I will always love the Clash, because I loved them so much when I was fourteen, and I love how you can start a conversation with almost literally any dude about the Clash.

Falling in love with Renee was not the kind of thing you walk away from in one piece. I had no chance. She put a hitch in my git-a-long.

It goes without saying that 'Buncha Losers' comedies speak to tough times. The massive unemployment of the Reagan years gave us 'Taxi,' 'Cheers' and the genre-defining 'Night Court,' a show you could never admit to watching without making people feel sorry for you.

Our lives were just beginning, our favorite moment was right now, our favorite songs were unwritten.

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

One nice thing about growing up Catholic is it makes you open-minded about other people's religions, since ours is nuttier than yours.

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