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[jough]

Meh.

[toddster]

I liked this one quite a bit; maybe because I like it when Onstad uses Téodor as a way of letting out his inner music nerd.

I do think that 5% is a little low for GBV, and waaaay too high for Merritt.

[pmcd9]

Now I know why I never liked Coldplay, it's because they are ripping off U2 who I also never liked.

Philippe has a newspaper now, when did that happen?

~Paul

Actually U2 are OK in my opinion, i'm just not blown away by them ala Michael Madsen.

[southworth813]

Oh come on! "...blew him so hard she broke her arm". COME ON!

Jough, you have been spoiled by Achewood's above-average writing for so long, it's starting to become commonplace! He "remained seriously blown"!

That is the good stuff.

[Null]

I think it was spot on about Courtney Love.  In fact, I bet that part wasn't even satire, it was just news that actually happened.

[pmcd9]

Jough, you have been spoiled by Achewood's above-average writing for so long, it's starting to become commonplace!

Jough often plays the role of the lone voice of dissent in a room filled with fawning uncritical praise.  And almost as often it's a much needed splash of cold water in the face.  Not everything Onstad writes is solid gold.  Personally I liked today's strip, but yesterday was much better.

~Paul

[andalucia]

Yeah, I even dislike most of the people he was making fun of (Except for Stephen Merritt) and I thought this was pretty lame.  Maybe it is just because I have that problem where jokes about vegans aren't as funny to me as they could be?

(This thought caused me to google "vegan jokes"-- and boy, if you want to see real unfunny...)

[V-Adore]

The Michael Stipe joke had severe problems with unfunniness, yeah. And otherwise... eh. A couple of funny moments, but otherwise the look of a filler strip. Maybe I am just spoiled.

[CortJstr]

I'm way too suggestable when it comes to music so I tend to like stuff that I'm later told is crappy (see: Sum 41's 1st two albums). So when I read stuff like this I'm always like, "so is this music actually crappy and I'm a sheep for liking it, or is the guy who wrote this just going all Indie Rock Pete on me?"

[southworth813]

Completely spoiled

If I were able to write this, people would be lining up to perform fellatio on me, at great risk to their upper extremities.

[pmcd9]

I spent all last weekend hanging out with vegans and vegetarians.  They were all great people and great artist.  I'm trying to eat less meat because I want to be more like them.

(This thought caused me to google "vegan jokes"-- and boy, if you want to see real unfunny...)

What could possibly be funny about wanting to be more healthy, compassionate towards animals, and concerned about the welfare of our planet?

I don't know about these people who call themselves vegetarians but eat eggs and dairy. I mean, I've heard of eggplants, but there no such thing as a cheesetree.

~Paul

[V-Adore]

NO DISCUSSION OF THE RELATIVE VALUES OF VARIOUS FOOD PREFERENCES HERE. TAKE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE, PEOPLE.

There. Preemptive modding done.

[AugustWest]

I don't know about these people who call themselves vegetarians but eat eggs and dairy. I mean, I've heard of eggplants, but there no such thing as a cheesetree.

~Paul

Huh.  Pat's writing jokes now.

[AugustWest]

I'm way too suggestable when it comes to music so I tend to like stuff that I'm later told is crappy (see: Sum 41's 1st two albums). So when I read stuff like this I'm always like, "so is this music actually crappy and I'm a sheep for liking it, or is the guy who wrote this just going all Indie Rock Pete on me?"

If you like it, how can it be crappy?  Screw what anybody else thinks -- if you enjoy a work of art on some level then it has value, at least to you.  Why do we need someone to tell us what we should enjoy?

[Va]

What he said.