“This is going to be the year of Bowie.” ~ Me in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015…

Animal Collective have never been a band short on songs. I’m sure Honeycomb/Gotham will only exist on that 45.

As for “Knock You Down” — Maybe they gave the song a new name?

Hi spenny!

I think overall it’s a small community. The Facebook Connect option allows anybody to drop in when a big story comes our way. Nobody around here is really hated, except I think we “hate” rubberjohnny with emphasis on the sarcastic quotations. But every site needs a patsy.

I think the Album of the Week feature is starting to be one of my favorite sections. It always seems to spark some really good discussions over said albums merits. I know eldave & I personally had a great back and forth over Chromatics new album. Of course the Torche review will forever be historical due to Pro Wrestling Shenanigans, but over time I think Stereogum’s Album of the Week will be a strong aspect of this site.

As to the overall merits of Shut Up, Dude… I think it’s overall a good thing. It’s nice at the end of the week to have an “Anything Goes” thread where everybody can just comment on comments. Set the music aside for one second and just laugh, argue and hug it all out. Sure there are many Pros/Cons about rounding up comments, but one of the great Pros to me is perhaps seeing a big Comment Thread I may have missed over the week. I’m not going through archived Stereogum content on the reg, so a weekly roundup helps me know what threads had the most action.

Also, everyone would’ve missed my AMAZING JEOPARDY! joke if it weren’t for Shut Up, Dude. (Amazing!) We try to have fun here.

” I no longer was able to access Stereogum ”

That didn’t stop rubberjohnny0823456789!

No great man or woman deserves to go to Dino Heaven. It’s a vile place up here.

Thus my uzi.

His username is slang for a condom.

And that avatar? I LOVE IT when commenters get so up in arms about how he “supposedly” looks in that picture. Dude, if it was really him, he’d probably just use his Facebook login. Why make a custom user profile with a unique username and then just slap a picture of yourself as your avatar?

And the hilarious numbers at the end of his username like he’s using AIM circa 1999… Everything about RubJohn is LoL-worthy, but the reactions he gets out of casual commenters is just priceless.

Maybe they meant to ban your imitator?

Either way, on behalf of the small populace that understands your genius: Welcome Back.

Even got Foster the People in there too!

Never figured out what the cutoff time on Friday is for SUD… we’ll know soon enough.

If they did Ride The Lightning in reverse and opened with “The Call of Ktulu” — I would want to be at that show.

So I literally just listened to “Do U Like Night Bus?” a few hours ago. I got super excited to see this CFCF remix post and when I read:

“…who has a really solid new EP out called Exercises…”

I thought, “Oh! I really need to listen to that too!”

Then I read:

“Stream his Exercises EP:”

Yoooouuuuuuuuuuuu… THANK YOU!!

araab’s beat stole the show for me.

Also, how does Boldy James feel about the title for Jadakiss’ new mixtape?

“…since no major rock figures have done this before.”

Genesis Breyer P-Orridge

Well, I guess Throbbing Gristle isn’t a major rock group.

Still.

Seriously, what kind of weird person would ever think to have a concert at a zoo?

Oh. Right.