NBTEMMH: Southern California
In the mid ‘90s, Guided by Voices released two killer tributes to drunken, low-fi slackery, Bee Thousand and Alien Lanes, and did so within one, frantic, seven month stretch. Thanks to this pair of monster albums (which combine to span 48 songs in a little over one-and-a-quarter hours), GbV earned a lifetime of indie-critical sheen, and no matter how many craptastic “stand-up” albums frontman Robert Pollard releases, it doesn't seem to be rubbing off.
Like Isolation Drills, the Trojans basketball team is not its named-institution’s money maker. They’ve never been much of a national competitor; in fact, their last conference championship happened way back in 1961. (Comparatively, the football team has won seven national titles since then.) But let’s cut them some slack: it’s hard being the chubby, red-headed sibling to your gorgeous, beach blonde older brother, especially when your most notable baller alumni is a chubby red-head who goes by the nickname “Veal.”
In the mid ‘90s, Guided by Voices released two killer tributes to drunken, low-fi slackery, Bee Thousand and Alien Lanes, and did so within one, frantic, seven month stretch. Thanks to this pair of monster albums (which combine to span 48 songs in a little over one-and-a-quarter hours), GbV earned a lifetime of indie-critical sheen, and no matter how many craptastic “stand-up” albums frontman Robert Pollard releases, it doesn't seem to be rubbing off.
Like Isolation Drills, the Trojans basketball team is not its named-institution’s money maker. They’ve never been much of a national competitor; in fact, their last conference championship happened way back in 1961. (Comparatively, the football team has won seven national titles since then.) But let’s cut them some slack: it’s hard being the chubby, red-headed sibling to your gorgeous, beach blonde older brother, especially when your most notable baller alumni is a chubby red-head who goes by the nickname “Veal.”
