[Billy]

i didn't like INOIB, Summer's Killing Us, Evelyn and a couple others for the longest time, but they've grown on me recently, so i stand by statement...

Lately, Mean Streak has been kicking my ass, and it hasn't before.
Same with Throwing Off Glass....

Music can be about time and place, when In Between Evolution came out I was in just purchased a new house mode, but I dutifully picked up the album and was shocked when it did not work for me…

and so began the five stages, Denial, this isn't happening - play the CD again... Anger, why is this happening - play the damn CD again. Then I started Bargaining... I sure it will grow on me if I just - pay the CD again, this gave way to Depression, perhaps the Hip have out grown me, perhaps I am no longer a true fan, finally Acceptance arrived, no I am a fan and all of this worrying over IBE is not getting the living room painted (actually my partner said that part!) – so I tossed on some Beatles (Don’t Let me Down) and started painting..

About six months ago I heard As Makeshift As We Are and thought what a great tune so I scrambled to locate the CD, found it in between Joshua Tree and No Sleep 'til Hammersmith... tossed it on and it was in rotation for a long long while

You know, back when Road Apples came out I wasn't crazy about it. I remember thinking that the Hip had lost their edge and were getting too soft. I put it on the shelf and didn't listen to it for a long time. Then about a year or so after that, I had it in the car for a road trip and played the hell out of it and it instantly became my favorite and remained so until Phantom Power came out.