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Over here, Steven Hyden explains why John Coltrane, Black Flag, and Ultramagnetic MCs suck. ("[A]n album that the majority of pop fans will have no interest in hearing... can never be meaningful.") [Grantland]...

Help!Paul Shirley, hoops journeyman and dime-store Jim Bouton, thinks the Beatles are totally overrated and today's music is vastly superior. Moment I stopped reading: "Just as Dean Koontz came after Bram Stoker, Oasis came after The Beatles." [ESPN]...