Yes, of course. I think that's still in my collection.

Branding, as someone here has pointed out, is one way of indicating to the consumer that he/she is purchasing a quality product. It is not an inherently evil practice, and I see nothing wrong with it. Of course, some brands are consumed simply because of the persuasiveness of advertising schemes or ...

The drummer and the bass player--and the interplay between them--are worth a longer listen. Plus-45 guys and gals will understand how different they were from most other charting rock acts of the time. I know a very skilled drummer who swore he would go when he first heard the news.

More ...

Not Crap. Infinitely better live, however. Tedious after about 35 minutes, not unlike most rock bands. I'd be interested in hearing them paired with a larger chamber group or chamber orchestra playing more or less contemporary compositons.

Yes, I was just at Road America for the American LeMans race, which is also interesting, although the Speed Challenge races attached to the series were even better, as they use a real "grand prix" start from a dead stop. Now that requires some driving skills.

As Chicagoans on these electrical ...

I find it interesting. And the technological battles are pretty
sophisticated. Of course, you can only get it on the Speed Channel, so that limits exposure in the U.S.

If I may play around with the topic's title:
Waste of dough/not a waste of dough?

Birds. I was just listening to the NASCAR update on sports radio--it's the only station I can get in the car. Oddly enough, they don't use hard rock or hip-hop or even country to accompany the stock car talk. They don't use anything but the occasional "car noise." There's a certain purity to that ...

He pimped hard for Nader in the 2000 election; now the guy's doing penance.

The band is long extinct. Don't bother going to Mad City, you
can buy all the records online for very little money. Plus, most of the kids Big Dave has working there are dinks.