Hey, Scott: I just turned 69 and I'm a great Fountains Of Wayne fan, and also like Uncle Tupelo. You're right. You have to search for good music and good movies (I also have Northfork on DVD.) With critics, whether they're movie or music or book critics, you have to get to know their tastes, their strengths and weaknesses. Even a renowned movie critic like Roger Ebert is a sucker for movies that tap into his childhood. He seems very objective and analytical on 95% of his reviews, but when it comes to movies about comic book characters he doesn't seem to be able to give a detached review.

Oh yeah, I still like Simon and Garfunkel, although I like Paul Simon's body of work better on the whole.. even most of the music from Capeman, which bombed on broadway.

Jerry