We all get as miserable as Erika M. Andersen sometimes, but we rarely approach her musical-ideas-per-miserable-minute ratio.

When we die, we will turn into songs, and we will hear each other and remember each other.

It was bewildering and humbling to keep discovering how many brave things people can fail to talk themselves out of doing.

Just as Bowie, Zeppelin, etc., became rock stars by remaking themselves in the image of the California girls, the Go-Gos became rock stars by pretending to be the Buzzcocks and the Sex Pistols. Jane Wiedlin always said her biggest influence was growing up in L.A. as a Bowie girl.

Our amour fou with 'The Sopranos' is headed for long-term parking, like so many of its most memorable characters. We'll never see a show like this again.

Thank you for the music, Sleater-Kinney. This gang of three was the best American punk rock band ever. Ever.

One of the billions of things I love about Beyonce: The harder she tries to come on crazy, the less crazy she sounds.