I hate metal...

...but I dig Tool. Their new album drops today and I cannot wait to pick it up. Two of the best shows I have ever seen, and we're talking a LOT of shows, were the two Tool shows I saw on the Lateralus tour. I'm not into metal and generally hate any show held in an arena or "civic center" but wow. Really good stuff.

On the hater end of things, I read that the most pretentious and self-absorbed band on the planet (Radiohead) has announced a North American tour for the summer. Who cares?