Okay, just in case you guys haven’t gotten enough back-to-school jams, here’s a second helping. Anything to ease the pain of the inevitable, you know? It’s probably described best in this moment from Season 5 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (why yes, I have been watching the whole show again, starting from the first episode. [...]

This weekend marks thirteen years since the Ramones released their swan song recording, “Adios Amigos.”
The last few years of the Ramones’ existence almost played out like the final repetitive years of a creatively bankrupt TV sitcom called “Hey! Ho! Let’s Go!,” now reduced to paring down familiar notes to their broadest, most applause-garnering catchphrases. Joey [...]