And I thought I didn't like new REM

[dmaze]

I finally decided to go off and rip the rest of my non-classical CDs. This included, among other things, the junky self-titled Alice In Chains CD, Moxy Fruvous' Live Noise, and two newer-than-Automatic REM albums, Monster and New Adventures in Hi-Fi. I had convinced myself pretty thoroughly that I didn't like anything newer than Out of Time. Adventures certainly fits the pattern; I seem to like one song on it ("Leave") but could skip the rest. But I've found myself actually liking Monster; "Star 69" entertains me a lot now that I've figured out what it is they're singing, and there's a better proportion of songs I like on it than on, say, Green. I suspect that I'd be happy if a copy of Dead Letter Office were to appear, given that I seem to like old REM, and that I wouldn't like anything more recent they've done, but these are just trends.