Ha! That's pretty much The Mister and my musical tastes in a nutshell as well. He didn't work in the industry for a decade, but he did spend his bachelor years doing a weekly ritual of heading out to Tower Records and making himself listen to every single one of the new albums for the week, no matter the genre, and buying anything that struck his fancy.

He has his old skool favorites as I have mine, but we're eight years apart (which is like a whole generation music-wise, and also means I like crappy music -- my first concert was for NKOTB ).

We love all the retro bands that have been coming out (Interpol, Killers, White Stripes, She Wants Revenge, etc.) and also have a special place in our hearts for raucus ensemble bands like Arcade Fire, New Pornographers, and the March Fourth Marching Band (local gypsy/punk/vaudevillian/marching band).

I'm big on quirk (Flaming Lips, though I've heard not-so-good things about their new album; They Might Be Giants; Dresden Dolls; and dammit if Modest Mouse hasn't finally grown on me).

Still, we also appreciate older stuff too. Suzanne Vega, Concrete Blond, Siouxsie, Cure, New Order, old King Crimson, Rush, Depeche Mode, Sisters of Mercy, all those numbers/letters (B-52's, REM, U2).

We have a love/hate relationship with Mark Eitzel (of American Music Club). Sadcore is the cantankerous grand-pappy of Emo.

S'good to have a variety, but it's also good to have your comfort music, y'know?

Oh, you had ones in there I forgot: Concrete Blond and B-52's! I saw the B-52's in 1988 on the Cosmic Thing tour. *aging myself*

You sound the same as us -- we don't beat each other down with our favorites and don't give each other a hard time like, "You're listening to that?!?" I do call DH a music snob sometimes, though