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One alt rock enthusiast asked another, "Whatever happened to Weezer?" "Label hassles, dude," replied the latter. "The 'UniGram' merger got 'em. It's a bummer, too. They were criminally underappreciated." His friend burst out laughing and said, "What are you talking about? Those guys were soooo made for MTV!" "To the naked eye and ear, yeah. Dig a little deeper, though, and you'll find they put together some incredible songs. Sure, 'Buddy Holly' had that zany Happy Days video, but it's a Power Pop masterpiece. And 'No One Else' and 'Surf Wax America'? High on the kooky-meter, but still, amazing melodies." His friend wasn't convinced. "That 'Sweater Song' is ridiculous! It's off this little kooky-meter of yours," he surmised. "You never heard Pinkerton, did you? Their sophomore masterpiece?" alt rocker number two shot back. "It stiffed, right?" replied number one. "Completely, which is a damn shame, because that record took their debut's Ric Ocasek-sponsored production sheen and threw it in the dumpster. It's not pretty around the edges at all. 'Tired of Sex' has a drum sound that would give Steve Albini nightmares. 'The Good Life' is catchier than syphilis. The record's brutally depressing and yet, at the same time, insurgently emphatic and ingeniously funny. I mean, 'Pink Triangle'? Hilarious and tearful all at once. Pinkerton is pure ragged glory."

"Alright fine, loan it to me," said the second curiously.