Supreme Court declines to hear lawsuit vs. the Beastie Boys

[Ex Lion Tamer]

And I suspect there may be more than a few people here who may send a few, or more than a few, suggestions yr way as well.

I'll run a few up the flagpole and see if Resident Loser saluts.

Matthew Sweet could possibly restore one's fainth in power-pop, as could Ben Folds as well as The New Pornographers

Given the early Springsteen reference, one could try Steve Earle, any of the last five or six albums may be worth a try but especially, Train a Comin or I Feel Alright.

Wilco seems like something worth looking into, as does Songs: Ohia/Magnolia Electric Co.. And Celxico's, Feast of Wire, seems a no-brainer.

How about Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, specifically Tyranny of Distance, Gomez might have some appeal, as might Morphine, Liquid Skin, by the former, Yes from the latter. Kings of Leon too may be of interest.

Ben Harper is a likeable chap with a few nice albums to his credit.

I won't list Built to Spill, because you saifd Neil Young is not your cup of tea, but I bet Doug Martsch's, solo album might be hold some appeal.

If singer/songwriter stuff is of interest you could do worse than, Sufjan Steven, Iron & Wine, Papa M or Sun Kil Moon.

And finally, Richard Thompson, continues to write great songs and play some stinging guitar; Mock Tudor from a few years back is excellent.

I could add more, but I'll stop now.

[nobody]

I'll be a jerk and say recommending new stuff isn't really gonna help. We can recommend rock bands that have a wide appeal and he will find them derritive. We can recommend hip hop opr electronica, which stays away from being derritive, but he will say those genres aren't real music and therefore crap.

But, hey, he doesn't have to like new music. There is indeed giant archives of great stuff from the past to listen to...and iof that's what he prefers, who really cares. I just think it's the value statements that imply that his preferences are in some way objectively better than the preferences of others that gets people all hot and othered.

Although, I do have to think that David Johansen recording would be something that may appeal to someone digging through old music as the versions are quite faithful, Johansen is in fine voice and you are able to get a high fidelity recording done in a very authentic style. Sure old transcriptions from 78 are great, but it is nice to have a few quality recordings of old acoustic blues tunes.

And, hell maybe a couple others on them lists would ring some bells as well, I just don't see anything on there that's gonna change his view on modern music. Even the Johansen record is only gonna reinforce his belief that those old tunes are worlds better than newer stuff.