"Even funnier?" Hell, that just makes the pain even worse. I've even gone so far these days as to start referring to spiritous likker as "rheumatiz medicine..."

Punk kids. What do they know?

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<Dennis>
I'm 37. I'm not old.
</Dennis>

Rich, hilarious. Good one!

I'm 26 and loving the older stuff.

As the offending poster, I just wanted to razz Will, et al., about choosing bands that existed before or shortly after I was born. As for The Pixies, I think they formed in 1986 at the earliest, so they're not quite at their 20th anniversary. I mentioned The Cure only because The Pixies opened for them (even though I was a fan).

Brits are taking the Irish lead one step further. The Micks banned smoking in pubs in late March of this year (while this 'Marlboro Man' was there). The publicans/landlords that I spoke to said that they'll have to either open an outside smoking 'garden', lay off employees, or close shop.

All this to appease the EUnichs. Pitty.

I think the initial "ouch" was made in the post itself: "Are they still around, still recording and/or touring?" If you have to ask this question in this age of undead dino-rockers like Aerosmith, the Stones, and Kiss, you're talking *old*. If he isn't Elvis and doesn't play the harpsichord, he's probably still around and recording. Heck Tupac has been dead for years and he's still releasing CDs!

I've never heard a single song by Phish but I'll vote for them since they at least had the decency to pack it in before they became a punch line...and in related news Liv Tyler just had her baby...making Steven the *third grandpa* in Aerosmith.

Gweilo??? reported that all trips from the mainland are canceled until this is over.

Don't want the mainlanders getting any ideas.

I first realised I was getting old in the late Eighties, when I saw an "ÄNTIQUE" plate on the dream car of my then teen-aged sisters - a '57 Chevy.

Pop music? Rarely since Mancini stopped composing for movies and TV.