Ever hear of The Microphones?  It's basically Phil Elvrum and a bunch of crappy equipment that makes lots of noise.  It's supposed to be music, but you can't listen to it.  Anyone who tells you differently is lying.  After hearing good things from people and seeing a good review of Mount Eerie on Pitchfork (and if you've ever read anything on Pitchfork, you'd know that 8.9 is really high; you'd also know that they love unlistenable crap for some reason), I went out and picked it up.  Then I listened to it.  It's ambient noise, static, and rhythm-less drum loops for a half hour.  It's fucking awful.  Don't take my word for it, though; check out Sun, which is the first song.  Anyway, I was going through my CD's the other day and I found it.  I actually completely forgot I had it (thank you crack habit) and it reminded me of how much I hated it.  I also started thinking about how anyone could, in good conscience, put out anything so bad you couldn't even consider it music.  And I'm pretty sure this is how it happened...

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