Care to watch the best roc doc in years? No excuses. Unless your time or desire is sorely lacking, shoot on over to Pitchfork TV for a free viewing of the Tad documentary (the title is horrendous; I will not type it). Warning: Subject is not of the insane/eccentric/difficult/recluse/cobweb-crotch (well, that last one….) ”outsider” variety, nor will (INSERT INNOCUOUS AND/OR EXTRANIOUS ”BADGE-OF-APPROVAL” / “EXPERT” TALKING HEAD HERE) be popping up to offer any pearls of wisdom. Thurston Moore = Kim Thayil in this one and hipster street cred flies out the window. Tad was never absurdly overrated, overrated, or respected too much outside of Brits/friends and regional colleagues/pre-Nirvana Seattle, so I’ll have to look elsewhere for the tedious, exploitative, forced, or dubiously-angled shit that puts me to sleep halfway through most roc docs. I never listened to Tad “back in the day,” but I do now (6 - 7 songs, moderate rotation, past three weeks). It won’t kill you to watch a fascinating story about regular dudes that probably paint houses or tend bar these days, not to get all “everyman” on your ass. It also happens to be a great snapshot of a lost era (musically and chronologically) that will be overlooked by taste-making revivalists, full of heart, and presents another got-fucked-by-the-majors story (I’m a predictable sucker for those).

Block out some time; it will only be around (in this form) for a week.