Iāve got an ACME catalog somewhere. Itās hilarious.
UPDATE: I found it. Yeah, Iām thatā¦driven? obsessive? when it comes to finding the actual thing of which I speak. I guess so I can prove not just that it exists, whatever it may be, but that I have one, lol?
That is gold.
At the end, thereās a very scratchy recording of him revealing his secrets to writing a short story.
Found randomly on the internet:
Fred Wardās son, Django, is playing the upright bass. This is absolutely charming.
I disagree with a lot of that.
What specifically? Iām curious!
The bands I listened to seem well placed, but there are a lot of bands on there I didnāt listen to enough to make any sort of determination.
Well, I am not an expert on 90s bands but here are a few observations:
- Nine Inch Nails is surely more angry than sad/horny.
- Conversely, Smashing Pumpkins is located closer to Happy and Angry. But they are truly one of the saddest bands that ever existed. Sadder even than Despondent Todd and Self-Loathing Four. The Smashing Pumpkins should be ideally located somewhere between Sad and Self-Absorbed.
- Cake has been located towards Angry. I canāt think of anything Cake did that was angry.
- Garbage is located towards being very Sad. I generally find them to be ironically happy ā a 90s kind of happy. Even their song āIām Only Happy When It Rainsā was intended to be an amusing parody.
- And then thereās Green Day. Are they really band? Thatās like calling Chicken McNuggets āfood.ā
Hmmā¦ Not sure I agreeā¦ so many of his songs (especially from the first few albums - up through the downward spiral) certainly have a harder edge, but they are almost uniformly about love and heartbreak, justā¦ with loud synthy-noises and in discussions about violence and bondage. Think about Down in It, Closer, or Hurt, all pretty sad themes, Iād sayā¦ I guess there are songs like Head like a Whole or March of the Pigs - angry, for sure, but also a bit sad in itās inevitable bowing to the realities of the system that an individual canāt really change? But heās constantly focused on love and lossā¦ For me, the aggressiveness of the music always hid a deeper pathos that Reznor was trying to conveyā¦
Wait is that a band, or just a band you made up! 
But I think I agree with you about SP! But honestly, given how much of a dick whatās his name turned out toā¦ meh.
I was never a huge fan of Cake, but from the three songs I know by them, (The Distance, Rock and Roll Lifestyle, and Short Skirt/Long Jacket) seems like songs that are again, deceptive in their sound vs. contentā¦ I think there is some anger at play, despite the groovy nature of the music.
I guess, but what about other songs like Stupid Girlā¦ I would characterize that song as more angry about how women are treatedā¦ So, Iād have them more on the angry side, really.
Made up, but if they existed I would probably listen to them.
āSadder even than Despondent Todd and Self-Loathing Four.ā was meant to be read in the voice of Blackadder.
I bet theyād be excellent! So mopey, much wow!
