I just wanted to give a shout out to Guster. I been bashin' em since they were just pups, but I gotta give 'em credit now. The first time I ever saw em was back during TPS's summer 2000 tour, when Guster opened for em. I know there was some fuss between the two bands, but I heard something lately that made me reevaluate the Guster boys. My goof friend Pete, of Pete Jackson & Sons Furniture Company of Little Arkgrass, Missourah, told me that his boys were listening to Guster recently. I have to admit I wanted to knock his boys lights out when I heard this, but Pete explained to me that Guster had gone to the same Christian Fellowship Camp that his boys went to, and had even released a bunch of good natured songs that had converted Pete's friend's cousin's girlfriend back to the ways of Jesus after she was lost to the devil. So, now I'm listening to Melanie, and rather than thinking about how much it makes me want to put my fist through that percussive devil's forehead, I'm thinking about how much I love Jesus and how much I want to punch out Sat*n. Praise Jesus.

P.J.

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