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OK, I'm still not done with the Most Overrated Musical Acts in History list just yet, but here's something to chew on until then.

On Labor Day I was making a significant addition to the beer count at my neighbor's house when he decided to hook up his I-pod to the docking system he recently got. He told me most of the songs on there were put on by a friend of his. Anyway, most of it was recent tunes.

There was that "You're Beautiful" song by Jim Blunt (???) and "Bad Day" but I don't know who and some song by Shakira about shakin' her arse. Listening to those songs it dawned on me that 80's music is 100 times better than the shit being turned out today. Seriously.

I mean most of the pop music from the 80s is awful, but at least it's frigging music, meaning it's not hip-hop, overproduced, studio-magic bullshit, and it's not puss music.

Say what you want about Huey Lewis or Men at Work or Asia, at least it was lisenable. Music today friggin sux arse.

A few other thoughts.

-- I caught about 10 minutes of Dane Cook's HBO special last week and I have to say Saving Private Ryan was funnier. I know I'm old and out of touch with today's kids, but I know funny when I see it and I didn't see it.

-- Did anyone catch the Suri Cruise photo on the cover of Vanity Fair last week with the "baby" wrapped up in Tom Cruise's coat. My first thought was it eerily resembled Quato from Total Recall, where the alien actually lived in the dude's stomach. Hmmmmm. By the way, speaking of cruise, there's nothing a hate more than someone who wears a suit and tie to a football game. What a dueche.