You've never seen these guys before, have you?

Paul Noonan tells us why he doesn't like "jam bands":

It all started when I was 12 or 13 years old. I was over at a friends house watching The Greatful Dead on In Concert Late Night when I made the single stupidest statement of my life:

"I'll hit the bathroom after this song is over."

As I now know, Greatful Dead songs can go on for hours at a time, and this was one of them, but I'd made the statement, and those present were trying their hardest to make me stick to it. The mocking was brutal. Not as severe as the mocking I will receive for writing this, but severe nonetheless.

This may have also contributed to my fondness for ska, as the average ska tune is about a minute and a half.

I've always thought that even the short Grateful Dead songs seemed to go on forever. No word if Paul is also a fan of Haiku.