And the hits just keep on coming over at The Guardian -- their Argument-Fomenting Top 40 List du Jour is of "the greatest US bands of today"! *sharpens knives* Well, I can't argue with some of their offbeat choices: Foo Fighters, Magnetic Fields, Calexico, The Roots, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Flaming Lips (who are #1!) and of course #21 Wilco, my favorite band, are...uh...some of my favorite bands. But Springsteen....edged out...by...JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE?!! JT may "hold his own in a tough genre" and all (and he himself was rightfully edged by Beyonce). But The Boss is...well, let me quote: "arguably, the symbol of everything that is decent about his beloved country." Duh! I have no problem with Eminem, OutKast, Timbaland, and The White Stripes outstripping Bruce, but NSYNC Boy? Try again, lads.

UPDATE: Here's a list in response, from the blog Information Leafblower...this one has The Strokes at #1 and Wilco at #7...and yet another Timberlake tragedy, as he edges out Jay-Z by one slot.

And if you feel like squabbling on forever over a music list, try this vague-sounding yet intriguing one, 500 Songs That Shaped Rock, from the curator of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame...for good or ill, this would make one hell of an mp3 setlist...

UPDATE: It must be Pop List Day -- check out SFGate's "39 Reasons To Not Kill Your Television," i.e. shows worth watching. Daily Show, check...Food Network, check..."The Sopranos," check ("Everybody waits breathlessly for this series like Jesus is going to reappear in the second act"!)...but, Jimmy Kimmel? "American Chopper"? I think not.