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Nothing says America like home shopping, contemporary rock music with proud country roots, and breaking shit because you can.

If you've used the Google homepage any time during the past week, you probably already know. But in case you're not sure what it all means, let me assure you that the meaning is brought to you by the letters H, U, G, and E.

Sesame Street aired its first episode forty years ago. And it makes me truly, irrationally happy that such an integral part of not just my childhood but my mother's, my sisters', and a lot of my friends is still around.

If you ever want to know a fool-proof way of making me shout, "Aughaughaughhh," in a positive manner, tell me about one of my favorite bands having one of their more obscure songs shown some love by a current favorite band. I think I all but bawled fat tears of joy when Glen Hansard of the Swell Season made it clear that he's a fan of Black Francis and the rest of the Pixies.

Some phenomena are just too big to fit into our half-baked criteria for the world around us. You know them when you behold them - meteor showers, hurricanes, babies lifting pickup trucks, Greek lyric poetry read by unicorns raised in orchards but educated on the streets.

And Storm Large. Everything about her is immense, from her stretchy vocal range to her hair to the joy she (and many of her fans) take in saying crassly hilarious things.

There's one more thing that can't even comfortably rest in its own

Let me tell you the origin story of Why I Will Punch Isaac Brock in the Face When I Meet Him. It goes back a few years, around 2003 or 2004 when Modest Mouse came to San Francisco to play a show at the Fillmore. I had been a big fan of the band for years, but each attempt to watch them live had until that point been unsuccessful. When I finally bought tickets for the Fillmore concert, you can imagine how much anticipation I built into the experience.

The Shins opened with a solid opening set. The air humme

I'm not crazy about the song, and I'm not crazy about the obvious Rushmore theme. But it's hard to fault some people for liking the movie.