FINALLY HERE!!! The Black Lips have teamed up with their long-time brothers King Khan & BBQ to offer 11 spirituals that are sure to shave the hairs right off your tongue.

This self-titled album was written, recorded and mixed in one week following the Black Lips rude expulsion from India. They flew directly into King Khan’s legendary Moon Studios in Berlin where he and Mark Sultan were cooking up their own new album. It was both bands’ first major collaboration since a US tour 4 years earlier. It could be argued that this isn’t a ‘gospel’ record in the traditional sense, sure. But this is a record of pure spirituals from six wise magicians. This isn’t a tribute to a ‘god’, but a testimony to good taste – a church of the mind brimming with soul. How such demonic dudes can sound so angelic, I have yet to comprehend, but they somehow manage to bring the true spirit of gospel and make it as raw and beatific as the likes of the Velvet Underground. Exactly how two of the most respected and influential rock’n’roll bands of this decade would do it up.

Imagine the Rev. Charlie Jackson drinkin’ Robo at a Factory party with Alastair Crowley doing security. Timeless and true – an amazing testimonial to 5% who can bridge the gaps and do something original. The Almighty Defenders are here to show you the Holy Way is the spirit that lies in the gutter of your mind. 11 songs, including a Mighty Hannibal cover! Hallelujah!!!

Chris

Glen’s Note: A new song has popped up on the web. It’s “Cone of Light,” the fourth song off Almighty Defenders (September 22) and it’s good. Listen/download: http://downloads.pitchforkmedia.com/Almighty%20Defenders%20-%20Cone%20Of%20Light.mp3

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Book Review: Love All The People

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Full Title: Love All The People: The Essential Bill Hicks aka Letters, Lyrics, Routines
Author: Bill Hicks
Year: 2004
Foreword “The Goat Boy Rises” By: John Lahr
Being one of the biggest Bill Hicks fans in the world it was a must that I read this work of incendiary material. With that being said if any of you, fellow readers aren’t little Goat Boy children aka Die Hard Hicks fanatics, I would not recommend reading it. Most of the book consists of word for word transcripts of his classic stand up routines, including, but not limited to: Dangerous CD, One Night Stand HBO Special, Relentless CD, “The Worst Show Ever”aka The Flying Saucer Tour Volume One CD, Revelations Channel 4 UK Special, Arizona Bay CD, and the Rant in E-Minor CD. Interviews, lyrics to Hicks penned tunes, poems, rants or brief manifestos, short stories, letters and response letters to David Letterman, Jay Leno, offended audience members (including priests), amongst other rare gems. I really enjoyed the short stories because they showcased even more of my hero’s talent. In some of these stories Bill appeared and then in others it was completely fiction. I particularly enjoyed a story in which he documents the day-to-day lives of writers for an underground newspaper known as, The Observer. The overall, recurring theme of the book is Bill’s humanistic, though misanthropic at times, approach to comedy and especially to life. Bill takes us on a journey through his mind in which he opines his deepest feelings on the evils of the world: Dogmatic, fear inducing religions (particularly Christianity), corrupt, War profiteering, Governments, Corporate shilling, Coke hawking, pop sell outs, and ignorant, flag waving, conforming Americans. It is rare in entertainment and even rarer in the comedy world, to see someone that threatens the status quo with a message and mission outside of making money and gaining some cheap chuckles. Honestly, how many comedians can you name whose mission is to evolve the human race? Maybe a few others. In conclusion,I, as most do, prefer comedy routines and Hicks in particular on videos (especially!) or on CDs, rather then in print, but I always enjoy learning more about Hicks and his philosophies and laughing my ass off simultaneously.
Grade: B+

P.S. There is one intriguing essay in which he proposes gun control, as Hicks fans should know he completely championed. Being, against gun control myself, I always wanted him to elaborate more on his stance rather then a few jabs about American violence and the NRA, which were hilarious of course. So, anyway, Hicks makes the point that if guns weren’t as easily available as they are there would be less violence in America. Well, whether that is true or not to me doesn’t matter because it violates a basic concept of freedom, it evens violates Hicksian logic! Ok, if you apply Hicks’ logic on drugs, which I completely agree with: people should be able to put whatever they want in their bodies as long as they don’t harm anyone else. So, if drugs were available to the public, there is a good chance that there would be in an increase in drug use (initially) and if you took his logic on guns and applied it here by banning drugs then there wouldn’t be as many people on drugs or dying from drugs. Now, even a novice in drug war knowledge could tell you that’s ludicrous.

Chris

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All We Want Baby Is Everything!

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Nope, this is not a post about the fabulous Handsome Furs number of the same name. Instead, this is a quick rant about the oft-stated “I like everything” or “I like everything…. but country” response many humans spew when inquired about their personal tastes in music. Really now? EVERYTHING!? What a burden?! So, as my brother claimed, do you have that recording of me taking a shit on your ipod as well? Since, you like everything I’d gather it would appear in your shuffle. Then again towards the end of that shit it started to resemble Hank Williams’ southern drawls. Haha, anyway back to my ACTUAL point it is impossible to listen to everything and obviously most purveyors of said statement don’t, but I get the feeling they don’t actually have a diverse taste in music as the eclectic label would indicate. Now, I do know some folks that say they like “everything” and do listen to a wide regiment of artists. With that being said, 95% of the everything people listen to only mainstreamers or what’s big on the radio today. So, for example they may have Kings of Leon (“alternative” whatever that means), T Pain (Hip Hop), Kelly Clarkson (pop), Fall Out Boy (rock lol), Rolling Stones (classic rock), etc. on their ipod and this is supposed to represent “everything.” And sometimes you can throw in the occasional “indie” (whatever that means) band too. It varies from person to person, but that’s the standard. So, basically when they say everything they mean everything mainstream. Well, boys and girls, there is such a thing as underground music. In fact, most of the best music comes from the latter. I suggest y’all expand your horizons and check out bands that don’t appear on KISS 108 or Jammin’ 945 or whatever. Finally, there are also several great bands that have achieved mainstream levels of success, but sound anything but, like Tool for example.
P.S. the biggest reason I don’t make the claim of listening to everything is the fact that most of the shit I hear on the radio I disdain, so why the fuck would I ever want to listen to “everything?!”

Chris