The only song I like by Nickelback is "How You Remind Me". I actually think Kroeger has talent, which he has shown with Santana before ("Into the Night" - gorgeous song)

Listening to tracks from The Promise, the new collection of unreleased songs from Bruce Springsteen's Darkness On The Edge Of Town period.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... =130858856

It's just completely fantastic in every way possible.

Some say the end is near.
Some say we'll see armageddon soon.
I certainly hope we will.
I sure could use a vacation from this
Bullshit three ring circus sideshow of
Freaks
Here in this hopeless fucking hole we call LA
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away.
Any fucking time. Any fucking day.
Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona bay.

Fret for your figure and
Fret for your latte and
Fret for your lawsuit and
Fret for your hairpiece and
Fret for your prozac and
Fret for your pilot and
Fret for your contract and
Fret for your car.
It's a
Bullshit three ring circus sideshow of
Freaks
Here in this hopeless fucking hole we call LA
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away.
Any fucking time. Any fucking day.
Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona bay.

Some say a comet will fall from the sky.
Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves.
Followed by faultlines that cannot sit still.
Followed by millions of dumbfounded dipshits.
Some say the end is near.
Some say we'll see armageddon soon.
I certainly hope we will.
I sure could use a vacation from this
Stupid shit, silly shit, stupid shit.
One great big festering neon distraction,
I've a suggestion to keep you all occupied.
Learn to swim x3.
Mom's gonna fix it all soon.
Mom's comin' round to put it back the way it ought to be.

Learn to swim x8.
Fuck L Ron Hubbard and
Fuck all his clones.
Fuck all those gun-toting
Hip gangster wannabes.
Learn to swim x8.
Fuck retro anything.
Fuck your tattoos.
Fuck all you junkies and
Fuck your short memory.
Learn to swim x7.
Fuck smiley glad-hands
With hidden agendas.
Fuck these dysfunctional,
Insecure actresses.
Learn to swim x8.

'cause I'm praying for rain
And I'm praying for tidal waves
I wanna see the ground give way.
I wanna watch it all go down.
Mom please flush it all away.
I wanna see it go right in and down.
I wanna watch it go right in.
Watch you flush it all away.

Time to bring it down again.
Don't just call me pessimist.
Try and read between the lines.
I can't imagine why you wouldn't
Welcome any change, my friend.
I wanna see it all come down.
Put it down.
Suck it down.
Flush it down.

They take themselves a little too seriously sometimes but, again, they're the shiznit.

I'm about to listen to Steven Seagal's second album....the terms of what happens if I die from a broken neck still apply.

I just want to go on record that, in a few years time when everyone suddenly goes "You know what? That Kanye West album was nothing special," I was the one who thought it was nothing special first.

Kyuss' music (featuring a pre-Queens of the Stone Age Josh Homme) is almost 20 years old, but I'm only now discovering them. The phrase "Better Late than Never" has never been more applicable. I'm currently spinning their Sky Valley album and it's fantastic. It seems that Green Machine is their most popular song (a worthy choice), but I much prefer the creatively titled Supa Scoopa and Mighty Scoop. Give it a try. For me it was love on first listen.